AMS6556A: Steel, Bars, Wire, and Forgings 8V - 4Cr - 4W - 3Mo (2.45 - 2.55C) Powder Metallurgy Product Hot Isostatically Pressed - Material Specification

Features

Issuing Committee: AMS E Carbon and Low Alloy Steels Committee

Scope

Content: This specification covers a premium aircraft-quality, high-alloy steel gas-atomized and HIP-consolidated in the form of bars, wire, forgings, and forging stock.

Rationale

Content: AMS6556A results from a Five-Year Review and update of this specification that revises composition analytical methods (3.1), decarburization (3.4.3), and quality (3.5.2), adds no unauthorized exceptions (3.7), and revises reports (4.4) and identification (5.2).

AMS6556A has been reaffirmed to comply with the SAE Five-Year Review policy.

Meta Tags

Topics: Steel
Forging
Materials properties
Manufacturing processes
Heat treatment
Powder metallurgy

Details

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4271/AMS6556A

Pages: 8

Citation: SAE International Material Specification, Steel, Bars, Wire, and Forgings 8V - 4Cr - 4W - 3Mo (2.45 - 2.55C) Powder Metallurgy Product Hot Isostatically Pressed, SAE Standard AMS6556A, Reaffirmed May 2023, Revised June 2018, Issued August 2013, https://doi.org/10.4271/AMS6556A.

Additional Details

Publisher: SAE International

Published: May 16, 2023

Product Code: AMS6556A

Content Type: Material Specification

Status: Reaffirmed

Language: English

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