Material Specification

A.C.N.
006 893 232
Holden Limited NUMBER : HN 1461

Engineering Department SHEET : 1 of 9
RELEASE : August 1976
MATERIAL SPECIFICATION REVISION : June, 2005
NAME: STEEL SHEET, STRIP AND PLATE
1. GENERAL
This specification covers the requirements for hot rolled low carbon and cold rolled
low carbon steel sheet, strip and plate suitable for the manufacture of automotive
parts.
2. APPLICATION
3.
Grades covered by this specification are for general use. Cold rolled steels are
used for the majority of body parts to achieve closer thickness tolerances and
surface finish requirements.
3. REFERENCES
AS 1594 AS 1595 AS 1391 JIS G3131

JIS G3141 HN 1623 HN 1673 HN 1643
HN 1663 HN 1461 HN 1676 HN 1000
4. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
4.1 Requirements to AS 1594 and AS 1595
The material must conform to all requirements shown in AS 1594 and

AS 1595 relevant to the material specified.
4.2 Steel Grade
4.2.1 No Steel Grade Specified
In the case of no grade specified as per example 1 Section 5.1,

any appropriate grade of steel covered by AS1554 or AS1595
maybe used. Note, once trial parts have been submitted for
engineering test programs, change to a lower strength grade is not
permitted without Engineering and Materials Engineering
approval.
THIS DOCUMENT MUST NOT BE REPRODUCED. IF USED IN RELATION

TO THE COMPANY’S PRODUCTS THE RECIPIENT IS RESPONSIBLE TO
CONFIRM THE DOCUMENT ISSUE DATE IS STILL VALID.
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4. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS (continued)
4.2 Steel Grade (continued)
4.2.2 Steel Grade Specified
The steel grade must be specified on the part drawing by using the
designations shown in Section 6, typical examples are shown in
Section 5.1 examples 2 or 3.
In special circumstances other steel specifications may be

specified on the drawing by reference to other appropriate
specifications or supplier designations by the Holden Materials
Engineering, however all other requirements of this specification
still apply.
5. DRAWING MATERIAL NOTES
When a given part design requires a specific material property such as minimum
yield strength, the drawing note must always show the steel type and grade required
as shown in Section 6.
Example Drawing Note Material

1 “Steel HN 1461” Any appropriate grade of steel covered by AS
1594 & AS 1595.
2 “Steel HN 1461 Type 1A Hot rolled formable sheet steel of deep drawing
Grade 3” grade to AS1594-HA3.
Minimum yield strength 200 MPa.
3 “Steel HN 1461 Type 2A Cold rolled formable sheet steel to AS 1595-

Grade 4” CA4.
Minimum yield strength 140 MPa.

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6. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
Table 1 - Mechanical Properties of Hot Rolled Sheet Steel
TYPE GRADE YIELD STRENGTH TENSILE STRENGTH ELONGATION APPROVED MATERIAL

(MPa) (MPa) 50mm Gauge Length
(%)
Determined in accordance with Australian Standard Japanese Industrial
Australian Standard AS 1391 Methods for Tensile Testing Metals AS1594 Standard
JIS G3131
1A GRADE 1 200 - 380 300 - 440 22 Min. HA1 SPHC
(Formable GRADE 2 MATERIAL NOT DEFINED
Steel) GRADE 3 200 - 380 300 - 440 34 Min. HA3 SPHD, SPHE
GRADE 4 170 - 340 300 - 420 36 Min. HA4 -
GRADE 1 200 Min 300 Min 24 Min HA200 -
1B GRADE 2 250 Min 350 Min 22 Min HU250 -
(Structural GRADE 3 300 Min 400 Min 20 Min HU300 -
Steel) GRADE 4 350 Min 430 Min 18 Min HA350 -
GRADE 5 380 Min 460 Min 16 Min HA400 -
THIS DOCUMENT MUST NOT BE REPRODUCED. IF USED IN RELATION TO THE COMPANY’S PRODUCTS THE
RECIPIENT IS RESPONSIBLE TO CONFIRM THE DOCUMENT ISSUE DATE IS STILL VALID.
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6. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES (continued..)
Table 2 - Mechanical Properties of Cold Rolled Sheet Steel
TYPE GRADE YIELD STRENGTH TENSILE STRENGTH ELONGATION APPROVED MATERIAL

(MPa) (MPa) 50mm Gauge Length
(%)
Determined in accordance with Australian Standard Japanese Industrial
Australian Standard AS 1391 Methods for Tensile Testing Metals AS1595 Standard
JIS G3141
GRADE 1 160 - 280 280 - 380 28 - 40 CU1 -
2A GRADE 2 150 - 260 270 - 350 33 - 42 CA2 -
(Formable GRADE 3 150 - 250 270 - 340 36 - 45 CA3 SPCC
Grades) GRADE 4 140 - 220 260 - 320 38 - 48 CA4 -
GRADE 4A 125 - 180 280 - 320 44 - 52 - SPCD
GRADE 5 120 - 200 250 - 310 40 - 50 - -
GRADE 5A 115 - 165 280 - 320 47 - 53 - SPCEN

note 1
GRADE 6 124 - 165 280 - 320 47 - 53 - SPCEN
Note 1 - HN1461 Type 2A Grade 6 is a ‘Select Grade’ of SPCEN material with a minimum yield strength of 124 MPa
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6. MECHANICAL PROPERTIE S (continued..)
Table 3 - Mechanical Properties for Temper Grades of Cold Rolled Sheet Steel
TYPE GRADE HARDNESS TENSILE STRENGTH ELONGATION APPROVED MATERIAL

(HRB) (MPa) 50mm Gauge Length
(%)
Determined In Accordance With Australian Standard Japanese Industrial
Australian Standard AS 1391, Methods For Tensile AS1595 Standard JIS G3141
Testing Metals
2B GRADE 1 85 Min 550 - 750 1-5 CX85T SPCC1
(Temper GRADE 2 70 Min 380 - 540 4 - 16 CX70T SPCC2
grade) GRADE 3 60 Min 310 - 450 11 - 25 CX60T SPCC4
GRADE 4 50 Min 300 - 370 22 - 38 CX50T SPCC8
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7. SURFACE FINISH & SURFACE QUALITY REQUIREMENTS
Surface finish and quality should be negotiated between the steel mill and parts
manufacturer to be appropriate to the final use of the part. In all cases, scale and
rust free steel must be used.
Sheet steel used for the visible exterior surfaces of vehicles must be cold rolled
material and have no defects which would be visible after painting.
8. PAINTABILITY REQUIREMENTS
For body-in-white parts and other parts to be painted in the Holden production
paint system additional requirements, summarised below, apply for the supplied
steel and the parts made from that steel.
8.1 Surface Texture
To satisfy exterior top coat systems HN 1623, HN 1673 and HN 1643

requirements, the surface texture of materials used for the highly visible
exterior surfaces of the vehicle must not decrease the Distinction of Image
(DOI) or gloss of the applied paint. Refer to HN 1676 Section 4.1.1 and
4.1.2.
8.2 Oils
Mill oils, shipping oils, press oils, etc., applied to the material by the steel mill
and the parts manufacturer must be removable in the Holden phosphate pre-
cleaner system.
8.3 Phosphating
The material must be capable of achieving an even phosphate coating in the

Holden phosphate system. The phosphate coating weight and crystal
morphology must be as expected for that type of sheet metal material. Refer
to HN 1663.
8.4 Surface Appearance
The supplied steel and the parts made from that steel shall be clean and free
of scale, stains, corrosion, debris or any other defects which would be
objectionable on the finished part.

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9. APPROVAL, INSPECTION AND REJECTION
Refer HN 1000, Clauses A, C and G (Plant Trial).

(Clause G is only applicable for supply to Holden Limited)
10. RESTRICTED AND REPORTABLE SUBSTANCES
Refer to HN 1000 Clause J.
11. REVISIONS
December, 1990 - Incorporation of AS 1594-1989 and AS 1595-1981.
November, 1995 - Clause 3.1 revised including: -

Deletion of the reference to HN 1606.
Addition of HN 1623 and HN 1673 requirements.
Addition of the reference to HN 1676 Section 4.1.1
and 4.1.2.
Clause 3.2 revised including the deletion of the
reference to HN 1606.
- Clause 3.3 - Reference to HN 1606 deleted.
Reference to HN 1663 added.
Addition of material safety data sheet requirement
August, 1996 - The revision section 1.3 removed and added to the
revision section 5.0 as December 1990 revision details.
- The Drawing Material Notes section 1.4 deleted.
- Addition of New Drawing Material Notes section 1.3.
- The Requirements to AS 1594 & AS 1595 section 2.0
changed to section 2.1.
- New Specific Requirement section 2.0 added.
- The Steel Grade section 2.1 deleted.
- Addition of new Steel Grade section 2.2.
- Addition of new Mechanical Properties section 2.3.
- Addition of Approved Material section as part of the
Mechanical Properties section 2.3
- Addition of new Formability section 2.4.

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11. REVISIONS (continued)
August 1996 (continued)

- The Surface Finish & Surface Quality section 2.2 changed to
section 2.5.
- The Revision Section 5.0 changed to section 6.0.
- Addition of Hazardous Materials & Restricted Chemicals
section 5.0.
- The Inspection and Rejection section 4.0 changed to General
Requirements.
- The Material Safety Data Sheet requirements replaced by
HN 1000 Clause H.
December, 1996 - Section 1.3.1.1 revised to have the wording “ CR Steel HN

1595” changed to “CR Steel HN 1461”.
May, 1998 - Re-numbering of sections for the entire specification

- HN1461 updated to reflect AS1594-1997 ‘Hot Rolled Steel
Flat Products’
- Section 2.4 ‘Formability’ (December 1996 revision) deleted
- Section 4.0 ‘Drawing Material Notes’ (was Section 1.3)
simplified to three examples.
- Section 5.0 ‘Specific Requirements’, (was Section 2.0) has
been re-worded
- Section 6.0 ‘Mechanical Properties’, was (section 2.3)
Tables reformatted and labelled
HN1461 Type 1A, Grade 2, addition of a note
stating ‘Material Undefined’
HN1461 Type 1B, Grade 5, change in minimum
yield strength from 400 MPa min to 380 MPa
min as per AS1594 - 1997.
Addition of cold rolled formable Grade
HN 1461, Type 2A, Grade 6.

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11. REVISIONS (continued)
June, 2005 - Altered section “3.REFERENCE SPECIFICATIONS”.

- Deleted sections “3.1Australian Standards”, “3.2 Japanese
Industrial Standards” and “3.3 Holden HN Specifications”
- The standards which were listed in sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3
have been moved into section “3.REFERENCES”.
- Removed the year that Australian Standards were published, when
AS Standards are referenced.
- Reference to tensile test piece gauge length (“50mm GAUGE
LENGTH”) for the property Elongation in
- Table 1:Mechanical Properties of Hot Rolled Sheet Steel
- Table 2:Mechanical Properties of Cold Rolled Sheet Steel
- Table 3: Mechanical Properties of Temper Grades of Cold
Rolled Sheet Steel
of section “6.MECHANICAL PROPERTIES”.
- Revised section “9.GENERAL REQUIREMENTS”.
- Renamed to “9.APPROVAL, INSPECTION AND
REJECTION”
- Inclusion of HN 1000, Clause C.
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A.C.N.

006 893 232

Holden Limited NUMBER : HN 1461

NAME: STEEL SHEET, STRIP AND PLATE

AS 1594 AS 1595 AS 1391 JIS G3131

4.1 Requirements to AS 1594 and AS 1595

The material must conform to all requirements shown in AS 1594 and

4.2 Steel Grade

4.2.1 No Steel Grade Specified

In the case of no grade specified as per example 1 Section 5.1,

THIS DOCUMENT MUST NOT BE REPRODUCED. IF USED IN RELATION

Holden Limited NUMBER : HN 1461

NAME: STEEL SHEET, STRIP AND PLATE

4. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS (continued)

4.2 Steel Grade (continued)

4.2.2 Steel Grade Specified

In special circumstances other steel specifications may be

5. DRAWING MATERIAL NOTES

Example Drawing Note Material

3 “Steel HN 1461 Type 2A Cold rolled formable sheet steel to AS 1595-

THIS DOCUMENT MUST NOT BE REPRODUCED. IF USED IN RELATION

Holden Limited NUMBER : HN 1461

NAME: STEEL SHEET, STRIP AND PLATE

TYPE GRADE YIELD STRENGTH TENSILE STRENGTH ELONGATION APPROVED MATERIAL

(Formable GRADE 2 MATERIAL NOT DEFINED

GRADE 4 170 - 340 300 - 420 36 Min. HA4 -

GRADE 1 200 Min 300 Min 24 Min HA200 -

1B GRADE 2 250 Min 350 Min 22 Min HU250 -

(Structural GRADE 3 300 Min 400 Min 20 Min HU300 -

Steel) GRADE 4 350 Min 430 Min 18 Min HA350 -

GRADE 5 380 Min 460 Min 16 Min HA400 -

Holden Limited NUMBER : HN 1461

NAME: STEEL SHEET, STRIP AND PLATE

6. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES (continued..)

Table 2 - Mechanical Properties of Cold Rolled Sheet Steel

TYPE GRADE YIELD STRENGTH TENSILE STRENGTH ELONGATION APPROVED MATERIAL

2A GRADE 2 150 - 260 270 - 350 33 - 42 CA2 -

(Formable GRADE 3 150 - 250 270 - 340 36 - 45 CA3 SPCC

Grades) GRADE 4 140 - 220 260 - 320 38 - 48 CA4 -

GRADE 4A 125 - 180 280 - 320 44 - 52 - SPCD

GRADE 5 120 - 200 250 - 310 40 - 50 - -

GRADE 5A 115 - 165 280 - 320 47 - 53 - SPCEN

Holden Limited NUMBER : HN 1461

NAME: STEEL SHEET, STRIP AND PLATE

6. MECHANICAL PROPERTIE S (continued..)

TYPE GRADE HARDNESS TENSILE STRENGTH ELONGATION APPROVED MATERIAL

(Temper GRADE 2 70 Min 380 - 540 4 - 16 CX70T SPCC2

grade) GRADE 3 60 Min 310 - 450 11 - 25 CX60T SPCC4

GRADE 4 50 Min 300 - 370 22 - 38 CX50T SPCC8

Holden Limited NUMBER : HN 1461

NAME: STEEL SHEET, STRIP AND PLATE

7. SURFACE FINISH & SURFACE QUALITY REQUIREMENTS

8.1 Surface Texture

To satisfy exterior top coat systems HN 1623, HN 1673 and HN 1643

The material must be capable of achieving an even phosphate coating in the

8.4 Surface Appearance

THIS DOCUMENT MUST NOT BE REPRODUCED. IF USED IN RELATION

Holden Limited NUMBER : HN 1461

NAME: STEEL SHEET, STRIP AND PLATE

9. APPROVAL, INSPECTION AND REJECTION

Refer HN 1000, Clauses A, C and G (Plant Trial).

10. RESTRICTED AND REPORTABLE SUBSTANCES

Refer to HN 1000 Clause J.