VULCAN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING CO. PVT. LTD.

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Gujarat, India.Tel: +91 2697 235812

Rev. No.: 06 QUALITY STANDARD FOR Doc. No.: SP-QCA-017

Effect. Date: 27.09.2022 MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS Page No. 01 of 03

Title:Specification for alloy steel FU Quenched and Tempered Steel.

(1) Purpose: The technical delivery condition regulate the technical requirements for forged/rolled
bars, hot or cold rolled sheet/plate and strips and hammer /drop forgings
manufactured from direct hardening alloy steel based on B.S.:970: Part-2: 1970 and
Part-3:1991.

(2) Manufacture: The steel used for ingots shall be fully killed and homogenous. Ingots should be
adequately cropped so as to be free from pipes, segregation, and other harmful
defects. The material shall be fine grained. The forgings shall not be manufactured
from continuously cast blooms/billets/bars.

(3) Chemical Composition: The chemical composition by weight method should be as follows:
Steel International Superseded %C % Si % Mn *%P *%S % Cr % Mo % Ni
designation Designation Designation Max. Max

---
0.36 0.10 0.50 --- 0.50 0.40 2.30
EN-26
FU1 ---
(BS 970) 0.44 0.35 0.70 0.035 0.035 0.80 0.70 2.80

0.36 0.10 0.45 – -- 0.50 0.45 2.30

826M40
FU2 EN-26
(BS 970) 0.44 0.35 0.70 0.035 0.035 0.80 0.65 2.80

*Al=0.015 / 0.025, O2=0.002 max (20 ppm), N2=0.009 max (90 ppm), H2=0.0002 max (2ppm).
% S & %P are generally 0.035% max. However, when suffix 'L' is mentioned the limit of S and P are
0.015 & 0.020 respectively.
(4) Grain Size: Austenitic grain size of the items supplied should be tested according to
ASTM-E-112, 1988.The grain size should be within (5-8) and uniformly sized.

(5) Degree of purity (Non metallic inclusion): The steel shall have lesser inclusion rating than no.3
as per ASTM E-45 or IS : 4163-1982 or K4≤40 as per DIN 50602 specification for
oxides, sulfides alumina and silicates inclusions.

(6) Reduction Ratio: All the Rolled or forged/proof machined bar/cake must confirmed to forging/rolling
quality steel and must have undergone a reduction of at least 2:1 from bloom to
forgings and 4:1 from ingot to individual forging.

(7) Step Forging: If difference between major O.D. and minor O.D. is more than 2.0 inch, component
(pinion shaft) is to be step forged (length of holding is 200mm min.). No step forging
is required in case of plain/spline shaft (Mining group).

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(8) Hardenability Test :For each of the heat (melt) used for manufacture of forging or forged/rolled round
bars a suitable sample of 50mmØ separately forged bar shall be made for end
quench hardenability test. Sample preparation and test shall be carried out as per
IS : 3848 or DIN 50191. Austenitic temperature should be 850 + 5 0C. Following
hardness should be achieved there after.

Distance from end quench Hardness in (HRC)

in mm.
6.00 56 to 61
12.00 54 to 60
25.00 54 to 57
40.00 54 to 56
50.00 54 min.
(9) Heat-Treatment: Unless otherwise agreed at the time of ordering, the products shall be delivered in
annealed condition. Micro-structure should reveal uniform distribution of phases.
Brinell hardness must be 230 BHN max .
(10)Mechanical Properties: The test piece is prepared from the normalized/hardened and tempered test
bar having same ruling section as of the component. Tempering temperature should
be 5500C minimum. Mechanical test is to be carried out as per IS: 1608. and values
are as given below.
Steel *Condition Hardness in Tensile Yield %Elongatio Izod Impact in
Name BHN Strength in Strength in n Joule min.
N/mm2 N/mm2 min. min. (at room
temperature)
P (N&T) 197-248 550-710 330 15 28
Q 179- 229 618-775 461 17 49
R 201- 255 696-853 530 17 49
S 223 -277 775 -920 590 15 56
T 248-302 850 -1000 675 13 56
T-1* 260-300 860-1000 715 13 56
U 269 -331 920 -1075 755 12 49
U-1* 280-320 930-1060 794 12 49
FU
V 293-352 1000-1157 853 12 49
V-1* 300-340 1007-1138 880 12 49
W 311-375 1078-1236 941 11 42
W-1* 320-360 1082-1214 960 11 42
X 341-401 1157-1314 1020 10 35
Y 363-429 1235 min. 1098 10 35
Y-1* 360-400 1214 min. 1098 10 35
Z 444 min. 1540 min. 1236 5 11
* This are converted value and for our guidance only.
➢ When no Heat-Treatment condition code is added then the material should be purchased in annealed
condition.

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(11) Ultrasonic Testing: All the forgings or forged/rolled round bars/blooms should be ultrasonically
tested both axially and radially and should not contain any harmful defects like
shrinkage, cavities, piping, inclusions, flakes or excessive segregation. Any
indication with a defect echo more than 3.0 mm flat bottom hole (FBH) equivalent on
DGS (Distance, gain, amplitude scale) would be cause of rejection. U.T. should be
carried out as per ASTM-388. The surface of the forgings, rolled/forged round bars
should be free from surface defects like seams/laps cracks, and deep scale.
(12) Example: FU W indicates chemical composition given in FU row in para 3 with heat- Treatment
condition 'W' given in para 10.

(13) Documents, Test Certificates and Test Pieces: The test certificates indicating the results of all
the tests carried out as below shall be supplied mentioning the heat number of the
melt. The heat no. shall be clearly punched on all forgings.
(i) Chemical composition with mill TC
(ii) Grain size
(iii) Inclusion content
(iv) Recorded strip chart for Heat treatment cycle (including Annealing)
(v) Mechanical properties
(vi) NDT Test (UT / DP / MPI)
(vii) Calculation of Reduction Ratio and input R.M./Billet size.
(viii) Jominy Hardenability test
Note: A test piece as per BOM having extra length in to be sent for each heat along with the job as per
terms of PO.
Separate forged test piece of same ruling section to be provided along with job (Gear blanks).
No welding is permitted
Proof machining will be as per drawing attached with PO.
Number of test pieces depends on the no. of HT batches to be carried out.

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