QUALITY AT FF STEEL

The FF steel manufacturer produces reinforcement steel in conformance with the standards,
developed by American Society for Testing and Materials; ASTM A 615/ A 615M & ASTM A 706/ A
706M. FF Steel produce both Grade – 60 and Grade – 80 deformed reinforcement steel.

ASTM STANDARDS REQUIREMENT

ASTM 615 and ASTM 706 deformation requirements are same and mentioned as below.

 Deformation (inches / mm)

ASTM 615 & ASTM 706

Deformation Requirements

Spacing (max) Height (min) Gap (Max)

Size
inches mm inches mm inches mm

3 0.262 6.7 0.015 0.38 0.143 3.6

4 0.35 8.9 0.02 0.51 0.191 4.9

5 0.437 11.1 0.028 0.71 0.239 6.1

6 0.525 13.3 0.038 0.97 0.286 7.3

7 0.612 15.5 0.044 1.12 0.334 8.5

8 0.7 17.8 0.05 1.27 0.383 9.7

9 0.79 20.1 0.056 1.42 0.431 10.9

10 0.889 22.6 0.064 1.63 0.487 12.4

11 0.987 25.1 0.071 1.80 0.54 13.7

Table. 1 Deformation Requirements in ASTM 615 & ASTM 706 in sooter size

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 ASTM 615 & ASTM 706

Deformation Requirements

Spacing (max) Height (min) Gap (Max)

mm
inches mm inches mm inches mm

10 0.276 7.0 0.016 0.406 0.151 3.8

12 0.331 8.4 0.019 0.483 0.181 4.6

16 0.441 11.2 0.028 0.721 0.241 6.1

20 0.551 14.0 0.039 1.001 0.301 7.7

25 0.689 17.5 0.049 1.245 0.377 9.6

28 0.772 19.6 0.055 1.407 0.422 10.7

32 0.882 22.4 0.063 1.600 0.482 12.2

36 0.992 25.2 0.071 1.803 0.542 13.8

40 1.102 28.0 0.079 2.007 0.603 15.3

Table. 2 Deformation Requirements in ASTM 615 & ASTM 706 in mm size

DEFORMATION MEASUREMENT
 Average Spacing
The average spacing of deformations shall be determined by measuring the length of a minimum of
10 spaces and dividing that length by the number of spaces included in the measurement. The
measurement shall begin from a point on a deformation at the beginning of the first space to a
corresponding point on a deformation after the last included space.

Spacing measurements shall not be made over a bar area containing bar marking symbols involving
letters or numbers.

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  Average Height
The average height of deformations shall be determined from measurements made on not less than
two typical deformations. Determinations shall be based on three measurements per deformation,
one at the center of the overall length and the other two at the quarter points of the overall length.
REJECTION
Insufficient height, insufficient circumferential coverage, or excessive spacing of deformations shall
not constitute cause for rejection unless it has been clearly established by determinations on each
lot.

No rejection shall be made on the basis of measurements if fewer than ten adjacent deformations
on each side of the bar are measured.

SAMPLE DEFORMATION AT FF2

 Fresh Pass Samples

Fresh Pass Samples

Spacing (max) mm height (min) mm Gap (Max) mm

#
FF ASTM FF ASTM FF ASTM

3 5.5 6.7 0.72 0.38 2.32 3.6

4 7.7 8.9 0.83 0.51 3.3 4.9

5 9.9 11.1 0.91 0.71 4.8 6.1

6 12.6 13.3 0.93 0.97 5.4 7.3

7 14.6 15.5 1.11 1.12 4.7 8.5

8 15.6 17.8 1.17 1.27 5.3 9.7

9 18.8 20.1 1.4 1.42 5.9 10.9

10 20.1 22.6 1.61 1.63 7.6 12.4

11 23.4 25.1 1.25 1.80 7.9 13.7

Table. 3 Deformation in FF in sooter size

The highlighted sizes of 6#, 7#, 8#, 9#, 10# & 11# did not pass the criteria set by ASTM standard.

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UET LAHORE DEFORMATION REPORT
Samples were checked in UET Lahore for deformation. Report of that is as follow.

Table. 4 Deformation in FF in sooter size

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 Table. 5 Deformation in FF in sooter size

ACTION PLAN
To tackle this issue different samples from different steel industries were taken in consideration and
a trail was carried out of only one pass for 6# and 8# size. Ribs thickness (width) was increased in
computer numerical control machine (CNC). Trail production was taken on these passes and results
of deformation were as following.

RESULTS

Fresh Pass Samples

Spacing (max) mm height (min) mm Gap (Max) mm

#
FF ASTM FF ASTM FF ASTM

6 12.9 13.3 1.05 0.97 5.3 7.3

8 16.3 17.8 1.34 1.27 4.90 9.7

Both sizes production were tested and checked and ribs height were as per standard.

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CONCLUSIONS
For 6# and 8# sizes, trails were conducted and there was no issue during production. Same
procedure will be done for other sizes and will be shared with FF 1 Lahore team so that we came
over this ribs height issue.