STEEL FORGINGS FOR GUNS

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

08-04-2005

Publisher

UK Ministry of Defence Standards

Preface
Main Text
SECTION 1 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
1 Scope
2 WARNING
3 Related Documents
4 Definitions
5 Information to be Supplied by the Purchaser
6 Validation of Production
7 Validation of a New Design of a Major Gun Forging
8 Proof of Major Gun Forgings
SECTION 2 - MATERIAL
9 Material
SECTION 4 - FORGING STOCK
10 Cast Steel and Blooms (including bars)
SECTION 5 - FORGINGS (ANNEALED)
11 Annealed Gun Forgings
SECTION 6 - FORGINGS (HEAT TREATED)
12 Hardened and Tempered Gun Forgings
SECTION 7 - TESTING
13 Hardness Testing
14 Mechanical Testing and Inspection of Hardened and Tempered
Gun Forgings
15 Non-Destructive Testing
SECTION 8 - MORTAR BARRELS
16 Mortar Barrels
SECTION 9 - ANCILLARY PROCESSES
17 Straightening
18 Autofrettage
ANNEX A - Validation of Production
ANNEX B - Schedule of Steels for Gun Forgings
ANNEX C - The Validation of the Production Procedure for a
New Design of a Major Gun Forging

Specifies the requirements for materials, properties, processes, inspection and testing of major gun and mortar forgings. It includes a requirement for the suppliers to validate their proposed production route and for the assessment of product quality by cut-up testing of pre-production or prototype forgings.

DevelopmentNote	Supersedes DEFSTAN 10-13/3(1999) (04/2005) This standard is obsolescent because it is no longer required for procurement of new equipment but is retained for maintenance purposes in support of existing in-service equipment. (05/2016)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	42
PublisherName	UK Ministry of Defence Standards
Status	Current
Supersedes	DEFSTAN 10-13/3(1999) : 1999

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