ASTM A711/A711M-07(2012)
Standard Specification for Steel Forging Stock

Standard No.
ASTM A711/A711M-07(2012)
Release Date
2007
Published By
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Status
Replace By
ASTM A711/A711M-17
Latest
ASTM A711/A711M-17(2022)
Scope

1.1 This specification covers cast carbon and alloy steel ingots and strand castings, semi-wrought ingots and strand castings and rolled or forged blooms, billets, and slabs for forging.

1.2 Blooms, billets, and slabs are semi-finished steel products, hot rolled or forged to approximate cross-sectional dimensions. Blooms and billets may be square, round, octagonal, or rectangular in section; slabs are rectangular. Although no invariable rule prevails between the terms blooms and billets, and they are frequently used interchangeably, the following size distinctions are in general use.

1.2.1 Blooms8212;Cross-sectional area greater than 36 in.2 [230 cm2].

1.2.2 Billets8212;Maximum cross-sectional area 36 in.2 [230 cm2].

1.2.3 Slabs8212;Minimum thickness, 1½ in. [4 cm]; width, more than twice the thickness; and generally a cross-sectional area of not less than 16 in.2 [100 cm2].

1.2.4 Ingots either top or bottom poured or secondary remelted are covered.

1.2.5 Strand castings with or without additional reduction are covered.

1.3 Supplementary requirements (S1 to S19) of an optional nature are provided. They shall apply only when specified by the purchaser.

1.4 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard.

1.5 Unless the order specifies the “M” specification, the material shall be furnished to the inch-pound units.

ASTM A711/A711M-07(2012) Referenced Document

  • ASTM A275/A275M Standard Test Method for Magnetic Particle Examination of Steel Forgings
  • ASTM A29/A29M Standard Specification for Steel Bars, Carbon and Alloy, Hot-Wrought and Cold-Finished, General Requirements for
  • ASTM A388/A388M Standard Practice for Ultrasonic Examination of Heavy Steel Forgings
  • ASTM A788/A788M Standard Specification for Steel Forgings, General Requirements
  • ASTM E112 Standard Test Methods for Determining Average Grain Size
  • ASTM E381 Standard Method of Macroetch Testing Steel Bars, Billets, Blooms, and Forgings
  • ASTM E45 Standard Test Methods for Determining the Inclusion Content of Steel

ASTM A711/A711M-07(2012) history

Standard Specification for Steel Forging Stock


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