ASTM F2282-03(2015)
(Specification)Standard Specification for Quality Assurance Requirements for Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire, Rods, and Bars for Mechanical Fasteners
Standard Specification for Quality Assurance Requirements for Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire, Rods, and Bars for Mechanical Fasteners
ABSTRACT
This specification establishes quality assurance requirements for carbon and alloy steel wire, rods, and bars for mechanical fasteners. Manufacturing of materials shall conform to the melting, casting, deoxidation, grain size, hardenability, and thermal treatment practices of this specification. Chemical requirements shall conform to the specified limits of chemical composition for carbon steel. Requirements of metallurgical structure shall include course austenitic grain size, fine autenitic grain size, and speheroidized annealed material. The material shall be tested for decarburization, maximum tensile strength, reduction area, hardenability, grain size, calibration, dimensions, and tolerances. Surface condition, coating, workmanship, finish, appearance, and packaging shall also conform to the requirements of this specification.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification establishes quality assurance requirements for the physical, mechanical, and metallurgical requirements for carbon and alloy steel wire, rods, and bars in coils intended for the manufacture of mechanical fasteners which includes: bolts, nuts, rivets, screws, washers, and special parts manufactured cold.
Note 1: The Steel Industry uses the term “quality” to designate characteristics of a material which make it particularly well suited to a specific fabrication and/or application and does not imply “quality” in the usual sense.
1.2 Wire size range includes 0.062 to 1.375 in.
1.3 Rod size range usually includes 7/32 in. (0.219) to 47/64 in. (0.734) and generally offered in 1/64 increments (0.0156).
1.4 Bar size range includes 3/8 in. (0.375) to 11/2 in. (1.500).
1.5 Sizes for wire, rod and bar outside the ranges of paragraphs 1.2 – 1.4 may be ordered by agreement between purchaser and supplier.
1.6 Material is furnished in many application variations. The purchaser should advise the supplier regarding the manufacturing process and finished product application as appropriate. Five application variations are:
Cold Heading
Recessed Head
Socket Head
Scrapless Nut
Tubular Rivet
1.6.1 Wire is furnished for all five application variations.
1.6.2 Rod and bar are furnished to the single application variation; Cold Heading.
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Designation:F2282 −03(Reapproved 2015)
Standard Specification for
Quality Assurance Requirements for Carbon and Alloy Steel
Wire, Rods, and Bars for Mechanical Fasteners
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2282; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents
1.1 This specification establishes quality assurance require- 2.1 ASTM Standards:
ments for the physical, mechanical, and metallurgical require- A29/A29MSpecificationforGeneralRequirementsforSteel
ments for carbon and alloy steel wire, rods, and bars in coils Bars, Carbon and Alloy, Hot-Wrought
intended for the manufacture of mechanical fasteners which A370Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing
includes: bolts, nuts, rivets, screws, washers, and special parts of Steel Products
manufactured cold. A700Guide for Packaging, Marking, and Loading Methods
NOTE 1—The Steel Industry uses the term “quality” to designate
for Steel Products for Shipment
characteristics of a material which make it particularly well suited to a
A751Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for Chemi-
specific fabrication and/or application and does not imply “quality” in the
cal Analysis of Steel Products
usual sense.
E4Practices for Force Verification of Testing Machines
1.2 Wire size range includes 0.062 to 1.375 in.
E10Test Method for Brinell Hardness of Metallic Materials
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1.3 Rodsizerangeusuallyincludes ⁄32in.(0.219)to ⁄64in. E29Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to
(0.734) and generally offered in ⁄64 increments (0.0156). Determine Conformance with Specifications
E112Test Methods for Determining Average Grain Size
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1.4 Bar size range includes ⁄8 in. (0.375) to 1 ⁄2 in. (1.500).
E381Method of Macroetch Testing Steel Bars, Billets,
1.5 Sizes for wire, rod and bar outside the ranges of
Blooms, and Forgings
paragraphs 1.2 – 1.4 may be ordered by agreement between
E407Practice for Microetching Metals and Alloys
purchaser and supplier.
E1077Test Methods for Estimating the Depth of Decarbur-
1.6 Material is furnished in many application variations. ization of Steel Specimens
F1470Practice for Fastener Sampling for Specified Me-
The purchaser should advise the supplier regarding the manu-
facturing process and finished product application as appropri- chanical Properties and Performance Inspection
F1789Terminology for F16 Mechanical Fasteners
ate. Five application variations are:
Cold Heading 2.2 AIAG Standard:
Recessed Head
B-5Primary Metals Tag Application Standard
Socket Head
2.3 IFI Standard:
Scrapless Nut
Tubular Rivet
IFI-140Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire, Rods, and Bars for
1.6.1 Wire is furnished for all five application variations. Mechanical Fasteners
1.6.2 Rod and bar are furnished to the single application
variation; Cold Heading.
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
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F16 on Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Fasteners and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F16.93 on Quality the ASTM website.
Assurance Provisions for Fasteners. Available fromAutomotive IndustryAction Group (AIAG), 26200 Lahser Rd.,
Current edition approved July 1, 2015. Published August 2015. Originally Suite 200, Southfield, MI 48033, http://www.aiag.org.
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approved in 2003. Last previous edition approved in 2009 as F2282 – 03 (2009) . Available from Industrial Fasteners Institute (IFI), 6363 Oak Tree Blvd,
DOI: 10.1520/F2282-03R15. Independence, OH 44131, http://www.indfast.org.
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TABLE 2 Rod Size Tolerances
2.4 SAE Standards:
J403Chemical Compositions of SAE Carbon Steels Diameter, Diameter ± Out of Round
in. Tolerance, in. max, in.
J404Chemical Compositions of SAE Alloy Steels
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⁄32 to ⁄64 0.012 0.018
J406Methods of Determining Hardenability of Steels
(0.219 to 0.734)
J415Definitions of Heat Treating Terms
3. Terminology
(DD); drawn from annealed rod or bar (DFAR or DFAB);
3.1 Definitions:
drawn from spheroidized annealed rod or bar (DFSR or
3.1.1 annealing—aprocessofheatingtoandholdingsteelat
DFSB); drawn to size and spheroidized (SAFS); drawn,
a given temperature for a given time and then cooling at a
annealed in process, and finally lightly drawn to size (AIP);
given rate, used to soften or produce changes, or both, in the
and drawn, spheroidize annealed in process, and finally lightly
microstructure of the steel to enhance formability and reduce
drawn to size (SAIP). Wire size tolerances are shown in Table
tensile strength.
3. Sizes include those specified in 1.2.
3.1.2 bars—produced from hot rolled or cast billets or
3.1.9.1 Discussion—Spheroidize annealed-at-finish size
blooms rolled single strand into coils. Bars have a greater
wire (SAFS) is wire that has been spheroidize annealed after
precision in cross section than rods. Size tolerances are in
final cold reduction. One or more annealing treatments may
Table 1. Bars are finished as-rolled, annealed or spheroidize
precede the final cold reduction.
annealed, and in sizes included in 1.4.
3.1.9.2 Discussion—Annealed-in-Process (AIP) or
3.1.3 lap—a longitudinal surface discontinuity extending
Spheroidize Annealed-in-Process (SAIP) wire is produced as
into rod, bar, or wire caused by doubling over of metal during
drawn carbon or alloy steel wire. In producing AIP and SAIP
hot rolling.
wire, rods or bars are drawn to wire and thermal treatment
(followedbyaseparatecleaningandcoatingoperation)isdone
3.1.4 lot—a quantity of raw material of one size and heat
priortofinaldrawingtoproduceasofterandmoreductilewire
number submitted for testing at one time.
for applications in which direct drawn wire would be too hard.
3.1.5 rods—produced from hot rolled or cast billets, usually
Thermal treatment may also be employed when controlled
rolled in a multiple strand mill to a round cross section then
mechanical properties are required for a specific application.
coiled into one continuous length to size tolerances shown in
3.2 Heat treating terms not defined in this standard are
Table 2. Rods are furnished as-rolled, annealed, or spheroidize
included in Terminology F1789 or SAE J415.
annealed in sizes found in 1.3.
3.1.6 seam—a longitudinal discontinuity extending radially
4. Ordering Information
into wire, rod, or bar. Seams in raw material used for the
4.1 Wire orders shall state the following:
manufacture of fasteners or formed parts may lead to the
4.1.1 Quantity,
formation of bursts.
4.1.2 Specification number and issue date,
3.1.7 spheroidizing—a form of annealing, involves pro-
4.1.3 Diameter,
longed heating at temperatures near the lower critical
4.1.4 Steel grade,
temperature, followed by slow cooling, with the object of
4.1.5 Deoxidation practice and grain size or refinement
formingspheroidalmetalliccarbidesthatallowahigherdegree
practice (coarse or fine); see 5.3.1 – 5.3.5,
of formability.
4.1.6 Application variation per 1.6,
3.1.8 void—ashallowpocketorhollowonthesurfaceofthe
4.1.7 Thermal treatment; see 5.5,
material.
4.1.8 Surface coating,
3.1.9 wire—produced from hot rolled or annealed rods or 4.1.9 Coil weight and dimensions as required,
bars by cold drawing for the purpose of obtaining desired size, 4.1.10 Packaging,
4.1.11 Tagging,
dimensional accuracy, surface finish, and mechanical proper-
ties.Wireisfurnishedinthefollowingconditions:directdrawn 4.1.12 Mill certification as required,
4.1.13 Special requirements, for example, steel making
method and practice, specific hardenability, special shipping
AvailablefromSAEInternational(SAE),400CommonwealthDr.,Warrendale,
instructions, single heat, etc., and
PA 15096, http://www.sae.org.
4.1.14 Example—40000 lb, ASTM F2282, 0.250 in., car-
bonsteelwire,IFI-1022A,siliconkilledcoarsegrain,Recessed
TABLE 1 Bar Size Tolerances
Head, spheroidize annealed-in-process, phosphate and lube,
Fractional Diameter ± Out of Round
Diameter, in. Tolerance, in. max, in.
7 5
⁄16 to ⁄8 0.006 0.009
TABLE 3 Wire Size Tolerances and Out of Round
5 7
> ⁄8 to ⁄8 0.007 0.011
Diameter, Diameter ± Out of Round
> ⁄8 to 1 0.008 0.012
in. Tolerance, in. max, in.
>1 to 1 ⁄8 0.009 0.014
1 1
>1 ⁄8 to 1 ⁄4 0.010 0.015 < 0.076 0.0010 0.0010
1 3
>1 ⁄4 to 1 ⁄8 0.011 0.017 0.076 < 0.500 0.0015 0.0015
3 1
>1 ⁄8 to 1 ⁄2 0.013 0.020 $ 0.500 0.0020 0.0020
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1500 lb coils, 28 in. coil i.d., on 18 in. tubular carriers, three practices included in 5.3.1 – 5.3.5, as specified by the pur-
bands per carrier, one metal tag per coil, mill certification, do chaser. When not specified, the practice shall be at the option
not ship Fridays. of the manufacturer.
5.3.1 Silicon killed fine grain shall be produced with alu-
4.2 Rod orders shall state the following:
minumforgrainrefinement.Thematerialpurchaser’sapproval
4.2.1 Quantity,
shall be obtained for the use of vanadium or columbium for
4.2.2 Specification number and issue date,
grain refinement.
4.2.3 Diameter,
5.3.2 Silicon killed coarse grain practice.
4.2.4 Steel grade,
5.3.3 Silicon killed fine grain practice.
4.2.5 Deoxidation practice and grain size or refinement
5.3.4 Aluminum killed fine grain practice.
practice (coarse or fine),
5.3.5 Rimmed (grain size not specified).
4.2.6 Cold Heading,
4.2.7 Thermal treatment, 5.4 Hardenability:
4.2.8 Surface coating, 5.4.1 Hardenability for steels with a specified minimum
4.2.9 Coil weight and dimensions as required, carbon content of 0. 20% or greater shall be determined for
4.2.10 Packaging, each heat and the results furnished to the purchaser when
4.2.11 Tagging, requested on the purchase order. SAE J406,AppendixAshall
4.2.12 Mill certifications as required, be used for referee purposes in the event of dispute.
4.2.13 Special requirements, for example, descaling
5.5 Thermal Treatments:
practice, steelmaking method and practice, specific
5.5.1 The purchaser shall specify one of the following
hardenability, special shipping instructions, etc., and
options for thermal treatment on the purchase order:
4.2.14 Example—200000lb,ASTMF2282, ⁄64in.,carbon
5.5.1.1 No thermal treatment.
steel rod, IFI-1022B, silicon killed fine grain, Cold Heading,
5.5.1.2 Annealed.
spheroidize annealed, pickled and limed, 3000 lb coils, 48 in.
5.5.1.3 Spheroidized.
coil i.d., compacted and unitized in packages of two, banded
5.5.1.4 Drawn from annealed rod or bar.
withthreesteelstrapspercoil,twometaltagspercoilattached
5.5.1.5 Drawn from spheroidize annealed rod or bar.
to lead end on inside of bundle, put separators between coils.
5.5.1.6 Spheroidized at finished size wire.
4.3 Bar orders shall state the following: 5.5.1.7 Annealed-in-process wire.
4.3.1 Quantity, 5.5.1.8 Spheroidized annealed-in-process wire.
4.3.2 Specification number and issue date,
4.3.3 Diameter,
6. Chemical Requirements
4.3.4 Steel grade,
6.1 The material shall have a chemical composition con-
4.3.5 Deoxidation practice and grain size or refinement
forming to the requirements specified in Tables 4-8 for the
practice (coarse or fine),
applicable IFI grade specified by the material purchaser.
4.3.6 Cold Heading,
NOTE 2—The chemical compositions have been developed in a joint
4.3.7 Thermal treatment,
producer/user effort and are particularly appropriate to the cold forging
industry process. The chemical composition ranges of these IFI grades
4.3.8 Surface coating,
may not be identical to those of SAE J403, SAE J404, or AISI.
4.3.9 Coil weight and dimensions as required,
4.3.10 Packaging, 6.2 Compositions other than those designated in this stan-
4.3.11 Tagging,
dard may be applicable when specified by the purchaser.
4.3.12 Mill certification as required,
6.3 Cast or Heat Analysis—An analysis of each cast or heat
4.3.13 Special requirements, for example, steelmaking
shall be made by the producer to determine the percentage of
method and practice, specific hardenability, special shipping
the elements specified. The analysis shall be made from a test
instructions, single heat, etc., and
sample(s) taken during the pouring of the cast or heat. The
4.3.14 Example—90000 lb, ASTM F2282, 0. 610 in., car-
chemical composition shall be reported, if required, to the
bon steel bars, IFI-1038, silicon killed coarse grain,
purchaser or his representative.
spheroidizeannealed,ColdHeading,phosphateandlime,5400
6.4 Product Analysis:
lb coils, 54 in. coil i.d., three bands per coil, one metal tag per
6.4.1 Productanalysismaybemadeonthefinishedmaterial
coil, lead end of each coil paint red.
from each heat. The composition thus determined shall con-
formtotherequirementsinTable4,Table6,orTable7forthe
5. Manufacture
specifiedgradesubjecttothepermissiblevariationsforproduct
5.1 Melting Practice—The steel shall be melted in a basic
analyses in Table 5 or Table 8, as applicable.
oxygen or electric furnace process.
NOTE 3—Aproduct analysis is optional. The analysis is not used for a
5.2 Casting Practice—Steel shall be ingot cast, or continu-
duplicateanalysistoconfirmapreviousresult.Thepurposeoftheproduct
ouscastwithcontrolledprocedurestomeettherequirementsof analysis is to verify that the chemical composition is within specified
limits for each element, including applicable permissible variations in
this specification.
product analysis. The results of analyses taken from different pieces of a
5.3 Deoxidation Practice and Grain Size—The material
heat may differ within permissible limits from each other and from the
shall be furnished in one of the deoxidation and grain size heatorcastanalysis.Theresultsoftheproductanalysisobtainedshallnot
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TABLE 4 Carbon Steels, Chemical Ranges and Limits, %
Carbon Manganese
Conditions IFI Steel Grade Phosphorous Sulfur
Silicon
Furnished Designation Max Max
Min Max Min Max
R, AlK IFI-1006 . . . 0.08 0.25 0.40 0.020 0.020 See Table 6
R, AlK, SiFg, SiCg IFI-1008 . . . 0.10 0.30 0.50 0.020 0.020 See Table 6
R, AlK, SiFg, SiCg IFI-1010 0.08 0.13 0.30 0.60 0.020 0.020 See Table 6
AlK, SiFg, SiCg IFI-1018 0.15 0.19 0.65 0.85 0.020 0.020 See Table 6
AlK, SiFg IFI-10B21 0.19 0.23 0.80 1.10 0.020 0.020 See Table 6
AlK, SiFg, SiCg IFI-1022/A 0.18 0.21 0.80 1.00 0.020 0.020 See Table 6
AlK, SiFg, SiCg IFI-1022/B 0.20 0.23 0.90 1.10 0.020 0.020 See Table 6
AlK IFI-1033 0.31 0.36 0.70 0.90 0.020 0.020 S
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Designation: F2282 − 03 (Reapproved 2009) F2282 − 03 (Reapproved 2015)
Standard Specification for
Quality Assurance Requirements for Carbon and Alloy Steel
Wire, Rods, and Bars for Mechanical Fasteners
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2282; 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.
ε NOTE—Editorially improved clarity of Figure 1 in February 2010.
1. Scope
1.1 This specification establishes quality assurance requirements for the physical, mechanical, and metallurgical requirements
for carbon and alloy steel wire, rods, and bars in coils intended for the manufacture of mechanical fasteners which includes: bolts,
nuts, rivets, screws, washers, and special parts manufactured cold.
NOTE 1—The Steel Industry uses the term “quality” to designate characteristics of a material which make it particularly well suited to a specific
fabrication and/or application and does not imply “quality” in the usual sense.
1.2 Wire size range includes 0.062 to 1.375 in.
7 47 1
1.3 Rod size range usually includes ⁄32 in. (0.219) to ⁄64 in. (0.734) and generally offered in ⁄64 increments (0.0156).
3 1
1.4 Bar size range includes ⁄8 in. (0.375) to 1 ⁄2 in. (1.500).
1.5 Sizes for wire, rod and bar outside the ranges of paragraphs 1.2 – 1.4 may be ordered by agreement between purchaser and
supplier.
1.6 Material is furnished in many application variations. The purchaser should advise the supplier regarding the manufacturing
process and finished product application as appropriate. Five application variations are:
Cold Heading
Recessed Head
Socket Head
Scrapless Nut
Tubular Rivet
1.6.1 Wire is furnished for all five application variations.
1.6.2 Rod and bar are furnished to the single application variation; Cold Heading.
2. Referenced Documents
2.1 ASTM Standards:
A29/A29M Specification for General Requirements for Steel Bars, Carbon and Alloy, Hot-Wrought
A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products
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
E4 Practices for Force Verification of Testing Machines
E10 Test Method for Brinell Hardness of Metallic Materials
E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications
E112 Test Methods for Determining Average Grain Size
E381 Method of Macroetch Testing Steel Bars, Billets, Blooms, and Forgings
E407 Practice for Microetching Metals and Alloys
E1077 Test Methods for Estimating the Depth of Decarburization of Steel Specimens
F1470 Practice for Fastener Sampling for Specified Mechanical Properties and Performance Inspection
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F16 on Fasteners and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F16.93 on Quality Assurance
Provisions for Fasteners.
Current edition approved May 1, 2009July 1, 2015. Published October 2009August 2015. Originally approved in 2003. Last previous edition approved in 20032009 as
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F2282 – 03. 03 (2009) . DOI: 10.1520/F2282-03R09E01.10.1520/F2282-03R15.
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.
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. United States
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F1789 Terminology for F16 Mechanical Fasteners
2.2 AIAG Standard:
B-5 Primary Metals Tag Application Standard
2.3 IFI Standard:
IFI-140 Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire, Rods, and Bars for Mechanical Fasteners
2.4 SAE Standards:
J403 Chemical Compositions of SAE Carbon Steels
J404 Chemical Compositions of SAE Alloy Steels
J406 Methods of Determining Hardenability of Steels
J415 Definitions of Heat Treating Terms
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions:
3.1.1 annealing—a process of heating to and holding steel at a given temperature for a given time and then cooling at a given
rate, used to soften or produce changes, or both, in the microstructure of the steel to enhance formability and reduce tensile
strength.
3.1.2 bars—produced from hot rolled or cast billets or blooms rolled single strand into coils. Bars have a greater precision in
cross section than rods. Size tolerances are in Table 1. Bars are finished as-rolled, annealed or spheroidize annealed, and in sizes
included in 1.4.
3.1.3 lap—a longitudinal surface discontinuity extending into rod, bar, or wire caused by doubling over of metal during hot
rolling.
3.1.4 lot—a quantity of raw material of one size and heat number submitted for testing at one time.
3.1.5 rods—produced from hot rolled or cast billets, usually rolled in a multiple strand mill to a round cross section then coiled
into one continuous length to size tolerances shown in Table 2. Rods are furnished as-rolled, annealed, or spheroidize annealed
in sizes found in 1.3.
3.1.6 seam—a longitudinal discontinuity extending radially into wire, rod, or bar. Seams in raw material used for the
manufacture of fasteners or formed parts may lead to the formation of bursts.
3.1.7 spheroidizing—a form of annealing, involves prolonged heating at temperatures near the lower critical temperature,
followed by slow cooling, with the object of forming spheroidal metallic carbides that allow a higher degree of formability.
3.1.8 void—a shallow pocket or hollow on the surface of the material.
3.1.9 wire—produced from hot rolled or annealed rods or bars by cold drawing for the purpose of obtaining desired size,
dimensional accuracy, surface finish, and mechanical properties. Wire is furnished in the following conditions: direct drawn (DD);
drawn from annealed rod or bar (DFAR or DFAB); drawn from spheroidized annealed rod or bar (DFSR or DFSB); drawn to size
and spheroidized (SAFS); drawn, annealed in process, and finally lightly drawn to size (AIP); and drawn, spheroidize annealed
in process, and finally lightly drawn to size (SAIP). Wire size tolerances are shown in Table 3. Sizes include those specified in 1.2.
Available from Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), 26200 Lahser Rd., Suite 200, Southfield, MI 48033, http://www.aiag.org.
Available from IFI, 1717 E. 9th St., Suite 1105, Cleveland, OH 44114-2879. Industrial Fasteners Institute (IFI), 6363 Oak Tree Blvd, Independence, OH 44131,
http://www.indfast.org.
Available from Society of Automotive Engineers SAE International (SAE), 400 Commonwealth Dr., Warrendale, PA 15096-0001,15096, http://www.sae.org.
TABLE 2 Rod Size Tolerances TABLE 3 Wire Size Tolerances and Out of Round
Diameter, Diameter ± Out of Round Diameter, Diameter ± Out of Round
in. Tolerance, in. max, in. in. Tolerance, in. max, in.
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⁄32 to ⁄64 0.012 0.018
< 0.076 0.0010 0.0010
(0.219 to 0.734)
0.076 < 0.500 0.0015 0.0015
$ 0.500 0.0020 0.0020
TABLE 1 Bar Size Tolerances
Fractional Diameter ± Out of Round
Diameter, in. Tolerance, in. max, in.
7 5
⁄16 to ⁄8 0.006 0.009
5 7
> ⁄8 to ⁄8 0.007 0.011
> ⁄8 to 1 0.008 0.012
>1 to 1 ⁄8 0.009 0.014
1 1
>1 ⁄8 to 1 ⁄4 0.010 0.015
1 3
>1 ⁄4 to 1 ⁄8 0.011 0.017
3 1
>1 ⁄8 to 1 ⁄2 0.013 0.020
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3.1.9.1 Discussion—
Spheroidize annealed-at-finish size wire (SAFS) is wire that has been spheroidize annealed after final cold reduction. One or more
annealing treatments may precede the final cold reduction.
3.1.9.2 Discussion—
Annealed-in-Process (AIP) or Spheroidize Annealed-in-Process (SAIP) wire is produced as drawn carbon or alloy steel wire. In
producing AIP and SAIP wire, rods or bars are drawn to wire and thermal treatment (followed by a separate cleaning and coating
operation) is done prior to final drawing to produce a softer and more ductile wire for applications in which direct drawn wire
would be too hard. Thermal treatment may also be employed when controlled mechanical properties are required for a specific
application.
3.2 Heat treating terms not defined in this standard are included in Terminology F1789 or SAE J415.
4. Ordering Information
4.1 Wire orders shall state the following:
4.1.1 Quantity,
4.1.2 Specification number and issue date,
4.1.3 Diameter,
4.1.4 Steel grade,
4.1.5 Deoxidation practice and grain size or refinement practice (coarse or fine); see 5.3.1 – 5.3.5,
4.1.6 Application variation per 1.6,
4.1.7 Thermal treatment; see 5.5,
4.1.8 Surface coating,
4.1.9 Coil weight and dimensions as required,
4.1.10 Packaging,
4.1.11 Tagging,
4.1.12 Mill certification as required,
4.1.13 Special requirements, for example, steel making method and practice, specific hardenability, special shipping
instructions, single heat, etc., and
4.1.14 Example—40 000 lb, ASTM F2282, 0.250 in., carbon steel wire, IFI-1022A, silicon killed coarse grain, Recessed Head,
spheroidize annealed-in-process, phosphate and lube, 1500 lb coils, 28 in. coil i.d., on 18 in. tubular carriers, three bands per
carrier, one metal tag per coil, mill certification, do not ship Fridays.
4.2 Rod orders shall state the following:
4.2.1 Quantity,
4.2.2 Specification number and issue date,
4.2.3 Diameter,
4.2.4 Steel grade,
4.2.5 Deoxidation practice and grain size or refinement practice (coarse or fine),
4.2.6 Cold Heading,
4.2.7 Thermal treatment,
4.2.8 Surface coating,
4.2.9 Coil weight and dimensions as required,
4.2.10 Packaging,
4.2.11 Tagging,
4.2.12 Mill certifications as required,
4.2.13 Special requirements, for example, descaling practice, steelmaking method and practice, specific hardenability, special
shipping instructions, etc., and
4.2.14 Example—200 000 lb, ASTM F2282, ⁄64 in., carbon steel rod, IFI-1022B, silicon killed fine grain, Cold Heading,
spheroidize annealed, pickled and limed, 3000 lb coils, 48 in. coil i.d., compacted and unitized in packages of two, banded with
three steel straps per coil, two metal tags per coil attached to lead end on inside of bundle, put separators between coils.
4.3 Bar orders shall state the following:
4.3.1 Quantity,
4.3.2 Specification number and issue date,
4.3.3 Diameter,
4.3.4 Steel grade,
4.3.5 Deoxidation practice and grain size or refinement practice (coarse or fine),
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4.3.6 Cold Heading,
4.3.7 Thermal treatment,
4.3.8 Surface coating,
4.3.9 Coil weight and dimensions as required,
4.3.10 Packaging,
4.3.11 Tagging,
4.3.12 Mill certification as required,
4.3.13 Special requirements, for example, steelmaking method and practice, specific hardenability, special shipping instructions,
single heat, etc., and
4.3.14 Example—90 000 lb, ASTM F2282, 0. 610 in., carbon steel bars, IFI-1038, silicon killed coarse grain, spheroidize
annealed, Cold Heading, phosphate and lime, 5400 lb coils, 54 in. coil i.d., three bands per coil, one metal tag per coil, lead end
of each coil paint red.
5. Manufacture
5.1 Melting Practice—The steel shall be melted in a basic oxygen or electric furnace process.
5.2 Casting Practice—Steel shall be ingot cast, or continuous cast with controlled procedures to meet the requirements of this
specification.
5.3 Deoxidation Practice and Grain Size—The material shall be furnished in one of the deoxidation and grain size practices
included in 5.3.1 – 5.3.5, as specified by the purchaser. When not specified, the practice shall be at the option of the manufacturer.
5.3.1 Silicon killed fine grain shall be produced with aluminum for grain refinement. The material purchaser’s approval shall
be obtained for the use of vanadium or columbium for grain refinement.
5.3.2 Silicon killed coarse grain practice.
5.3.3 Silicon killed fine grain practice.
5.3.4 Aluminum killed fine grain practice.
5.3.5 Rimmed (grain size not specified).
5.4 Hardenability:
5.4.1 Hardenability for steels with a specified minimum carbon content of 0. 20 % or greater shall be determined for each heat
and the results furnished to the purchaser when requested on the purchase order. SAE J406, Appendix A shall be used for referee
purposes in the event of dispute.
5.5 Thermal Treatments:
5.5.1 The purchaser shall specify one of the following options for thermal treatment on the purchase order:
5.5.1.1 No thermal treatment.
5.5.1.2 Annealed.
5.5.1.3 Spheroidized.
5.5.1.4 Drawn from annealed rod or bar.
5.5.1.5 Drawn from spheroidize annealed rod or bar.
5.5.1.6 Spheroidized at finished size wire.
5.5.1.7 Annealed-in-process wire.
5.5.1.8 Spheroidized annealed-in-process wire.
6. Chemical Requirements
6.1 The material shall have a chemical composition conforming to the requirements specified in Tables 4-8 for the applicable
TABLE 4 Carbon Steels, Chemical Ranges and Limits, %
Carbon Manganese
Conditions IFI Steel Grade Phosphorous Sulfur
Silicon
Furnished Designation Max Max
Min Max Min Max
R, AlK IFI-1006 . . . 0.08 0.25 0.40 0.020 0.020 See Table 6
R, AlK, SiFg, SiCg IFI-1008 . . . 0.10 0.30 0.50 0.020 0.020 See Table 6
R, AlK, SiFg, SiCg IFI-1010 0.08 0.13 0.30 0.60 0.020 0.020 See Table 6
AlK, SiFg, SiCg IFI-1018 0.15 0.19 0.65 0.85 0.020 0.020 See Table 6
AlK, SiFg IFI-10B21 0.19 0.23 0.80 1.10 0.020 0.020 See Table 6
AlK, SiFg, SiCg IFI-1022/A 0.18 0.21 0.80 1.00 0.020 0.020 See Table 6
AlK, SiFg, SiCg IFI-1022/B 0.20 0.23 0.90 1.10 0.020 0.020 See Table 6
AlK IFI-1033 0.31 0.36 0.70 0.90 0.020 0.020 See Table 6
AlK, SiFg, SiCg IFI-1035 0.33 0.38 0.70 0.90 0.020 0.020 See Table 6
AlK, SiFg, SiCg IFI-1038 0.35 0.42 0.70 0.90 0.020 0.020 See Table 6
SiFg IFI-10B38 0.35 0.42 0.70 1.00 0.020 0.020 See Table 6
SiFg IFI-1541/A 0.36 0.41 1.35 1.60 0.020 0.020 See Table 6
SiFg, SiCg, CgP IFI-1541/B 0.38 0.43 1.35 1.60 0.020 0.020 See Table 6
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NOTE 1—Carbon steels which have added boron use a B designation between the first and last two digits of the grade designation. A boron steel has
a minimum boron content of 0.0008 % and a maximum of 0.003 % together with a minimum titanium content of 0.01 %.
AlK = Aluminum killed
R = Rimmed
SiFg = Silicon killed fine grain
SiCg = Silicon killed coarse grain
CgP = Coarse grain practice
TABLE 5 Permissible Variations from Specified Chemical
Ranges, and Li
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