aay Designation: B 64 - 85 Standard Specification for STEAM OR VALVE BRONZE CASTINGS’ ‘his standard is issued under the fixed designation B 61; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of “original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval ‘A superscript epsilon (¢) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval This specification has been approved for use by agencies of the Depariment of Defense and for listing in the DoD Index: of Specifications and Standards, 1. Scope L. This specification? covers a high-grade steam-metal or valve-bronze alloy (Copper Alloy UNS No. €92200°) used for component castings of valves, flanges, and fittings. 1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. 2. Applicable Documents 2.1 The following documents of the issue in effect on date of material purchase form a part of this specification to the extent referenced herein: ho 2.1.1 ASTM Standards: B 208 Practice for Preparing Tension Test Specimens for Copper-Base Alloys for Sand Castings* «E 8 Methods of Tension Testing of Metallic Materials? E 29 Recommended Practice for Indicating Which Places of Figures Are to Be Consid- ered Significant in Specified Limiting Values® E-54 Methods for Chemical Analysis of Spe- => *ecial Brasses and Bronzes’ E 62 Methods for Chemical Analysis of Cop- seek and Copper Alloys (Photometric Meth- ‘ s) E478 Mcthods for Chemical Analysis of Cop- per Alloys? _ 3. Ordering Information “3.1 The castings covered are used in products Manufactured in advance and supplied for sale _ from stock by the manufacturer, jobber, or other ‘dealer. Orders for such product shall specify the alloy by specification number, together with a request for certification as may be desired (Sec- tions 4, 5, 6, and 13). 4, Chemical Composition 4.1 The alloy shall conform to the require- ments for chemical composition prescribed in Table 1. 5. Mechanical Properties 5.1 The alloy shall conform to the require- ments for tensile properties prescribed in Table 2, 6. Hydrostatic Test 6.1 Castings, as assembled component parts of valves, flanges, or fittings, shall conform to such requirements as to pressure tests as may be prescribed by codes applying to the products under consideration. 7. Workmanship and Finish 7.1. The castings shall not have injurious blow- ' This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Com- mittee B-S on Copper and Copper Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee BOS.0S on Castings and Ingots for Remelting. Current edition approved July 26, 1985. Published January 1986, Originally published as B 61 ~ 27 T. Last previous edition B61 — 82a. ? For ASME Boilerand Pressure Vessel Code applications sce related Specification SB-61 in Section Il of that Code. 3The UNS system for copper and copper alloys (see Practice F527) is a simple expansion of the former stanclard designation system accomplished by the addition of a prefix °C” anda suffix “00." The suffix can be used to accommodate composition variations of the base alloy. * Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.01. 5 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vols 01.02, 02.01, 02.02, 02,03, and 03.01. © Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vols 02.03, 03.01, 03.03, 03.05, and 14.02. 7 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.05. 105lb holes, porosity, shrinkage defects, cracks, or other injurious defects. They shall be well cleaned. 7.2 Pressure castings shall not be plugged, welded, burned-in, or impregnated 7.3 Wall thicknesses and sections shall meet or exceed the minimum requirements of appli- cable codes. 8. Sampling and Number of Tests 8.1 One chemical analysis shall be made from each lot of metal poured. 8.2 One mechanical property test shall be made from each lot of metal poured. 8.2.1 Ifany test specimen shows defective ma- chining or reveals casting defects, it may be dis- carded and replaced with another specimen rep- resentative of the same lot, 8.3 At the option of the manufacturer a lot shall consist of: 8.3.1 All of the metal poured from a single furnace or crucible melt, or 8.3.2 All of the metal poured from a contin- uous melting furnace between charges, or 8.3.3 Allof the metal poured from an individ- ual melting unit or group of melting units, or continuous melting furnaces having a uniform melting stock, operating during the course of one- half shift, not to exceed 5h. 9. Test Methods 9.1 The sample for chemical analysis shall be taken by drilling or cutting the chemical test coupon in such a manner as to be representative of the entire cross section. For the purpose of analysis only, the chemical test coupon may con- sist of a tension test coupon, or a separate chem- ical analysis test sample. 9.2 The chemical analysis shall be made in accordance with Methods E 54, Methods E 62, or Methods E 478. 9.3 The chemical composition may also be determined by the emission methods, but should a dispute arise concerning the chemical compo- sition, the wet chemical methods contained in the 1982 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Part 12, shall be used as the umpire methods. 9.4 The tension test coupons and specimens for tension tests shall be prepared in accordance with Practice B 208. 9.5 The tension tests shall be made in accord- ance with 4.1 of Methods E 8. 9.6 In addition to the tensile test required in 106 B61 5.1, test material may be cut from the castings, The mechanical properties and the location from which the test material will be removed shall be agreed upon between the manufacturer and the purchaser. 10. Significance of Numerical Limits 10.1 For purposes of determining compliance with the specified limits for requirements of the properties listed in the following table, an ob- served value or a calculated value shall be rounded as indicated in accordance with the rounding method of Recommended Practice E29 Rounded Unit for Observed or Calculated Value nearest unit in the last right- hand place of figures Property Chemical composition Tensile strength| Yield strength | Elongation: 5 % and over nearest ksi (nearest 5 MPa) nearest 1% 11. Rejection and Rehearing 11.1 Castings that show injurious defects re- vealed by machining operations subsequent to acceptance may be rejected, and if rejected, the _ foundry shall be notified. 12. Certification 12.1 Records of tension tests results and chemical analyses shall be systematically made and maintained and shall be the basis for cert fication, In lieu of the manufacturer's certifica- tion and upon written request on the purchase order by the purchaser, these records may be examined by the purchaser or his accredited rep-_ resentative, upon the manufacturer's premises. 12.2 Upon written request on the purchase - order, the purchaser or his accredited represent- ative shall have the right of entry to foundries _ and testing laboratories to assure himself that the - facilities and procedures of the manufacturer of the component castings are suitable as a basis for production of castings and for preparation of certification as described in 12.1 12.3 Component-part alloy castings as made _ to this specification are manufactured in advance and supplied from stock. The manufacturer therefore maintains a general quality certification of all castings, without specific record or date of cast of a specific component part. When com: ponent parts are required to specific dates orih peats, a supplementary agreement on the pur- chase order is necessary between the purchaser and the manufacturer. 12.4 When specified on the purchase order the manufacturer shall furnish to the purchaser a certificate stating that samples of the material have been sampled, tested, and inspected in ac- cordance with this specification and have met the requirements. 12.4.1 When material is specified to meet the requirements of ASME Boiler and Pressure Ves- Chemical Requirements, Copper Alloy UNS No. 92200 Nors—Analysis shall regularly be made only for the elements designated in boldface type = Composition, % max (Except as In- dicated) "860-900 TABLE 1 Element Copper Tin Lead Zine Iron ‘Antimony Nickel, inel cobalt Sulfur Phosphorus Aluminum Silicon Jn eporting chemical analysis obtained by the use of instru- ments, such as spectrograph, X ray and atomic absorption, copper may be indicated as “remainder.” In reporting chemical analysis obtained by wet methods, zine may be indicated as, “remainder” on those alloys with over 2 % zins. In determining copper minimum, copper may be caleulaied as copper plus nickel. SUPPL B61 sel Code, the certification requirements are man- datory, 13. Marking 13.1 Valves, flanges, and fittings shall be marked in accordance with the latest revision of the Standard Marking System for Valves, Fit- tings, Flanges, and Unions (No. SP-25) of the Manufacturers Standardization Society of the Valve and Fittings Industry, and in such position as not to injure the usefulness of the casting. TABLE, 2. ‘Tensile Properties Tensilestrength, min, ksi* (MPa?) 34.235) Yield strength, min, ksi (MPa) 16 (110) Elongation in 3 in, (50.8 mm), min % 2 4 si = 1000 pai 8 See Appencix. © Yield strength shall be determined as the stress producing an elongation under load of 0.5 % that is, 0.01 in, (0.25 mm) in gage length of 2 in. (51 mm). IENTARY REQUIREMENTS The following supplementary requirements shall apply only when specified by the purchaser in the inquiry, contract, or order, for agencies of the U. S. Government. SI. Applicable Documents $1.1 The following documents of the issue in effect on date of material purchase form a part of this specification to the extent referenced herein: SI.1.1 Federal Standards. Fed. Std. No. 102 Preservation, Packaging and Packing Levels’ Fed. Std. No. 123 Marking for Shipment (Civil Agencies)’ 107 Fed. Std. No. 185 Identification Marking of Copper and Copper-Base Alloy Mill Products” S1.1.2. Military Standards: MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage” S1L.1.3 Military Specifications: 7 Available from Naval Publications and Forms Center, 5801 ‘Tabor Ave,, Philadelphia, PA 19120.dh MIL-C-3993 Packaging of Copper and Cop- per-Base Alloy Mill Products? S2. Quality Assurance 2.1 Responsibility for Inspection: 82.1.1 Unless otherwise specified in the con- ‘tract or purchase order, the manufacturer is re- sponsible for the performance of all inspection and test requirements specified. Except as other- wise specified in the contract or purchase order, the manufacturer may use his own or any other suitable facilities for the performance of the in- spection and test requirements unless disap- proved by the purchaser at the time the order is placed. The purchaser shall have the right to perform any of the inspections or tests set forth when such inspections and tests are deemed nec- essary to assure that the material conforms to prescribed requirements. S3. Identification Marking $3.1 All material shall be properly marked for identification in accordance with Fed. Std. No. APPENDIX (Nonmandatory Information) X1. METRIC EQUIVALENTS XL.1 The SI unit for strength properties now shown isin accordance with the International System of Units (SI). The derived SI unit for force is the newton (N), which is defined as that force which when applied to a Bé1 185 except that the ASTM specification nun and the alloy number shall be used. € ‘S4. Preparation for Delivery $4.1 Preservation, Packaging, Packing: S4.1.1 Military Agencies—The material sh be separated by size, composition, grade or y and shall be preserved and packaged, Level A { C, packed Level] A, B, or C as specified in contract or purchase order, in accordance wit the requirements of MIL-C-3993 $4.1.2 Civil Agencies—The requirement Fed. Std. No. 102 shall be referenced for defi tions of the various levels of packaging pro tion. $4.2. Marking: $4.2.1 Military Agencies—In addition to any. special marking required by the contract or pur chase order, marking for shipment shall be i accordance with MIL-STD-129. 3 4.2.2 Civil Agencies—In addition to any spes cial marking required by the contract or purcha order, marking for shipment shall be in accord: ance with Fed. Std. No. 123. ‘The derived SI unit for pressure or stress is the newton per square metre (N/m’), which has been named the. pascal (Pa) by the General Conference on Weights and. Measures. Since 1 ksi = 6 894 757 Pa the metric equiv- body having mass of one kilogram gives it an accel- alents are expressed as megapascal (MPa), which is the: eration of one metre per second squared (N=kg-m/s’). same as MN/m? and N/mm’. 3 The American Society for Testing ant Materials takes no position respecting the validity of any patent rights asserted in connection with any item mentioned in this standard. Users of this standard are expressly advised that determination of the validity of any such patent rights, and the risk of infringement of such rights, are entirely their own responsibility. This standard is subject to revision at any time by the responsible technical committee and musi be reviewed every five years and. ¥-nor revised, ether reapproved or wtihdrawn, Your comments are invited either for revision of thts standard or jor additional standards and should be addressed 10 ASTM Headquarters. 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