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BRITISH STANDARD BS 1449 :
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1991

Steel plate, sheet and

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strip
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Part 1. Carbon and carbon-manganese plate, sheet and
strip

Section 1.6 Specification for tolerances

on dimensions and shape for hot rolled
wide material

'Eles, bandes et feuillards en acier Bleche und Bånder

Partie 1. 'Eles, bandes et feuillards en acier au
carbone et au carbone-manganèse
Section 1.6Tolérances de dimensions et de
forme des produits larges laminés à chaud -
Spécifications
Teii 1. Bleche und Bänder aus unlegiertem
Stahi und Manganstahl
Abschnitt 1.6 MaB- und Formtoleranzen für
warmgewalztesBreitband

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Committees responsible for this

British Standard

The preparation of this British Standard was entiusted by the Iron and Steel
Standards Policy Committee (ISM/-) to %chnical Committee ISM/10, upon
which the following bodies were represented:

Biitish Railways Board

British Steel Industry
Cold Rolled Sections Association
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Limited

The following bodies were also represented in the drafting of the standard,
through subcommittees and panels:

British Welded Steel Tube Association

Institution of Mechanical Engineers
National Association of Steel Stockholders

Amd. No. Date lkxt affected

The following BSI references

relate to the work on this
standard:
Committee reference ISMílO
Draft announced in BSI Neius
August 1991

ISBN O 680 19876 8

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Contents

Page
Committees responsible Inside front cover
Foreword 2
Specification
1 Scope 3
2 Definitions 3
3 %lerance on thickness 3
4 %lerance on width 3
5 Tblerance on length 3
6 Maximum edge camber 3
7 Maximum out-of-squareness 3
8 Maximum deviation from flatness 4
Tàbles
1 Details of position for measurement of thickness 3
2 Tblerance on nominal thickness for mateiial including products slit
from wide strip 5
3 Tolerance on nominal width 6
4 %lerance on nominal length for material supplied in cut lengths,
including products slit from wide strip 6
5 Maximum edge camber for mill edge and sheared edge material 7
6 Maximum out-of-squareness of width 7
7 Maximum deviation from flatness for material not specially flattened 8
8 Maximum deviation from flatness for material based on specified
minimum strengths and not specially flattened 8
9 Maximum deviation from flatness for specially flattened material . 9
Figures
1 Edge camber 3
2 Flatness of sheet and plate 4

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BS 1449 : Section 1.6 : 1991

This Section of BS 1449 has been prepared under the direction of the Iron and ,
Steel Standards Policy Committee. It is a new edition of the element of BS 1449 :
Part 1 : 1983 covering tolerances on dimensions and shape for hot rolled wide
material. This Section of BS 1449, together with BS 1449 : Sections 1.1to 1.5
and 1.7 to 1.15 and BS EN 10130, supersedes BS 1449 : Part 1 : 1983 which is
withdrawn.
The requirements specified are technically identical to those applicable to hot
rolled wide material in section five of BS 1449 : Part 1 : 1983. This Section of BS
1449 will be withdrawn when prEN 10051 ‘Continuously hot rolled uncoated
plate, sheet and strip of non-alloy and alloy steel. Tolerances on dimensions and
shape’ becomes a European Standard and is published as a British Standard.
For further explanation of this change in presentation see the foreword to
BS 1449 : Section 1.1 : 1991.
Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from
legal obligations.

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Specification

1 Scope 3.2 The variation in thickness of hot rolled

material (HR grades) produced on wide strip mills,
This Section of BS 1449 specifies tolerances on including products slit from wide strip, shall be in
dimensions and shape for hot rolled wide material. accordance with the tolerances given in table 2.
NmE. The titles of the publications referred to in this standard
are listed on the inside back cover. 3.3 The variation in thickness of hot rolled plate
produced on wide non-continuous mills shall be in
accordance with BS 4360.
2 Definitions
For the purposes of this Section of BS 1449, the
definitions given in BS 1449 : Section 1.1apply. 4 Tolerance on width
The variation in the width of hot rolled material
shall be in accordance with the tolerances given in
3 Tolerance on thickness table 3. lblerances on width for resheared material
3.1 The thickness of material shall be measured at shall be in accordance with those given in table 3.
a position that complies with the appropriate
requirements of table 1. 5 Tolerance on length
a b l e 1. Details of position for measurement of The variation in length of flat cut lengths shall not
thickness exceed the tolerances given in table 4. Tblerances
on length for resheared material shall be in
Nominal width of ordered Details of position for
material measurement accordance with those given in table 4.
mm
Up to and including 75 Not less than 10 % of
6 Maximum edge camber
the ordered width from The edge camber (i.e. lateral departure of the edge
the edge of the material from a straight line forming a
chord) (see figure 1) shall not exceed the values
Over 75 up to and Not less than 10 mm given in table 5.
including 600 from the edge
Over 600 (sheared or slit Not less than 15 mm
edge (E211 from the edge 7 Maximum out-of-squareness
Over 600 (mill edge Not less than 25 mm The out-of-squareness (i.e. the greatest deviation
from the edge of an end edge from a straight line at right angles
(El)) to a side and touching one corner) of material shall
not exceed the tolerances given in table 6,
Tolerances for out-of-squareness for resquared
material shall be in accordance with those given in
table 6.

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8 Maximum deviation from flatness

8.1 General
The deviation from flatness of the product shall not
exceed the values given in tables 7, 8 and 9.
8.2 Determination of flatness
Flatness shall be determined by resting the
material, with the convex side uppermost, on a flat
surface. The material shall not rise above the flat
table by more than the maximum deviations given
in 8.3 plus the thickness of material (see figure 2).
If strip is required to be specially flat across the
width, the maximum deviation from flatness and
the method of measurement shall be agreed
between manufacturer and purchaser at the time
of ordering.
Iii(yTE 1. Material that has been rotary sheared as a final
operation tends to have a slight bow across the width.
Ii:(YTE 2. If strip is required specially flat across the width, this
condition may be produced by further cold rolling after
chraring.
8.3 Products rolled on wide continuous mills
The deviation from flatness shall not exceed the
values given in tables 7 and 8 for material not
specially flattened, and table 9 for material
specially flattened.

Key
W is the width
L is the Iwgth
Fis the deviation from flatness
Figure 2. Flatness of sheet and plate

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a b l e 2. Tolerance on nominal thickness for

material including products slit from wide
strip
Nominal Tolerance on nominal thickness')
thickness Nominal width
I
I 5 1200mm > 1200 > 1500
5 1600mm 5 1830mm

mm mm mm mm mm
1.2 1.6 &O. 13 f0.17 f O. 18
1.6 2.0 f0.14 f0.18 f0.19
2.0 2.5 &O.15 f0.22 40.24
2.5 3.0 f O. 18 f0.23 f0.25
3.0 4.0 f0.22 f0.24 f0.26
4.0 5.0 f0.24 f0.26 40.28
5.0 6.0 f0.26 f0.28 f0.29
6.0 8.0 f0.29 f0.30 20.31
8.0 10.0 f0.32 f0.33 f0.33
10.0 13.0 10.35 f0.36 f0.36
13.0 16.0 see note 3) :see note 3) :see note 3:
')If thickness is specified as a minimum with tolerances all + ,
the permitted variation is equal to the total tolerance. For
example, a specified minimum thickness of 2.60 mm permits
-0, +0.36 mm (for material 5 1200 mm wide) and the
nominal thickness would be 2.78 mm. However, where as a
result, the nominal thickness then falls within the next highei
range for nominal thicknesses, the tolerances for the higher
range apply, i.e. if a minimum thickness of 2.90 mm is
ordered, the tolerance range would be -0, + 0.44 mm
(products 5 1200 mm wide) and the nominal thickness would
be 3.12 mm.
NOTE 1. The values in this table apply only to steel grades
having a s ecified minimum yield strength up to and includinl
E
350 N/mm . For steel grades having a specified minimum yielc
strength exceeding 350 N/mm2 the values in the table are
increased by 10 X .
NOIE 2. The tolerances given do not apply to the uncropped
ends of material having a mill edge.
NOTE 3. For wide strip over 13 mm up to and including
16 mm in nominal thickness, the tolerances are by agreement
between the manufacturer and purchaser.
N U E 4. For patterned floor plate produced on a wide miil thc
thickness tolerances are increased by 25 %, e.g. for strip of
nominal width 1250 mm and of nominal thickness 6 mm the
tolerance would be f0.35 (instead of C0.28).

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mble 3. Tolerance on nominal width

Type of edge Nominal width Nominal thickness Nominal length Tolerance on nominal
width
Over

mm
Up to and
including
mm mm mm
Over
mm
I
Up t o and
including
mm mm
n

Mill edge - 1200 -0

+ 20
1200 1500 All thicknesses All lengths including -0
strip + 25
1500 1830 -0
+ 25
Sheared edge - 1200 3.0 All lengths including -0
+3
strip
1200 1500 3.0 -0
+5
1500 1830 3.0 -0
+6
All widths - -0
+6
Material All widths - 3.0 - 3000 -0
ordered + 1.6
resheared - 3.0 3000 - -0
+3.0
3.0 - -0
+ 5.0
N(YTE. These tolerances apply to all lengths including coils, with the exception of the uncropped ends of hot roiled coils having
mill edges.

Táble 4. Tolerance on nominal length for material supplied in cut lengths, including products skt
from wide strip
Nominal length Nominal width Nominal thickness Tolerance on nominal
Over Up to and Over Up to and Over Up to and length
including including inchding

mm
-
mm I mm
3000 All thicknesses -0
+ 25
mm mm
- 3000 All widths over 600 - 3.0
-

3000
3000
3000
-

-
All widths over 600
3.0
-

3.0
-

3.0
-
+$-----
I -o
+vi%

Material o iered resheared

inm mm mm mm
3000 - 3.0 -0
+ 1.6
3000 All widths 3.0 - -o
+ 5.0
- - 3.0 -0
+s.o
- 3.0 - -0
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Nominal width Nominal thickness Maximum edge

camber in any
6ûûû mm length
mm
All widths rolled All thicknesses 25
on wide mills
')See figure i.
N U E . Where it is not practicable to measure over these
lengths, equivalent tolerances can be calculated from the
following equation and rounded to the next higher millimetre
(see example).
(non-standard length)'
New tolerance = x tolerance in
(standard length)'
- .
table 5
Example. To find tolerance for material
1200 mm wide x 2000 mm long x 3 mm thick:

New tolerance on edge camber = (2000)i

x 25
(6000)
= 2.78

which should be rounded to 3.00 mm.

Tàble 6. Maximum out-of-squarenessof width

Nominal length Nominal width Nominal thickness Maximum out-of squarenesc
per 160 mm of nominal
width or fraction thereof
Material not resquared
mm mm mm
All lengths All widths All thicknesses 1.5 max.
Resquared material Maximum out-of-squarenesc
on full width of sheet
mm mm mm
Up to and including 3000 Up to and including All thicknesses 1.5 max.
1200
Over 1200 I 3.0 max.
Over 3000 All widths I 3.0 max.

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'Iàble 7. Maximum deviation from flatness for material not specially flattenedi)
Nominal thickness I Nominal width I Nominal length I Maximum deviation
Up to and
including
Over

mm
Up to and
including
mm
I Over
mm
I
Up to and
including
mm
from flatness

mm
mm
5.00 - 600 2000 5000 10
5.00 600 1500 2000 5000 13
5.00 1500 1830 2000 5000 19
- 1500 2000 5000
15: 16.00
16.00 1500
I All widtl
1830 I2000 5000
I- 5.00 I
1 I5000
I
12700 122
15.00 16.00 I All widths I 5000 12700 I 25
')See figure 2.
NOlX 1. This table does not apply to material supplied as strip or to either sheet or plate produced to higher tensile ranges (Le.
those in BS 1449 : Section 1.4, see table 8).
NûTE 2. Material in lengths less than 2000 mm ordered not specially flattened should have flatness tolerances agreed between
the manufacturer and the purchaser.
NCYiE 3. Material rotary sheared as a final operation tends to have a slight bow across the width. If strip is required specially flat
across the width, this condition can be produced by further cold rolling after shearing. In such cases, the degree of flatness and
method of measuring should be agreed between the manufacturer and purchaser.

'Iàble 8. Maximum deviation from flatness for

material based on specified minimum
strengths1)and not specially flattened
Nominal 1 Nominal width I Tolerance n flatness
Up to and Minimum .eld
including strength,
N/mm2 5 N/ltUU2
350 > 360tO
5 460

mm mm mm
5 2.0 - 38
1500 1830 45
> 2.0 -
1500
9 : Section -4.
')See BS 1 C
ErTr 30
38

NmE. For sheet or plate of nominal length greater than

6000 mm, tolerances are to be agreed between the
manufacturer and the purchaser at the time of ordering.

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a b l e 9. Maximum deviation from flatness for specially flattened material ~~

Nominal thickness I Nominal width Nominal length Maximum deviation

Over Up t o and
including I Over I Up t o and
including
Over Up to and
including
from flatness

mm mm mm mm m
- 3.00 - 2500 3
- 3.00 2500 5000 6
- 3.00 1200 - 5000 6
3.0 - - 5000 6
All thicknesses All widths 5000 - By agreement
between
manufacturer and
purchaser
NOTE 1. This table does not apply to material supplied in coil or to either sheet or plate produced to higher tensile ranges (Le.
those in BS 1449 : Section 1.4). For the latter categories, flatness tolerances are by agreement between the manufacturer and the
purchaser,
NOTE 2. Mateiial, rotary sheared as a final operation, tends to have a slight bow across the width. If strip is required specially
flat across the width, this condition can be produced by further cold rolling after shearing. In such cases, the degree of flatness
and method of measuring should be agreed between the manufacturer and the purchaser.
NCYlE' 3. SDeciallv flattened material ordered not resauared or with ends not resheared mav show entry or g r i marks.
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Publication(s) referred to
BS 1449 Steel plate, sheet and strip
Section 1.1General specification
Section 1.4 Specification for hot rolled wide material based on specified minimum
strength
BS 4360 Specification for weldable structural steels
prEN 10051') Continuously hot rolled uncoated plate, sheet and strip of non-alloy and alloy
steel. lhlerances on dimensions and shape

']Referred to in the foreword only.

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