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BS 4276:1968

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Specification for hard metal for wire, bar and tube drawing dies

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Language(s)

English

Published date

21-02-1968

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Foreword
Specification
1 Scope
2 Method of manufacture
3 Designation
4 Hardness
5 Hardness test
6 Transverse rupture strength
7 Cobalt content
8 Impurities
9 Grain size
10 Porosity
11 Defects
Table
1 Hard Metal designated in accordance with groups of
    hardness

Eight types. Hardness, composition and grain size.

1.1 This British Standard specifies requirements for Hard Metal grades generally used in the manufacture of dies for cold drawing wire, bar and tube in ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys.

1.2 Special Hard Metal grades in which some or all of the cobalt is present as eta-phase or in which binder metals other than Cobalt are used, are excluded from this specification.

Committee
W/-
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 66/8963 DC (08/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, December 2012. (11/2012)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
10
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current

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