3. General Conditions for Delivery
3.1 Material furnished to this specification shall conform to
the requirements of Specification A703/A703M, including any
supplementary requirements that are indicated in the purchase
order. Failure to comply with the general requirements of
Specification A703/A703M constitutes nonconformance with
this specification. In case of conflict between the requirements
of this specification and Specification A703/A703M, this
specification shall prevail.
4. Ordering Information
4.1 The inquiry and order should include or indicate the
following:
4.1.1 A description of the casting by pattern number or
drawing (dimensional tolerances shall be included on the
casting drawing),
4.1.2 Grade of steel,
4.1.3 Options in the specification, and
4.1.4 The supplementary requirements desired, including
the standards of acceptance.
5. Heat Treatment
5.1 All castings shall receive a heat treatment proper to their
design and chemical composition. It should be recognized that
liquid quenching of the ferritic grades is normally required to
meet the mechanical properties of heavier sections and will
greatly enhance the low-temperature properties of thinner
sections.
5.2 Ferritic castings shall be furnished in the normalized and
tempered or liquid quenched and tempered condition, except
for Grade LC9, which shall be liquid quenched and tempered.
Castings shall be tempered at a minimum of 1100 °F [590 °C],
except Grade LC4, which shall be 1050 °F [565 °C], and Grade
LC9, which shall be tempered in the range of 1050 to 1175 °F
[565 to 635 °C], followed by cooling in air or liquid.
5.3 CA6NM castings shall be heat treated by heating to
1850 °F [1010 °C] minimum, and air cooling to 200 °F [95 °C]
maximum before any optional intermediate temper, but shall
cool to 100 °F [40 °C] maximum before the final temper,
which shall be between 1050 and 1150 °F [565 and 620 °C].
5.4 Castings shall be allowed to cool below the transforma-
tion range directly after pouring and solidification before they
are reheated for normalizing or liquid quenching.
5.5 Temperature Control—Furnace temperature for heat
treating shall be controlled by use of pyrometers.
6. Chemical Composition
6.1 The steel shall conform to the chemical composition
requirements for the grade ordered, as specified in Table 1.
7. Mechanical Requirements
7.1 Tension Test:
7.1.1 Tensile properties of steel used for the castings shall
conform to the requirements specified in Table 2.
7.2 Impact Test:
7.2.1 The notched bar impact properties of the material shall
be determined by testing a set of three Charpy V-notch impact
specimens for each heat at one of the standard test temperatures
shown in Table 2, depending on the intended service tempera-
ture (see Appendix X1). The average energy value of the three
specimens shall not be less than specified in Table 2, with not
more than one value permitted below the average minimum
specified and no value permitted below the minimum specified
for a single specimen.
8. Quality
8.1 The surface of the casting shall be examined visually
and shall be free of adhering sand, scale, cracks, and hot tears.
Other surface discontinuities shall meet the visual acceptance
standards specified in the order. Visual Method SP-55 or other
visual standards may be used to define acceptable surface
discontinuities and finish. Unacceptable visual surface discon-
tinuities shall be removed and their removal verified by visual
examination of the resultant cavities. When methods involving
high temperature are used in the removal of discontinuities,
castings shall be preheated to at least the minimum tempera-
tures in Table 3.
8.2 When additional inspection is desired, Supplementary
Requirements S4, S5, and S10 may be ordered.
8.3 The castings shall not be peened, plugged, or impreg-
nated to stop leaks.
9. Repair by Welding
9.1 Repairs shall be made using procedures and welders in
accordance with Practice A488/A488M.
9.2 Welding of Grade LC9 shall be accomplished using
nonmagnetic filler material of AWS classification ENiCrFe-2,
and shall require liquid penetrant inspection of the weld
(Supplementary Requirement S6) when magnetic particle in-
spection (Supplementary Requirement S4) is specified for the
casting.
9.3 Weld repairs shall be inspected to the same quality
standards that are used to inspect the castings. When castings
are produced with Supplementary Requirement S4 specified,
weld repairs shall be inspected by magnetic particle examina-
tion to the same standards that are used to inspect the castings.
When castings are produced with Supplementary Requirement
S5 specified, weld repairs on castings that have leaked on
hydrostatic tests, or on castings in which the depth of any
cavity prepared for repair welding exceeds 20 % of the wall
thickness or 1 in. [25 mm], whichever is smaller, or on castings
in which any cavity prepared for welding is greater than
approximately 10 in.
2
[65 cm
2
] shall be radiographed to the
same standards that are used to inspect the castings.
9.4 Castings containing any repair weld that exceeds 20 %
of the wall thickness, or 1 in. [25 mm], whichever is smaller,
or that exceeds approximately 10 in.
2
[65 cm
2
] in area, or that
was made to correct hydrostatic test defects shall be stress
relieved or heat treated after welding. This mandatory stress
relief or heat treatment shall be in accordance with the
procedure qualification used. When stress relief is required for
Grade LC9, cooling shall be in still air.
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