316/316L Annealed and Cold Worked but still considered Condition A?

[Reisaku Quilay]

I've been looking at a lot of MTRs that state annealed and cold worked 316/316L but still state compliance to condition A of ASTM standards (ASTM A276 and some others).

Shouldn't it be condition S if it was annealed and then cold worked?

Does the condition A statement make it so that they mean it was cold worked and then annealed after?

 

[EdStainless]

What product form?
In many cases it is lightly cold worked after annealing.
With flattening or straightening there will be some work, but his isn't really considered cold work as it doesn't change the properties enough to measure.

 

[Reisaku Quilay]

I think I see it now.

The ASTM spec did mention light cold drawing as a cold finishing operation for bars.
I didn't think it could be done lightly enough to not have any measurable cold working.

 

[mfgenggear]

I've been looking at a lot of MTRs that state annealed and cold worked 316/316L but still state compliance to condition A of ASTM standards (ASTM A276 and some others).

Shouldn't it be condition S if it was annealed and then cold worked?

Does the condition A statement make it so that they mean it was cold worked and then annealed after?

look at the certification y and u, it is specified in the spec as well

 

[EdStainless]

I was in the tube and pipe business.
The only products that the straightening made any measurable difference on were ones that were already cold worked.