IS : 4072 - 1975

(Reaffirmed 2001)
Edition 2.2
(1978-12)
Indian Standard
SPECIFICATION FOR
STEEL FOR SPRING WASHERS
( First Revision )
(Incorporating Amendment Nos. 1 & 2)

UDC 669.14.018.27 : 621.882.449

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 IS : 4072 - 1975

Indian Standard
SPECIFICATION FOR
STEEL FOR SPRING WASHERS
( First Revision )
Wrought Steel Products Sectional Committee, SMDC 5
Chairman Representing
DR U. N. BHRANY Modella Steel and Alloys Ltd, Bombay
Members
SHRI E. ABRAHAM Association of Indian Engineering Industry, Calcutta
SHRI M. ANJANEYULU Mining & Allied Machinery Corporation Ltd,
Durgapur
SHRI D. P. SANYAL ( Alternate )
SHRI N. C. BAGCHI National Test House, Calcutta
SHRI A. K. BANERJEE Metallurgical and Engineering Consultant (India)
Ltd, Ranchi
SHRI B. N. SINGH ( Alternate )
SHRI S. BANERJEE Steel Rerolling Mills Association of India, Calcutta
SHRI S. K. BASU Guest Keen Williams Ltd, Howrah
SHRI A. ROY CHOWDHURY ( Alternate )
DR S. S. BHATNAGAR National Metallurgical Laboratory (CSIR),
Jamshedpur
SHRI Y. P. S. BISHNOI Bokaro Steel Ltd, Bokaro Steel City
SHRI J. C. ERRY ( Alternate )
SHRI P. K. CHAKRAVARTY Tata Iron & Steel Co Ltd, Jamshedpur
SHRI M. C. KUMARASWAMY ( Alternate )
SHRI G. CHATTERJEE Hindustan Steel Ltd, Durgapur
SHRI K. Z. MATHEM ( Alternate )
SHRI P. K. CHATTERJEE Ministry of Defence (DGI)
SHRI M. M. GUPTA ( Alternate )
DR N. S. DATAR Hindustan Steel Ltd, Rourkela
SHRI K. S. SINGH ( Alternate )
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Members Representing
MAJ-GEN M. G. DEWAN Tinplate Company of India Ltd, Golmuri
SHRI S. BALASHANKAR ( Alternate )
DIRECTOR (M & C) Ministry of Railways
CHEMIST & METALLURGIST,
CHITTARANJAN LOCOMOTIVE
WORKS ( Alternate )
SHRI A. K. GUHA Inspection Wing, Directorate General of Supplies &
Disposals, New Delhi
SHRI P. C. MUSTAFI ( Alternate )
JOINT DIRECTOR STANDARDS Ministry of Railways
(WAGON)
JOINT DIRECTOR (IRON &
STEEL) ( Alternate )
DR V. C. KASHYAP Special Steels Ltd, Bombay
SHRI S. S. MURANJAN ( Alternate )
SHRI M. N. KHANNA Hindustan Steel Ltd, Bhilai
SHRI K. C. SOM ( Alternate )
SHRI R. M. KRISHNAN Iron and Steel Control, Calcutta
DR D. M. LAKHIANI Indian Iron & Steel Co Ltd, Burnpur
SHRI T. K. DATTA ( Alternate )
SHRI P. LAXMINARAYANA Hindustan Shipyard Ltd, Visakhapatnam
SHRI R. C. MAHAJAN Indian Steel and Wire Products Ltd, Indranagar
SHRI AVTAR SINGH ( Alternate )
DR S. S. MALHOTRA Metal Box Co of India Ltd, Calcutta
SHRI K. R. NARASIMHAN ( Alternate )
SHRI D. Y. MOGHE Directorate General, Ordnance Factories (Ministry of
Defence), Calcutta
SHRI D. SEN ( Alternate )
SHRI R. H. G. RAU Mukand Iron & Steel Works Ltd, Bombay
SHRI S. A. NIGAM ( Alternate )
SHRI D. V. REDDI Indian Institute of Metals, Calcutta
SHRI N. SEN ROY Joint Plant Committee, Calcutta
SHRI D. SRINIVASAN ( Alternate )
SHRI R. K. SETHI Industrial Fasteners’ Association of India, Calcutta
DR S. J. SHAH Spinning Machinery (Cotton System) Sectional
Committee, TDC 30, ISI
TECHNICAL ADVISER (BOILERS) Central Boilers Board, Ministry of Industrial
Development, New Delhi
SHRI K. S. VAIDYANATHAN M. N. Dastur & Co (Pvt) Ltd, Calcutta
SHRI G. VENKATESWARLU Ministry of Defence (R & D)
SHRI E. S. BHAGIRATHA RAO ( Alternate )
SHRI C. R. RAMA RAO, Director General, ISI ( Ex-officio Member )
Director (Struc & Met)
Secretary
SHRI SHANTI SWARUP
Assistant Director (Metals), ISI
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Indian Standard
SPECIFICATION FOR
STEEL FOR SPRING WASHERS
( First Revision )
0. F O R E W O R D
0.1 This Indian Standard (First Revision) was adopted by the Indian
Standards Institution on 15 January 1975, after the draft finalized by
the Wrought Steel Products Sectional Committee had been approved
by the Structural and Metals Division Council.
0.2 This standard was first published in 1967. While reviewing this
standard it was decided to incorporate two more grades of steel, C55
and C60, for spring washers, in this revision.
0.3 Steel spring washers are widely used in railway rolling stock,
automobile and other engineering applications where locking action is
required against rotation of the screwed or bolted assembly.
0.4 This edition 2.2 incorporates Amendment No. 1 (April 1975) and
Amendment No. 2 (December 1978). The Ministry of Industrial
Development, Government of India, in Gazette Notification No. S. O.
294(E)/IDRA/29B/1/74/7 dated 16 May 1974, has allowed the various
mini steel plants and electric furnace units to diversify their products
and to obtain ISI licence to cover such products under ISI Certification
Marks Scheme. Most of these manufacturing units will be initially
making ingots [including cast billet ingot, for definition refer to
IS : 6914-1973 Specification for carbon steel cast billet ingots for
rolling into structural steel (standard quality)] or billets for further
rolling into finished products. It is, therefore, felt that till such time as
separate specifications are formulated for these, provision should be
made to include ingots and billets in this specification through
Amendment No. 1.
The size of ingot or billet for any given size of finished steel product
should be such that a minimum of 95 percent reduction in cross
sectional area is involved.
The clauses in this specification which refer only to the end products
shall not apply to ingots and billets. Side bar indicates modification of
the text as the result of incorporation of the amendments.

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0.5 For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of
this standard is complied with, the final value, observed or calculated,
expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded off in
accordance with IS : 2-1960*. The number of significant places
retained in the rounded off value should be the same as that of the
specified value in this standard.

1. SCOPE
1.1 This standard covers the requirements for steel in the form of
plate, sheet, wire or rod intended to be used in the manufacture of
spring washers.
1.2 This standard also covers the requirements for ingots and billets
intended to be used for the manufacture of spring washers.

2. GRADES
2.1 Steel for spring washers shall be of six grades as specified in Table 1.

3. SUPPLY OF MATERIAL
3.1 General requirements relating to the supply of material shall
conform to IS : 1387-1967†.

4. MANUFACTURE
4.1 Steel shall be made by open-hearth, electric or a combination of
these processes. In case any other process is employed by the
manufacturer, prior approval of the purchaser shall be obtained.
4.1.1 A sufficient discard shall be made from each ingot to ensure
freedom from injurious piping, undue segregation and other harmful
defects.

5. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
5.1 The ladle analysis of steel, when analyzed in accordance with
IS : 228-1959‡, shall be as given in Table 1.

*Rules for rounding off numerical values ( revised ).

†General requirements for the supply of metallurgical materials ( first revision ).
‡Methods of chemical analysis of pig iron, cast iron and plain carbon and low alloy
steels ( revised ).

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TABLE 1 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION

( Clauses 2.1, 5.1 and 5.2 )
GRADE DESIG- CONSTITUENT, PERCENT
NATION
































Carbon Silicon Manganese Sul- Phos- Chro- Vanad-
phur, phorus, mium ium
Max Max
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1 55C6 0.50 0.10 0.50 0.050 0.050 — —
to to to
0.60 0.35 0.65
2 65C6 0.60 0.10 0.50 0.050 0.050 — —
to to to
0.70 0.35 0.80
3 70C6 0.65 0.10 0.50 0.050 0.050 — —
to to to
0.75 0.35 0.80
4 80C6 0.75 0.10 0.50 0.050 0.050 — —
to to to
0.85 0.35 0.80
5 38Si7 0.35 1.50 0.60 0.040 0.040 — —
to to to
0.42 1.90 0.80
6 50Si7 0.45 1.50 0.50 0.050 0.050 — —
to to to
0.55 2.00 0.80
7 55Si7 0.50 1.50 0.70 0.050 0.050 — —
to to to
0.60 2.00 1.00
8 60Si7 0.55 1.50 0.70 0.050 0.050 — —
to to to
0.65 2.00 1.00
9 50CrV4 0.47 0.15 0.80 0.035 0.035 0.90 0.07
to to to to to
0.55 0.35 1.10 1.20 0.12

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5.2 Product Analysis — Check analysis carried out on the finished
product from the standard position shall not exceed the limits specified
in Table 1 by more than the following:
Constituent Variation Over the Maximum or
Under the Minimum Specified
Limit, Percent
Carbon 0.02
Manganese:
Up to 0.9 percent 0.03
Over 0.9 percent 0.04
Silicon:
Up to 0.35 percent 0.02
Over 0.35 percent 0.05
Sulphur 0.005
Phosphorus 0.005
6. FREEDOM FROM DEFECTS
6.1 The material shall have reasonably smooth surface, free from
harmful defects.
6.1.1 Ingots and billets shall be sound and cleanly cast to the specified
dimensions. They shall be free from harmful defects, such as cracks;
laminations; rough, jagged and imperfect edges; exposed piping and
heavy refractory inclusions.
6.2 Decarburization shall be kept at a minimum. A limit of
decarburization may be fixed by agreement between the purchaser and
the supplier.
7. ROLLING TOLERANCES
7.1 The material shall be supplied to the dimensions specified by the
purchaser and shall be rolled to the following limits:
Percent
On thickness  + 2.0
 – 1.5

On width ( see Note ) ± 0.6
NOTE — In case of material supplied in the form of plate or sheet the width
tolerances may be mutually agreed to between the supplier and the purchaser.

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7.2 The tolerances for cast billet ingots and billets shall be as given in
IS : 6914-1973* and IS : 2830-1975† respectively, the tolerances for
ingots of other sizes shall be subject to mutual agreement between the
purchaser and the manufacturer.
8. CALCULATION OF WEIGHT
8.1 The weight of steel shall be calculated on the basis that steel
weighs 7.85 g/cm3.
9. DELIVERY
9.1 The material shall be supplied in any one of the following
conditions subject to mutual agreement between the purchaser and
the manufacturer:
a) As-rolled,
b) As-rolled and annealed, and
c) Hardened and tempered.
In the case of ingots and billets the material may be supplied in the
as-cast condition.
10. RUST PREVENTION
10.1 The surface of the material may be coated with a thin layer of
anti-rust oil or anti-rust compound when agreed to between the
purchaser and the supplier.
11. RETEST
11.1 Should a test piece first selected fail to pass any of the tests
specified in this standard, two further samples shall be selected for
testing in respect of each failure. Should the test pieces from both
these additional sample pass, the material represented by the test
samples shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of that
particular test. Should the test piece from either of these additional
samples fail, the material represented by the test samples shall be
deemed not to comply with this standard.
12. MARKING AND PACKING
12.1 The material shall be suitably identified with the name or
trade-mark of the manufacturer, grade and cast number or by such

*Specification for carbon steel cast billet ingots for rolling into structural steel
(standard quality).
†Specification for carbon steel billets, blooms and slabs for re-rolling into structural
steel (standard quality) ( first revision ).

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identification marks by which the steel can be traced to the cast from
which it has been made.
12.1.1 Each ingot and billet shall be legibly stamped or painted with
cast number, grade and the name or trade-mark of the manufacturer.
12.1.2 The material shall be packed and delivered as agreed to
between the purchaser and the supplier.
12.2 BIS Certification Marking
The product may also be marked with Standard Mark.
12.2.1 The use of the Standard Mark is governed by the provisions of
the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 and the Rules and
Regulations made thereunder. The details of conditions under which
the licence for the use of Standard Mark may be granted to
manufacturers or producers may be obtained from the Bureau of
Indian Standards.

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Panel for Spring Steel, SMDC 5 : P18
Convener Representing
SHRI A. K. BHATTACHARYA Research, Designs & Standards Organization
(Ministry of Railways), Lucknow
Members
SHRI H. BHOUMICK Alloy Steels Plant, Durgapur
SHRI S. K. DAVE ( Alternate )
SHRI P. K. CHAKRAVARTY Tata Iron & Steel Co Ltd, Jamshedpur
SHRI N. S. CHATTERJEE Hindustan Steel Ltd, Bhilai
SHRI V. G. KARTHA ( Alternate )
DR S. K. CHATTERJEE Guest Keen Williams Ltd, Howrah
SHRI D. M. DAVAR The Premier Automobiles Ltd, Bombay
SHRI A. T. BORATE ( Alternate )
SHRI R. N. GHOSH Indian Standard Wagon Co Ltd, Burnpur
SHRI S. V. KUDVA (JR) Canara Workshops Ltd, Mangalore

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