Temper: As Hot Rolled 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: Architectural Metal; Elevators; Bolts; Nuts; Rivets; Aircraft Turn buckle Barrels; Balls; Condenser Plates; Heat Exchanger Tube; Heat Sinks; Petrochemical Tanks; Plater Bar for Jewelry; Plates, Baffles; Structural Uses; Valve Stems; Welding Rod; Marine Hardware; Propeller Shafts; Fittings Applicable Specifications: Bar – SAE J461, SAE J463; Plate – ASTM B432; Plate & Sheet - for Pressure Vessels, Condensers & Heat Exchangers ASME SB171, for Pressure Vessels, Condensers & Heat Exchangers ASTM B171/B171M; Rod – SAE J461, SAE J463 |