Comparison of High Carbon - Spring Wire Properties
High-carbon spring steels are the most commonly used of all
springs materials.
Try to use these materials in preference to others because that are least expensive,
readily available, easily worked, and most popular. These materials are not satisfactory
for high or low temperatures or for shock or impact loading.
Method of Manufacture Chief Uses Special Properties
Music Wire is cold drawn, and it has a high and uniform tensile. Music Wire is the toughest and most widely used of all spring materials for small springs. It has the highest tensile strength and can withstand higher stresses under repeated loading than any other spring material.
Cold drawn. Average stress applications. Lower cost springs and wire forms. Hard Drawn is the most inexpensive general purpose spring steel and should be used only where life, accuracy, and deflection are not too important.
Cold drawn. Higher quality springs and wire forms.
Cold drawn and heat treated before fabrication, General purpose spring wire.
Cold drawn and heat treated before fabrication. Suitable for cyclic applications.
Equivalent or Common Trade Names
228 Music Wire Piano wire ASTM A228 ASTM A29 ASTM A682 AISI 1086 AMS 5112 QQ-W-470 UNS K08500 UNS G10860 SAE J403 SAE J412 SAE J414e Japanese JIS G3522 SWP-A G3522 SWP-B German DIN 1.1269 British BS 1408 5216 5201
227 Hard/Cold Drawn Carbon Galvanized hard-drawn ASTM A-764 HDMB UNS K06501 ASTM A227 ASTM A764 AISI 1065 SAE J113 QQ-W-428 Type II Japanese JIS G3521 SWB German DIN 1.123 British BS 5216 NS 5216 HS
ASTM A229 OT Oil Tempered Carbon Steel UNS K07001 UNS G10650 AISI 1065 QQ-W-428 Type I QQ-W-474 SAE J316T GM61M
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