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BS EN 12166:2016 – TC:2020 Edition

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Tracked Changes. Copper and copper alloys. Wire for general purposes

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This European Standard specifies the composition, property requirements and dimensional tolerances for copper alloy wire, finally produced by drawing, rolling or extruding, intended for general purposes, spring and fastener manufacturing applications. The sampling procedures and the methods of test for verification of conformity to the requirements of this European Standard are also specified.

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54 Copper and copper alloys — Wire for general purposes
55 Contents Page
57 European foreword
59 Introduction
60 1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
61 4 Designation
4.1 Material
4.1.1 General
4.1.2 Symbol
4.1.3 Number
4.2 Material condition
4.3 Product
63 5 Ordering information
66 6 Requirements
6.1 Composition
6.2 Mechanical properties
6.3 Grain size
6.4 Dimensions and tolerances
6.4.1 Diameter or width across-flats
6.4.2 Shape tolerances for round wire
6.4.3 Corner and edge geometry (wire with square and rectangular cross-section only)
67 Figure 1 — Calculation of corner radii
6.5 Joins
6.6 Surface quality
7 Sampling
7.1 General
7.2 Analysis
68 7.3 Tensile, hardness and grain size tests
8 Test methods
8.1 Analysis
8.2 Tensile test
8.3 Hardness test
69 8.4 Estimation of average grain size
8.5 Retests
8.6 Rounding of results
9 Declaration of conformity and inspection documentation
9.1 Declaration of conformity
70 9.2 Inspection documentation
10 Marking, packaging, labelling
71 Table 1 — Composition of low alloyed copper alloys
74 Table 2 — Composition of copper-nickel-zinc alloys
Table 3 — Composition of copper-tin alloys
75 Table 4 — Composition of copper-zinc alloys
76 Table 5 — Composition of copper-zinc-lead alloys
77 Table 6 — Composition of complex copper-zinc alloys
Table 7 — Mechanical properties of wire of low alloyed copper alloys
80 Table 8 — Mechanical properties of wire of copper-nickel-zinc alloys
82 Table 9 — Mechanical properties of wire of copper-tin alloys
84 Table 10 — Mechanical properties of wire of copper-zinc alloys
88 Table 11 — Mechanical properties of wire of copper-zinc-lead alloys
89 Table 12 — Mechanical properties of wire of complex copper-zinc alloys
90 Table 13 — Grain size designations
Table 14 — Tolerances on diameter of round wire
91 Table 15 — Tolerances on width across-flats of square or regular polygonal wire
Table 16 — Tolerances on width and thickness of rectangular wire
92 Table 17 — Corner radii for square or rectangular wire
Table 18 — Sampling rate
93 Annex A (informative) Position of wire cross-section within a coil, reel, spool or drum
Figure A.1 — Illustration of position of wire cross-section within the coil (bunched wound or stagger/traverse wound)
Figure A.2 — Illustration of position of wire cross-section within the reel/spool/drum (stagger/traverse wound)
94 Figure A.3 — Illustration of position of wire cross-section within the coil (bunched wound or stagger/traverse wound)
Figure A.4 — Illustration of position of wire cross-section within the reel/spool/drum (stagger/traverse wound)
95 Bibliography
BS EN 12166:2016 - TC
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