Excellent Suitability – Soldering, Brazing, Capacity for Being Hot Formed; Good Suitability – Oxyacetylene Welding, Spot Weld, Butt Weld; Fair Suitability – Gas Shielded Arc Welding, Seam Weld, Capacity for Being Cold Worked

Common Fabrication Processes: Blanking; Drawing; Forming and Bending; Heading and Upsetting; Hot Forging and Pressing; hot heading and upsetting; Shearing

Typical Uses: Lock Pins; Precision Shipboard Equipment; Bolts; Nuts; Rivets; Aircraft Turn buckle Barrels; Balls; Bearings; Condenser Plates; Dies, Golf Ball Production; Heat Exchanger Tube; Hub Cones; Pressure Vessels; Structural Uses; Valve Stems; Welding Rod; Decorative Fittings; Marine Hardware; Propeller Shafts; Shafting; Turn buckles; Missile Components; Baffle Plates and Flanges; Fittings

Applicable Specifications: Bar – SAE J461, SAE J463, AMS 4612, Forgings ASTM B124/B124M, AMS 4611, FEDERAL Q-B-639, ASTM B21/B21M; Bolts – ASTM F468; Forgings, Die (Hot Pressed) – ASTM B283/B283M, ASME SB283; Nuts – ASTM F467; Plate – FEDERAL QQ-B-639, ASTM B432; Plate & Sheet - for Pressure Vessels, Condensers & Heat Exchangers ASME SB171, for Pressure Vessels, Condensers & Heat Exchangers ASTM B171/B171M; Rod – AMS 4612, ASTM B21/B21M, SAE J463, SAE J461, AMS 4611, Forgings ASTM B124/B124M; Screws – ASTM F468; Shapes – Forgings ASTM B124/B124M, ASTM B21/B21M; Sheet – FEDERAL QQ-B-639; Strip – SAE J463, FEDERAL QQ-B-639, SAE J461; Studs – ASTM F468; Wire – MILITARY MIL-W-6712