Temper: 1/4 Hard Fabrication Properties: Excellent Suitability – Soldering; Good Suitability – Brazing; Fair Suitability – Butt Weld, Capacity for Being Cold Worked, Capacity for Being Hot Formed Common Fabrication Processes: Blanking; Machining; Piercing and Punching; Roll Threading and Knurling; Stamping Typical uses: Hinges; Keys; Lock Tumblers; Lock Parts; Nuts; Washers; Bearing Cages; Book Dies; Clock Plates; Engraving Plates; Gears; Hose Couplings; Meter Parts; Strike Plates; Templates; Type Characters; Wear Plates; Sink Strainers Applicable Specifications: Bar – ASTM B121/B121M; Plate – ASTM B121/B121M; Rod – SAE J463, SAE J461; Rod, Bar & Shapes – ASTM B453/B453M; Sheet – ASTM B121/B121M, SAE J463, SAE J461; Strip – ASTM B121/B121M, SAE J463, SAE J461 |