Cold Finished Carbon Steel Bars
Standard (16/10 Under)
Manufacturing Tolerances
Cold Finished Carbon Steel Bars
COLD DRAWN OR TURNED & POLISHED ROUNDS
Undersize Variations in Inches |
Size Range in Inches |
Max. Carbon Range .28% or less |
Max. Carbon Range over .28% to .55% incl. |
Max. Carbon Range to 0.55% incl., Stress Relieved or Annealed After Cold Finishing1 |
Max. Carbon Range Over .55% or all Grades Quenched & Tempered or Normalized and Tempered Before cold Finishing |
1 ½ or under |
.002 |
.003 |
.004 |
.005 |
Over 1 ½ to 2 ½, incl. |
.003 |
.004 |
.005 |
.006 |
Over 2 ½ to 4, incl. |
.004 |
.005 |
.006 |
.007 |
Over 4 to 6, incl. |
.005 |
.006 |
.007 |
.008 |
Over 6 to 8, incl. |
.006 |
.007 |
.008 |
.009 |
Over 8 to 9, Incl. |
.007 |
.008 |
.009 |
.010 |
Over 9 |
.008 |
.009 |
.010 |
.011 |
COLD DRAWN HEXAGONS |
¾ or under |
.002 |
.003 |
.004 |
.006 |
Over ¾ to 1 ½, incl. |
.003 |
.004 |
.005 |
.007 |
Over 1 ½ to 2 ½, incl. |
.004 |
.005 |
.006 |
.008 |
Over 2 ½ to 4, incl. |
.005 |
.006 |
.007 |
.009 |
COLD DRAWN SQUARES |
¾ or under |
.002 |
.004 |
.005 |
.007 |
Over ¾ to 1 ½, incl. |
.003 |
.005 |
.006 |
.008 |
Over 1 ½ to 2 ½, incl. |
.004 |
.006 |
.007 |
.009 |
Over 2 ½ to 4, incl. |
.006 |
.008 |
.009 |
.011 |
COLD DRAWN FLATS
Tolerances for flats apply to thickness as well as width |
Width in Inches |
To 2/4 incl. |
.003 |
.004 |
.006 |
.008 |
Over ¾ to 1 ½, incl. |
.004 |
.005 |
.008 |
.010 |
Over 1 ½ to 3, incl. |
.005 |
.006 |
.010 |
.012 |
Over 3 to 4,incl. |
.006 |
.008 |
.011 |
.016 |
Over 4 to 6, incl. |
.008 |
.010 |
.012 |
.020 |
Over 6 |
.013 |
.015 |
… |
… |
TURNED, GROUND AND POLISHED ROUNDS
COLD DRAWN, GROUND AND POLISHED ROUNDS |
Undersize Variations in Inches |
Size Range in Inches |
Turned, Ground and Polished Rounds |
Cold Drawn, Ground and Polished Rounds |
1 ½ and under |
.001 |
.001 |
Over 1 ½ to less than 2 ½ |
.0015 |
.0015 |
2 ½ to 3, incl. |
.002 |
.002 |
Over 3 to 4, incl. |
.003 |
.003 |
Over 4 to 6, incl. |
.004* |
… |
Over 6 |
.005* |
… |
*For nonresulphurized steels (steels specified to maximum sulphur limits under 0.08%) or for steels thermally treated, the tolerance is increased by .001”
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