This Malaysian Standard gives the technical delivery requirements for :
a) semi-finished products, e.g. blooms, billets, slabs;
b) bars;
c) wire rod; and
d) bright steel
supplied in one of the treatment conditions given for the different types of products in Table 1, numbers 1 and 2, and in one of the surface conditions given in Table 2 and manufactured from the free-cutting steels listed in Table 3.
This Malaysian Standard covers three groups of wrought free-cutting steels for mechanical purposes as listed in Table 3, namely:
a) not intended for heat treatment;
b) suitable for case-hardening; and
c) suitable for direct hardening.
NOTE. Related standards are given in Annex C.
In special cases, variations in these technical delivery requirements or additions to them may form the subject of an agreement at the time of enquiry and order (see Annex B).
In addition to this standard, the general technical delivery requirements of MS 1846 are applicable.
