Tuts Britis STANDARD, having been approved by the Mechanical Engineering Industry Standards Committee and endorsed. by the Chairman, of the Engineering Divisional Councit, was: published under the authority of the General Council on 26th November, 1951. ‘The Institution desires to call attention to the fact that this British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. In order to Keep abreast of progress in the industries concerned, British Standards are subject to periodical review. Suggestions for improvements will be recorded and jn due course brought to the notice of the committees charged ‘with the revision of the standards to which they refer. ‘A complete list of British Standards, numbering over 1700, indexed and cross-indexed for reference, together with an _ ‘abstract of each standard, will be found in the Institution’s Yearbook. * British Standards ore revised, when necessary, by the issue either of amendment slips or of revised editions. 1t is important that users of British Standards should ascertain that they are in possession of the latest amendments or edition.age] D3 Oa é eo) Dae: Z0-1- Se STEEL 1s sede SPRING WASHERS FOR GENERAL ENGINEERING AND AUTOMOBILE PURPOSES B.S. 1802 : 1951 Ass. [0% eantolla- Speeiprcaton fe H20/$2 Gn 3469 [14 © Price 2/6 net ‘ BRITISH STANDARDS. INSTITUTION INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER | pRiTisH STANDARDS HOUSE, 2 PARK ST., LONDON, W.1 ‘TELEGRAMS: STANDARDS, AUDLEY, LONDON ‘TELEPHONE: MAYFAIR 9000 e&ES. 1802 : 1951 BRITISH STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR STEEL SPRING WASHERS FOR GENERAL ENGINEERING AND AUTOMOBILE PURPOSES i FOREWORD This British Standard has been prepared under the authority Mechanical Engineering Industry Standards Committee, in respo_ request from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. Steel spring washers have been standardized overseas, main! railway field, while standardization in this country has concentrat; 3, aircraft industry, in which special attention to the degree of f sh faces has been necessary. It has, therefore, been found advisa!; thi ferentiate between steel spring washers intended for aircraft ¥ those for automobile and general engineering purposes, with + British Standard is concerned. } The term ‘lock washer” has been omitted from the title 4. the standard as it has been agreed that a “spring washer" 3 sarily a ‘lock washer.’ Certain types of spring washer are i} Sect which the latter term does apply, and, since details of them are: pres in the specification, it is considered that the use of the b misleading. a a reducing the wide range of stock sections of wire, only one grade has been given for each of types A, B and D. material, heat treatment, hardness and certain test included. : fi SPECIFICATION J SECTION ONE: GENERAL 4 | SCOPE 7 1. This British Standard covers stee! spring wa ' and of the following types intended for automobile and ger j Seuele purposes:— i A. Single coil square section. ; B. Single coil rectangular section. | C. Single coil girder Section. = | | D. Double coil. $ ‘4~~ Washers rappin acrdahe ith Win mpetiedtion‘shll be for © igibind ei erste te pas 4 DESIGNATION 2 ‘The washers shall be designated by the nominal sizes of the bolts >with which they are used, as given in Col. 1 of Tables 3 to 6 inclusive. SECTION TWO: MANUFACTURE MATERIAL: 3. ‘Spring washers complying g with the provisions of this British Standard shall be manufactured from steel complying with any one of the steels in the En.42 range specified in B.S. 970, * Wrought steels." HEAT TREATMENT AND HARDNESS 4. a, The washers shall be hardened and tempered after coiling. The manufacturer shall then carry out two hardness tests from eact section and type of washer in each “patch after heat treatment, havin previously removed any decarburized material by grinding. b. The hardness of the finished washers, after preparation as ii Clause 4a, and as determined by a diamond pyramid test, shall be withi the limits of 400/500 D.P.N., or its equivalent by other suitable hardnes we machines.* CLOSING AND TEST FOR PERMANENT SET 5. a. Single coil waskers. Sample washers shall be selected from bat I in accordance with Table.1. The samples shall be completely closed; i \ {J Felease o! of the pressure the free height of each washer shall be not less 4 1-66 times its sectional thickness. This application and removal of pressu shall then be repeated twenty times in quick succession, after which t free height shall not have been further reduced. b. Double coil washers. Sample washers shall be selected from batct in accordance with Table 1. The samples shall be completely clos on release of the pressure the free height of each ‘washer shall be not | ‘than three times its sectional thickness. This application ‘and removal sure shall then be ‘pressure shail then be repeated twenty twenty times in quick succession, a which the free height shall not have been further reduced. Me 860, ‘ Approximate comparison of hardness scales.” jaa 5 a otSAMPLING SIZE FOR TEST FOR P we Size of atch | Number in _ Up to and including 200 201 to 1000 1001 to 5000 r 5001 to 10.000 Over 10.000 ES8E5u condition, 7. Single coil washers having a sectional thickness g (0-064 in.) shail be produced in such a manner 1 condition, they shali not be liable to tangle or link _ 8, Double coil washers shall be cranked in such & © Ties flat when closed under compression.. ‘oa 9, Steel spring washers complying with this * self-colour” finish and free from scale,” NOTE. If washers are required to be of any special Gr’ this shall be specified and agreed between purchaser anf oes Bir en toe 10, During use the washers shall remain circ! steh as not to cause them to spread when set seryice conditions. NOTE. The dimensions given in Tables 3, 4 and 5 a square and rectangular wire sections which, after zoidal section, having the inner periphery thicker tl accordance with those dimensions given in the appro pimensions | | “11. a. Nominal size. The nominal size of #) ~ “that shown in Col. 1 of Tables 3 to € iaclasm , Clearance. The inside diameters of t such that they exceed the diameter of the Table 2.90-0312 (72)| 0- 0625 (Ce) NOTE. The clearances given in Table 2 for bolts having nominal diameters up to and have been calculated on the fractional bolt size. Where clearance and/or outside diameter are critical, it is recommended that allowance should be made for the variations between fractional and nearest B.A. size.1% (and 6 B.A) “a (and 4BA) "BBA. (and Xe) | 1526 | 0232 } 1690 | 0-252 |en PPA STABLE 4 “TYPE Bh 50 SINGLE COIL RECTANGULAR SECTION SPRING WASHE) : op Wee te -. ‘Nominal Nominal size of} outside Nominal width | Nominal thickness | Gi of boi}, Santer MS ‘ \ : fhe in i | in [swe |) in [sw i 2 f (and 6 B.A.) 0-48 © 18 0-064 16B80 +1951 TABLE 5. TYPE C - SINGLE COIL GIRDER SECTION SPRING WASHERS To eee AG Ge Lf z - mae Ww we7eT ‘Nominal proportion of section after coilis washer ro (dia. of bolt) : | Hany seis | Lit | Hearr in, | in | in. | in. _|s.w.G! in, |SW.Gi i. } ine (and 6 B.A.) =| = ole: a %a (and 4 B.A) the {ops = © py BA. (and He) 0 14. 10056} 0-070 bhes (e3 35) — 0104} 12 |Co70| O01 1-4) et ois} 1 ‘cos! 0-108 102 | 0-1 Gs) —% ois) 9 pe 0-125 {Ke 0160} 8 jf-iz 0-140" 2 O176) 7, |p 02| OLAS tun) — Se put [pe ourae o2i2| 5 hago ‘oq Pd *~}1-140! 0-250! — 0-16) [0219 § 165 | 1429| 0187): <— jo2ait — 0640 | 0:286 | pai {1-608 | 0208 | _ 1571/1733 | 9-219! : 1t| rau | oz ag (0178 | 0275 5 815 | 2-039 | {0250} = {20g | 2-218 | 0-312} — | 10BRITISH STANDARDS FOR BOLTS, _ SUBJECTS ee BS.57 B.A, bolts, screws, nuts and washers. | > J £ BS. 84 Screw threads of Whitworth form. wes BS.93 Screw threads, British Association, ¥ Nos. 0 to 15 B.A. Ea BS. 192 B.S.W. and B.S.F. open-ended pape amendment specifying dimensions for use with unified hexagon heads.) 4 BS. 325 Black cup and countersunk bolts, nut BS. 450 Bright countersunk, round and BS. 811 Cycle threads. BS. 856 Wing nuts. BS. 916 Black bolts and nuts. Hexagon and BS. 1083 Bolts, nuts and set-screws (machine BS. 1580 Unified screw threads. B,3. 1768 Unified precision hexagon bolts, U.NF. threads) and plain washer BS. 1769 Unified black hexagon bolts, : washers—heavy series. BS. Handbook No. 2. British standards fo the essential technical data, di Printed in England by Gaylard & {1000/10/53}