AMS6382S Steel, Bars, Forgings, Rings, and Stock for Forging or Flash Welded Rings Aircraft Quality 0.95Cr - 0.20Mo (0.38 - 0.43C) (4140) Annealed

Revised

10/20/2023

Features
Issuing Committee
Scope
Content
This specification covers an aircraft-quality, low-alloy steel in the form of bars, forgings, flash-welded rings, and stock for forging or flash-welded rings.
Rationale
Content
AMS6382S is the result of a Five-Year Review and update of the specification. The revision updates the Title to match the Scope and include product quality, adds composition reporting (see 3.1.2), revises macrostructure requirements (see 3.3.1 and 8.9), updates hardenability testing (see 3.3.3), revises decarburization testing requirements (see 3.3.4.4), incorporates requirements for periodic testing per AMS2301 (see 4.2.1 and 4.4.4), adds options for forging stock (see 4.4.3 and 8.9), adds note on bar stock quality (see 8.7), and updates the prohibition on product exceptions (see 8.8).
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/AMS6382S
Pages
9
Citation
SAE International Material Specification, Steel, Bars, Forgings, Rings, and Stock for Forging or Flash Welded Rings Aircraft Quality 0.95Cr - 0.20Mo (0.38 - 0.43C) (4140) Annealed, SAE Standard AMS6382S, Revised October 2023, Reaffirmed February 2006, Issued December 1939, https://doi.org/10.4271/AMS6382S.
Additional Details
Publisher
Published
Oct 20, 2023
Product Code
AMS6382S
Content Type
Material Specification
Status
Revised
Language
English