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Price Reduced! Need the space! This is like no metal you have come across before...... was for me anyway. It's tensile strength exceeds 274,000 pounds per square inch. This alloy can be hardened to a Rockwell C-62 hardness but it still remains maulable. Think of it... a knife blade as hard as the best tool steel, without the brittleness. We used it for super high speed grinding blades. The government uses it for the rotor bearings on the Apachee attack helicotper. Boeing and Lockheed use it on our fighter aircraft. This is really a special alloy. Manufacturer - Bethlehem Steel - Bethlehem Lukens Plate Specification Number - AMC G4340-61 18 03 AIRCRAFT Minimum tensile - 274,000 lbs/square inch Annealed Hardness - Rockwell 32C Try a small piece and hurry back for more before it's all gone. This is a special order item that is only used for key components in military and commercial aircraft. We were lucky to get the sheet we got. It was some Boeing over-run material the Mill had. When this is gone, it;s gone unless you have a connection that works for Lockheed or Boeing. A copy of the test certification and plate ID tag will accompany your order. The following applies to standard 4340. NOTE: This 4340-61 has a higher chromium, nickel and molybdenum content than plain 4340, so the specs may be slightly different. This stuff is rare, that's why you can't find any specs on the internet for the -61 version. The following specifications cover Alloy Steels 4340. ASTM A646 (4340-7) (Forging - Open Die) ASTM A711 (Forging - Open Die) DESIGN FEATURES: AISI 4340 is a heat treatable, low alloy steel containing nickel, chromium and molybdenum. It is known for its toughness and capability of developing high strength in the heat treated condition while retaining good fatigue strength. APPLICATIONS: Typical applications are for structural use, such as aircraft landing gear, power transmission gears and shafts and other structural parts. MACHINABILITY: Machining is best done with this alloy in the annealed or normalized and tempered condition. It can be machined by all conventional methods. However in the high strength conditions of 200 ksi or greater the machinability is only from 25% to 10% that of the alloy in the annealed condition. FORMING: 4340 has good ductility in the annealed condition and most forming operations are carried out in that condition. It can be bent or formed by spinning or pressing in the annealed state. Bend radii should be 3t or greater. WELDING: The alloy can be fusion or resistance welded. Preheat and post heat weld procedures should be followed when welding this alloy by established methods. HEAT TREATMENT: Heat treatment for strengthening is done at 1525 F followed by an oil quench. For high strength (over 200 ksi) the alloy should first be normalized at 1650 F prior to heat treatment. See "Tempering" for strength levels. FORGING: Forging may be done in the range of 2250 F max. down to 1800 F. HOT WORKING: 4340 has very good cold forming capability so that hot working should not be needed. Hot working in any but the annealed condition can affect the strength level. Consult the alloy supplier in regard to hot working. COLD WORKING: The 4340 alloy may be cold worked, in the annealed condition, by conventional methods and tooling. It has good ductility. ANNEALING: A full anneal may be done at 1550 F followed by controlled (furnace) cooling at a rate not faster than 50 F per hour down to 600 F. From 600 F it may be air cooled. AGING: Not applicable to this alloy. TEMPERING: The temperature for tempering depends upon the strength level desired. Before tempering the alloy should be in the heat treated or normalized & heat treated condition - see "Heat Treatment". For strength levels in the 260 - 280 ksi range temper at 450 F. For strength in the 125 - 200 ksi range temper at 950 F. Do NOT temper the alloy if it is in the 220 - 260 ksi strength range as tempering can result in degradation of impact resistance for this level of strength. HARDENING: The alloy will harden by cold working or by heat treatment - see "Heat Treatment" and "Tempering". OTHER: AISI 4340 is considered to be a "through hardening" steel such that large section sizes can still be heat treated to high strength. Specific Heat (Btu/lb/Deg F - [32-212 Deg F]) 0.116 Mean Coeff Thermal Expansion 6.6 Modulus of Elasticity Tension 33 (please look at our rules and privacy policy) |
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