| Temper: Hard and Precipitation Heat Treated Fabrication Properties: Excellent Suitability – Capacity for Being Hot Formed; Good Suitability – Soldering, Brazing, Gas Shielded Arc Welding, Coated Metal Arc Welding, Spot Weld, Capacity for Being Cold Worked; Fair Suitability – Seam Weld, Butt Weld Common Fabrication Processes: Blanking; Drawing; Drilling; Forming and Bending; Tapping; Turning Typical uses: Belleville Washers; Clips; Connectors; Contact Bridges; Electrical Switch and Relay Blades; Fuse Clips; Navigational Instruments; Relay Parts; Spring Connectors, Current Carrying; Switch Parts; Bolts; Fasteners; Lock Washers; Retaining Rings; Roll Pins; Screws; Washers; Bearings; Bellows; Bourdon Tubes; Bushings; Diaphragms; Flexible Metal Hose; Housings for Instruments; Non Sparking Safety Tools; Pump Parts; Pumps; Rolling Mill Parts; Shafts; Spline Shafts; Springs; Springs, Electrochemical; Valve Seats; Valve Stems Valves; Wear Plates on Heavy Equipment; Welding Equipment; Firing Pins Tools Applicable Specifications: Bar – AMS 4533, AMS 4534, AMS 4651, AMS 4650, ASTM B196/B196M, SAE J463, ASTM B194, MILITARY MIL-C-21657, SAE J461; Extrusions – ASTM B570; Forgings – AMS 4650, ASTM B570; Plate – AMS 4530, ASTM B194; Rod – AMS 4650, AMS 4533, MILITARY MIL-C-21657, SAE J463, SAE J461, ASTM B196/B196M, AMS 4534, AMS 4651; Shapes – AMS 4650; Sheet – ASTM B194, AMS 4530, AMS 4532; Strip – AMS 4532, ASTM B888/B88M, ASTM B194, SAE J463, SAE J461, AMS 4530; Tube – AMS 4535, ASTM B643; Wire – SAE J461, ASTM B197/B197M, SAE J463, AMS 4725 |
