BS EN 12166:2016
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Copper and copper alloys. Wire for general purposes
| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| BSI | 2016 | 46 |
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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| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 3 | Copper and copper alloys — Wire for general purposes |
| 4 | Contents Page |
| 6 | European foreword |
| 8 | Introduction |
| 9 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions |
| 10 | 4 Designation 4.1 Material 4.1.1 General 4.1.2 Symbol 4.1.3 Number 4.2 Material condition 4.3 Product |
| 12 | 5 Ordering information |
| 15 | 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) |
| 16 | Figure 1 — Calculation of corner radii 6.5 Joins 6.6 Surface quality 7 Sampling 7.1 General 7.2 Analysis |
| 17 | 7.3 Tensile, hardness and grain size tests 8 Test methods 8.1 Analysis 8.2 Tensile test 8.3 Hardness test |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | 9.2 Inspection documentation 10 Marking, packaging, labelling |
| 20 | Table 1 — Composition of low alloyed copper alloys |
| 23 | Table 2 — Composition of copper-nickel-zinc alloys Table 3 — Composition of copper-tin alloys |
| 24 | Table 4 — Composition of copper-zinc alloys |
| 25 | Table 5 — Composition of copper-zinc-lead alloys |
| 26 | Table 6 — Composition of complex copper-zinc alloys Table 7 — Mechanical properties of wire of low alloyed copper alloys |
| 29 | Table 8 — Mechanical properties of wire of copper-nickel-zinc alloys |
| 31 | Table 9 — Mechanical properties of wire of copper-tin alloys |
| 33 | Table 10 — Mechanical properties of wire of copper-zinc alloys |
| 37 | Table 11 — Mechanical properties of wire of copper-zinc-lead alloys |
| 38 | Table 12 — Mechanical properties of wire of complex copper-zinc alloys |
| 39 | Table 13 — Grain size designations Table 14 — Tolerances on diameter of round wire |
| 40 | Table 15 — Tolerances on width across-flats of square or regular polygonal wire Table 16 — Tolerances on width and thickness of rectangular wire |
| 41 | Table 17 — Corner radii for square or rectangular wire Table 18 — Sampling rate |
| 42 | 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) |
| 43 | 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) |
| 44 | Bibliography |
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