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TECHNICAL DATA SHEET

AISI/SAE 4130, Hot Rolled or Forged Solid or Bored Round Bars, Rings, Square Bars Page: 1/2
Quenched and Tempered to API Spec. 6A, Sour Service
for Production Equipment and other Purposes

AISI/SAE 4130
API Spec. 6A, Sour Service, ISO 15156 (NACE MR 0175)
AISI/SAE 4130, hot rolled or forged solid or bored round bars, square bars and rings, H2S Service, quenched and
tempered to API Spec.6A.- PSL 3-4 and ISO 15156 (NACE MR 0175).
Material Class: DD, EE (Sour Service (H2S Service) as defined in ISO 15156 (NACE MR 0175).
Material Designation: 75K (75,000 psi mini yield strength)
Temperature Rating: K (Temperature operating range: - 60 / + 82 °C (- 75 / + 180 °F))
Chemical composition (on heat, weight %)
OD Range C Si Mn P S Cr Mo Ni Cu
C Si Mn P S Cr Mo Ni Cu
Min 0.28 0.15 0.40 - - 0.80 0.15 - -
Max 0.33 0.35 0.60 0.025 0.025 1.10 0.25 0.25 0.35
Total amount of the residual shall not exceed 1.0 %
Manufacturing process condition
Melting Process
Electric arc furnace including refining and vacuum degassing.
Steel shall be fully killed and a fine grain melting practice shall be used
Heat treatment: Furnace shall be calibrated in accordance with API Spec. 6A recommended procedures.
♦ Normalization at 1625 to 1700 °F (886 - 926 °C) for 30 minutes mini per inch bar diameter holding time and
air cooled.
♦ Austenitization at 1575 to 1625 °F (858 – 885 °C) for 15 minutes mini per inch bar diameter holding time and
quench in water.
♦ Quenching in water . Temperature of water shall not exceed 100°F (38°C) at start nor exceed 120°F (50°C)
at finish
♦ Tempering at 1200°F to 1300°F (649°C to 704°C) for 30 minutes mini per inch bar diameter holding time to
achieve the required hardness
Finish and Appearance
Hot Rolled Bars: Hot rolled mill finished
Forged Bars: Turned or peeled before quenching and tempering
Square bars: The four sides are pre-machined and both ends saw cut.
Rings: Rings are produced from forging, OD turned after normalization, then quenched and tempered,
straightened, bored and ends pre-machined
Mechanical properties: to ASTM A370, and API Spec. 6A
Test Coupon (QTC): The test coupon is a round solid bar of diameter 5” mini and 10” length.
The QTC has the same heat and heat treated lot as the material it qualifies and run in
production as per API 6A
Tensile Test: Longitudinal, at 21 ± 3 °C (70 ± 5 °F)

Tensile Strength (UTS) Yield Strength (YS) at 0.2% Elongation on 2” Reduction of Area
offset
Min. psi Min.MPa Min. psi Min.MPa Min. % Min. %
95 000 655 75 000 517 18 35
Impact Test:
Longitudinal to ASTM A 370, Charpy V notch, at - 75°F (- 60°C)
Minimum average value of three tests 27 J (20 ft-lbs) with no single value less than 20 J (15 ft-lbs)
Minimum lateral expansion is 0,38 mm (0.015”)
Surface Hardness on Products
Surface hardness: 207 HBW mini and 240 HBW maxi.
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Quenched and Tempered to API Spec. 6A, Sour Service
for Production Equipment and other Purposes
Non-destructive inspection:
Internal defects
Each bar is inspected for internal defects by the ultrasonic method according to API Spec. 6A and
ASTM A388.
Acceptance criteria is in accordance with API Spec.6A class PSL 3-4
Surface Inspection
Workmanship, finish and appearance shall be in accordance with ASTM A322
Tolerances
Length
The length and tolerance is function of the customer order
Straightness
Maximum deviation is 2 mm per meter (1/8” per 5 ft)
Outside Diameter and Out-of-Roundness
Hot rolled round bar: To ASTM A29
Forged round bar:
From 225 to 400 mm: -0 / + 2 mm
From 405 to 630 mm: -0 / + 3 mm
From 635 to 1100 mm: -0 / + 4 mm
Thickness for Rings: -0 / + 2 mm
Side length for square bar: -0/+3
Squareness for square bar: The difference between the two diagonals of a given section shall not exceed 2%
Marking
On one face of each bar, the heat number shall be died stamped or stencilled as a minimum
Certification: To EN 10204 type 3.1a
With the shipment, mill certificate referred to this specification is issued to assess the correctness of the material,
per heat, per heat treatment lot, per diameter and it shall be included as a minimum:
♦ Date
♦ Certificate No
♦ Specification: API Spec. 6A, ISO 15156 (NACE MR 0175)
♦ Heat No
♦ Heat treatment lot No
♦ Steel Grade
♦ Delivery condition: Quenched and Tempered
♦ Diameter
♦ Length (mm)
♦ Weight (kg)
♦ Chemical analysis per heat including all the elements specified in the specification
♦ Tensile Test on QTC
♦ Charpy Impact Test on QTC
♦ Surface hardness (Brinell) on products and on QTC
♦ Heat treatment process including
- Normalized temperature and holding time
- Austenitized temperature and holding time
- Water Quench including temperature at the start and at the finish
- Tempering temperature and holding time
- Furnace calibration statement ♦ Grain Size:
♦ Non Metallic inclusions ASTM E45 method A
♦ Ultrasonic Inspection
♦ Surface defects Inspection
♦ The products are free from radioactive contamination, from mercury and were not repaired by welding
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All statements as to the properties or using of the materials and products mentioned above are for the purpose of
description only and are opened to evolution.