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[NickE]

Does anyone have a source for:

SAE J404 4340 -- .236x1.125x[bold]COIL[/bold] annealed

OR

SAE J404 4130 -- .236x1.125x[bold]COIL[/bold] annealed

(This is to run in a stamping press, must be coil.)

 

[unclesyd]

You might give these people a call. They have the capabilites of being flexible with dimensions.

http://www.profilesteelandwire.com/capabilities.html

 

[TVP]

I would start with Admiral Steel for 4130. I doubt you will be able to obtain 4340 in sheet/coil form. Samuel is another possibility for 4130. Use the following links for more info:

http://www.admiralsteel.com/products/200/spring_steel.html

http://www.samuel.com

 

[EdStainless]

You could try Industeel/Usinor/Arbed/Arcelor or what ever there name is this week. The do a lot of alloy steel strip work in Europe. The have a US sales office.

At that thickness it might be tough to find cold rolled, that is a hot rolled gage for most people.

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Corrosion never sleeps, but it can be managed.

http://www.trenttube.com/Trent/tech_form.htm

 

[NickE]

Thanks a bunch for the help. I talked to admiral steel, they have a coil of 4130 at .250 thick but they cant slit it.

Profile might work, they also may be able to help with the interesting profile this part has.

(stars round)

nick

 

[CoryPad]

With those dimensions, it is closer to wire than sheet/strip, and forming seems like a better term than stamping. SAE J404 has this to say regarding product forms:

"...is applicable to billets, blooms, slabs, plates, wire rods, and hot-rolled and cold-finished bars.

SAE J404 is not applicable to the following product forms:

a. Structural shapes - Not normally furnished to alloy chemistries

b. Sheet and strip, hot-rolled and cold-rolled - Refer to ASTM A 506 and A 507

c. Seamless and welded mechanical tubing - Refer to ASTM A 513 and A 519

I second [blue]unclesyd[/blue]'s recommendation.

Regards,

Cory

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[NickE]

thanks CoryPad, I thought that J403-405 were basic chemistry specs, which is what I was trying to say. Instead of the now obsolete -- AISI4130.

Thx again.

 

[TVP]

NickE,

Another source for shaped wire that you may want to investigate is Contours (part of Bekaert):

http://www.contours.com/index.cfm