ASTM A713-04

Standard Specification for Steel Wire, High-Carbon Spring, for Heat-Treated Components

ABSTRACT
This specification deals with the general requirements for round carbon spring steel wire coils intended for the manufacture of mechanical springs and wire forms that are heat treated after fabrication. Heat treatment processes include austenitizing, quenching and tempering. The steel shall be made by the open-hearth, basic-oxygen, or electric-furnace process and the wire shall be thermally treated, or thermally treated and drawn. Product analysis, wrap testing, and chemical analysis shall be performed and materials shall conform to the requirements for chemical composition, metallurgical structure and mechanical properties such as tensile strength. Packaging of the coils of wire shall be by agreement between the manufacturer and the purchaser wherein the agreement shall include coil dimensions and weights, while marking and bar coding for identification shall be by tag securely attached to each coil of wire.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers round carbon spring steel wire in coils intended for the manufacture of mechanical springs and wire forms that are heat treated (austenitized, quenched, and tempered) after fabrication.
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 29-Feb-2004
• Technical Committee: A01 - Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys
• Drafting Committee: A01.03 - Steel Rod and Wire

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM A713-93(1998) - Standard Specification for Steel Wire, High-Carbon Spring, for Heat-Treated Components
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Replaced By: ASTM A713-04(2010) - Standard Specification for Steel Wire, High-Carbon Spring, for Heat-Treated Components
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2010

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: A713 – 04
Standard Specification for
Steel Wire, High-Carbon Spring, for Heat-Treated
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Components
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A713; 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.
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1. Scope* 2.3 AIAG Standard:
AIAGB-5 02.00 Primary Metals Identification TagApplica-
1.1 This specification covers round carbon spring steel wire
tion Standard
incoilsintendedforthemanufactureofmechanicalspringsand
wire forms that are heat treated (austenitized, quenched, and
3. Terminology
tempered) after fabrication.
3.1 Definitions:
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
3.1.1 heat-treated components—mechanical springs or wire
as the standard.
forms that are austenitized, quenched, and tempered after
2. Referenced Documents fabrication.
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3.2 Refer to TerminologyA941 for a more detailed descrip-
2.1 ASTM Standards:
tion of heat-treating terms.
A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing
of Steel Products
4. Ordering Information
A510 Specification for General Requirements for Wire
4.1 It shall be the responsibility of the purchaser to specify
Rods and Coarse Round Wire, Carbon Steel
all requirements that are necessary for material under this
A700 PracticesforPackaging,Marking,andLoadingMeth-
specification.Suchrequirementsinclude,butarenotlimitedto,
ods for Steel Products for Shipment
the following:
A941 Terminology Relating to Steel, Stainless Steel, Re-
4.1.1 Quantity (weight),
lated Alloys, and Ferroalloys
4.1.2 Name of material (Sections 1 and 7),
E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to
4.1.3 Diameter (Table 1),
Determine Conformance with Specifications
4.1.4 Packaging, marking, and loading (Section 12),
E30 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Steel, Cast
3 4.1.5 ASTM designation and date of issue,
Iron, Open-Hearth Iron, and Wrought Iron
4.1.6 Special requirements (Sections 8 and 9), and
E112 Test Methods for Determining Average Grain Size
4.1.7 End use.
E350 Test Methods for ChemicalAnalysis of Carbon Steel,
Low-Alloy Steel, Silicon Electrical Steel, Ingot Iron, and
NOTE 1—Atypical ordering description is as follows: Steel Wire, High
Wrought Iron Carbon Spring, for Heat-Treated Components, Grade 1070, to ASTM
A713 dated ________, for Door Closer Springs, 30 000 lb, Size 0.250 in.
E527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in the
in 500-lb Catch Weight Coils.
Unified Numbering System (UNS)
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2.2 Society of Automotive Engineers Standard:
5. General Requirements for Delivery
J 1086 Numbering Metals and Alloys
5.1 Material furnished under this specification shall con-
form to the applicable requirements of the latest edition of
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM CommitteeA01 on Steel,
Specification A510 unless otherwise specified herein.
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.03 on Steel Rod and Wire.
6. Materials and Manufacture
Current edition approved March 1, 2004. Published March 2004. Originally
approved in 1975. Last previous edition approved in 1998 as A713 – 93 (1998). 6.1 The steel shall be made by the open-hearth, basic-
DOI: 10.1520/A0713-04.
oxygen, or electric-furnace process.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
6.2 The wire, prior to fabrication, shall be thermally treated
contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
or thermally treated and drawn.
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website.
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*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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A713 – 04
TABLE 1 Permissible Variations in Wire Diameter
8. Metallurgical Structure
NOTE—For purposes of determining conformance with this specifica- 8.1 Austenitic grain size, when specified, shall be deter-
tion,allspecifiedlimitsareconsideredabsoluteasdefinedinPracticeE29.
mined in accordance with the requirements of Test Methods
E112 or some other mutually agreeable method.
Diameter, in. (mm) Permissible Permissible
Variations, Out-of-Round,
9. Mechanical Properties
Plus and Mi- in. (mm)
nus, in. (mm)
9.1 Tensile strength is not normally a requirement. M
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