ASTM A228/A228M 2016 – Music Spring Wire

ASTM A228/A228M, Standard Specification for Steel Wire, Music Spring Quality, has been updated.  The new 2016 Edition is available now from Document Center Inc.  You can get your copy in paper format, for pdf download or as a “redline” edition (more on that later).  Even though this type of wire is classified as “music spring quality,” it  is primarily for springs used under high stress that need good fatigue properties.

This is a widely used standard, with measurements specified in both feet and inches and in metric units.  The standard covers a wide range of requirements.  They range from ordering information to chemical composition to a range of tests for mechanical properties and metallurgical requirements.  Information is provided for areas like workmanship, inspection and rejection, certification, and packaging/shipment data.

Those of you using the ASTM A228/A228M will want to know what the changes are and they are significant.  The new 2016 Edition now includes two types of music wire.  This means changes throughout the document to support the addition.  Updates have also been made to the referenced documents section.  You’re going to also find changes in section 14.3 on Certification and section 6.3 on chemical composition. Of course, this means that the previous 2014 Edition is now obsolete.

How can you know you’ve found all the changes in the new edition?  Use the redline copy for your gap analysis. When you purchase the redline option, you’ll get a clean copy of the 2016  Edition plus a “marked-up” copy of the old 2014 one, with all the changes clearly marked.  It costs a little bit more but is well worth the additional expense.

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