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Uhhhh O! Is this Unobtainium?
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Uhhhh O! Is this Unobtainium?

Uhhhh O! Is this Unobtainium?

(OP)
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.)

RE: Uhhhh O! Is this Unobtainium?

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

RE: Uhhhh O! Is this Unobtainium?

(OP)
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

RE: Uhhhh O! Is this Unobtainium?

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 unclesyd's recommendation.

Regards,

Cory

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RE: Uhhhh O! Is this Unobtainium?

(OP)
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.

RE: Uhhhh O! Is this Unobtainium?

NickE,

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

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

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