SAEAMS6265M-2008

SAETechnicalStandardsBoardRulesprovidethat:“ThisreportispublishedbySAEtoadvancethestateoftechnicalandengineeringsciences.Theuseofthisreportisentirelyvoluntary,anditsapplicabilityandsuitabilityforanyparticularuse,includinganypatentinfringementarisingtherefrom,isthesoleresponsibilityoftheuser.”SAEreviewseachtechnicalreportatleasteveryfiveyearsatwhichtimeitmaybereaffirmed,revised,orcancelled.SAEinvitesyourwrittencommentsandsuggestions.Copyright©2008SAEInternationalAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystemortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofSAE.TOPLACEADOCUMENTORDER:Tel:[phone](insideUSAandCanada)Tel:[phone](outsideUSA)Fax:[phone]Email:[e-mail]:(0.07-0.13C)(SAE9310)VacuumConsumableElectrodeRemelted(CompositionsimilartoUNSG93106)RATIONALEAMS6265Mincludesacorrectiontothespecificationnumberinparagraph4.4.1.SCOPE1.1FormThisspecificationcoversapremiumaircraft-quality,low-alloysteelintheformofbars,forgings,mechanicaltubing,andforgingstock.1.2ApplicationTheseproductshavebeenusedtypicallyforcriticalcarburizedpartsrequiringhighminimumcorehardnesswithinanarrowrangeandsubjecttoveryrigidmagneticparticleinspectionstandards,butusageisnotlimitedtosuchapplications.1.2.1Thecoreismachinableafterhardening.2.APPLICABLEDOCUMENTSTheissueofthefollowingdocumentsineffectonthedateofthepurchaseorderformsapartofthisspecificationtotheextentspecifiedherein.Thesuppliermayworktoasubsequentrevisionofadocumentunlessaspecificdocumentissueisspecified.Whenthereferenceddocumenthasbeencancelledandnosupersedingdocumenthasbeenspecified,thelastpublishedissueofthatdocumentshallapply.2.1SAEPublicationsAvailablefromSAEInternational,400CommonwealthDrive,Warrendale,PA15096-0001,Tel:[phone](insideUSAandCanada)or724-776-4970(outsideUSA),:610-832-9585,(10ppm)Copper--0.353.1.1CheckAnalysisCompositionvariationsshallmeettheapplicablerequirementsofAMS2259.3.2MeltingPracticeSteelshallbemultiplemeltedusingconsumableelectrodevacuumpracticeintheremeltcycle.SAEAMS6265M-3-3.3ConditionTheproductshallbesuppliedinthefollowingcondition;hardnessandtensilestrengthshallbedeterminedinaccordancewithASTMA370:3.3.1Bars3.3.1.1Bars0.500Inch(12.70mm)andUnderinNominalDiameterorLeastDistanceBetweenParallelSidesColdfinishedhavingtensilestrengthnothigherthan125ksi(862MPa)orhardnessnothigherthan262HB,orequivalent(See8.2).3.3.1.2BarsOver0.500Inch(12.70mm)inNominalDiameterorLeastDistanceBetweenParallelSidesHotfinishedandannealed,unlessotherwiseordered,havinghardnessnothigherthan229HB,orequivalent(See8.2).Barsorderedcoldfinishedmayhavehardnessashighas248HB,orequivalent(See8.2).3.3.2ForgingsAsordered.3.3.3MechanicalTubingColdfinished,unlessotherwiseordered,havinghardnessnothigherthan25HRC,orequivalent(See8.2).Tubingorderedhotfinishedandannealedshallhavehardnessnothigherthan99HRB,orequivalent(See8.2).3.3.4ForgingStockAsorderedbytheforgingmanufacturer.3.4PropertiesTheproductshallconformtothefollowingrequirements;hardnesstestingshallbeperformedinaccordancewithASTMA370:3.4.1MacrostructureVisualexaminationoftransversefullcross-sectionsfrombars,billets,tuberounds,andforgingstock,etchedinhothydrochloricacidinaccordancewithASTMA604,shallshownopipeorcracks.Porosity,segregation,inclusions,an