Discontinued ASTMs 2

[heidi]

Is there any general path to follow in specifying material when an ASTM has been cancelled without substitution? Some manufacturers continue making material to a cancelled spec, like for example, ASTM A569. Even though the material is available, I am reluctant to specify its use since ASTM A569 has been discontinued. But since no substitution was provided by the cancellation notice I am not sure what to specifiy for commercial quality hot rolled steel sheet. I don't want to specify something that will be hard to obtain for a non-critical application.
I would appreciate any thoughts, in general, on use of cancelled ASTM specs and more specifically, substitutions for ASTM A569.

 

[BLN]

You could try looking through the AMS specs. There are a lot of metal material specs that they cover.

 

[Ron]

Heidi,
Fairly often when a specification is discontinued, it is because of overlap with another specification. Though there might not be a direct substitution, look for similar, comparable specifications or consolidations of specifications.

A569 was replaced by A1011.

 

[sairam8399]

Dear Heidi,

Pls. log on to

http://www.astm.org

and go to "individual standards'", here yu'll find the complete list of "Discontinued standards " alongwith the substitution for it. very helpful for yu, just check in..

Satish