ASTM A555/A555M-16
(Specification)Standard Specification for General Requirements for Stainless Steel Wire and Wire Rods
Standard Specification for General Requirements for Stainless Steel Wire and Wire Rods
ABSTRACT
This specification covers general requirements that shall apply to stainless wire and wire rods. Wire is intended primarily for cold forming, including coiling, stranding, weaving, heading and machining as covered under the required specifications. The material may be furnished in one of the conditions detailed in the applicable material specification, that is, annealed, bright annealed, or cold worked. Intergranular corrosion test, grain size test, tension test, and chemical analysis shall conform to the chemical and mechanical requirements of the material specification.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers general requirements that shall apply to stainless wire and wire rods. Wire rods are a semifinished product intended primarily for the manufacture of wire. Wire is intended primarily for cold forming, including coiling, stranding, weaving, heading and machining as covered under the latest revision of each of the following ASTM specifications: A313/A313M, A368, A478, A492, A493, A580/A580M and A581/A581M.
1.2 In case of conflicting requirements, the individual material specification and this general requirement specification shall prevail in the order named.
1.3 General requirements for flat products other than wire are covered in Specification A480/A480M.
1.4 General requirements for bar and billet products are covered in Specification A484/A484M.
1.5 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard.
1.6 Unless the order specifies the applicable metric specification designation, the material shall be furnished in the inch-pound units.
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Designation:A555/A555M −16
Standard Specification for
General Requirements for Stainless Steel Wire and Wire
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Rods
This standard is issued under the fixed designationA555/A555M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year
of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.
A superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense.
1. Scope* A313/A313M Specification for Stainless Steel Spring Wire
A368 Specification for Stainless Steel Wire Strand
1.1 This specification covers general requirements that shall
A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing
apply to stainless wire and wire rods. Wire rods are a
of Steel Products
semifinished product intended primarily for the manufacture of
A478 Specification for Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel
wire. Wire is intended primarily for cold forming, including
Weaving and Knitting Wire
coiling, stranding, weaving, heading and machining as covered
A480/A480M Specification for General Requirements for
under the latest revision of each of the following ASTM
Flat-Rolled Stainless and Heat-Resisting Steel Plate,
specifications: A313/A313M, A368, A478, A492, A493,
Sheet, and Strip
A580/A580M and A581/A581M.
A484/A484M Specification for General Requirements for
1.2 In case of conflicting requirements, the individual ma-
Stainless Steel Bars, Billets, and Forgings
terial specification and this general requirement specification
A492 Specification for Stainless Steel Rope Wire
shall prevail in the order named.
A493 Specification for Stainless Steel Wire and Wire Rods
1.3 General requirements for flat products other than wire
for Cold Heading and Cold Forging
are covered in Specification A480/A480M.
A580/A580M Specification for Stainless Steel Wire
1.4 General requirements for bar and billet products are A581/A581M Specification for Free-Machining Stainless
covered in Specification A484/A484M. Steel Wire and Wire Rods
A700 Guide for Packaging, Marking, and Loading Methods
1.5 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units
for Steel Products for Shipment
are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in
A751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for Chemi-
each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each
cal Analysis of Steel Products
system shall be used independently of the other. Combining
E112 Test Methods for Determining Average Grain Size
values from the two systems may result in non-conformance
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with the standard.
2.2 Federal Standard:
Fed. Std. No. 123 Marking for Shipment (Civil Agencies)
1.6 Unless the order specifies the applicable metric specifi-
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cation designation, the material shall be furnished in the
2.3 Military Standards:
inch-pound units.
MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage
MIL-STD-163 Preservation of Steel Products for Domestic
2. Referenced Documents
Shipment
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
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2.4 Other Standard:
A262 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranular
Primary Metals Bar Code Standard
Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels
3. Terminology
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.17 on Flat-Rolled and Wrought Stainless Steel.
Current edition approved Jan. 1, 2016. Published January 2016. Originally
approved in 1965. Last previous edition approved in 2014 as A555/A555M – 05
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(2014). DOI: 10.1520/A0555_A0555M-16. AvailablefromU.S.GovernmentPrintingOfficeSuperintendentofDocuments,
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3.1.1 bar—wire that has been straightened and cut (see 5.1.6 Analysis limits shall be established for specific
Specification A484/A484M). However, a straightened and cut elements rather than groups of elements, including but not
small diameter product is often called straightened and cut limited to “all others,” “rare earths,” and “balance,” unless all
wire. elements in such a
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Designation: A555/A555M − 05 (Reapproved 2014) A555/A555M − 16
Standard Specification for
General Requirements for Stainless Steel Wire and Wire
1
Rods
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A555/A555M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year
of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.
A superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense.
1. Scope Scope*
1.1 This specification covers general requirements that shall apply to stainless wire and wire rods. Wire rods are a semifinished
product intended primarily for the manufacture of wire. Wire is intended primarily for cold forming, including coiling, stranding,
weaving, heading and machining as covered under the latest revision of each of the following ASTM specifications: A313/A313M,
A368, A478, A492, A493, A580/A580M and A581/A581M.
1.2 In case of conflicting requirements, the individual material specification and this general requirement specification shall
prevail in the order named.
1.3 General requirements for flat products other than wire are covered in Specification A480/A480M.
1.4 General requirements for bar and billet products are covered in Specification A484/A484M.
1.5 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each
system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the
two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard.
1.6 Unless the order specifies the applicable metric specification designation, the material shall be furnished in the inch-pound
units.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
A262 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranular Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels
A313/A313M Specification for Stainless Steel Spring Wire
A368 Specification for Stainless Steel Wire Strand
A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products
A478 Specification for Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Weaving and Knitting Wire
A480/A480M Specification for General Requirements for Flat-Rolled Stainless and Heat-Resisting Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip
A484/A484M Specification for General Requirements for Stainless Steel Bars, Billets, and Forgings
A492 Specification for Stainless Steel Rope Wire
A493 Specification for Stainless Steel Wire and Wire Rods for Cold Heading and Cold Forging
A580/A580M Specification for Stainless Steel Wire
A581/A581M Specification for Free-Machining Stainless Steel Wire and Wire Rods
A700 Guide for Packaging, Marking, and Loading Methods for Steel Products for Shipment
A751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for Chemical Analysis of Steel Products
E112 Test Methods for Determining Average Grain Size
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2.2 Federal Standard:
Fed. Std. No. 123 Marking for Shipment (Civil Agencies)
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee A01.17
on Flat-Rolled and Wrought Stainless Steel.
Current edition approved March 1, 2014Jan. 1, 2016. Published April 2014January 2016. Originally approved in 1965. Last previous edition approved in 20092014 as
A555/A555M – 05 (2009).(2014). DOI: 10.1520/A0555_A0555M-05R14.10.1520/A0555_A0555M-16.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM Standards
volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
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Available from U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, 732 N. Capitol St., NW, Mail Stop: SDE, Washington, DC 20401, http://
www.access.gpo.gov.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. United States
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2.3 Military Standards:
MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage
MIL-STD-163 Preservation of Steel Products for Domestic Shipment
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2.4 Other Standard:
Primary Metals Bar Code Standard
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
3.1.1 bar—wire that has been straightened and cut (see Specification A484/A484M). However, a straightened and cut smal
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