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Description / Abstract:
This specification covers the requirements for low carbon continuous
cast steel for exposed and
unexposed applications and is applicable to all low carbon steel sheet
products and coated
substrates.
Continuously hot or cold rolled flat products shall be supplied as
coils or sheet. Hot rolled flat
products are usually supplied in thicknesses 1.75 mm. These flat
products are used for cold
forming and for manufacturing of welded tubes. Cold rolled flat
products with the appropriate
surface type and surface finish are suitable for the application of
surface coatings (metallic
plating by melt dipping or thermal spray painting, electrolytic
plating, organic coating and/or
other coatings). This specification does not apply to steel for case
hardening or strip
applications. Additional requirements or agreements shall be specified
by local business units
(e.g., GMNA, Opel ITDC, GM do Brazil, Holden Ltd., Fiat, etc.).
Material Description. The material designation is defined by the GMW
base metal specification
number, steel product type and steel grade. The steel product type is
designated by CR for cold
rolled products, or HR for hot rolled products. A numeral (1, 2, 3,
etc.) will designate the steel
grade formability level. The steel grade will correspond to the
chemical and mechanical
requirements as shown in Table1, Table 2 and Table 3. A third suffix
(C) may be added after the
steel grade to designate a low carbon steelmaking practice. The finish
type, an alpha character,
will designate the finish as E (exposed), or U (unexposed). In
addition, products which are not
coated shall have the word "uncoated" added to the call-out after the
steel type, but before the
finish designation. The above descriptive items are used together to
form the coding system.
Examples of the coding system for engineering part drawings and
manufacturing engineering documents
are shown in paragraph 7.