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Designation: F 2215 – 03
Standard Specification for
Balls, Bearings, Ferrous and Nonferrous for Use in
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Bearings, Valves, and Bearing Applications
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 2215; 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 (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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e NOTE—UNS number in Section A2.1.1 was editorially corrected in January 2004.
1. Scope A 108 Specification for Steel Bars, Carbon, Cold-Finished,
Standard Quality
1.1 This specification covers requirements for ferrous and
A 276 Specification for Stainless Steel Bars and Shapes
nonferrous inch balls. The balls covered in this specification
A 295 Specification for High-CarbonAnti-Friction Bearing
are intended for use in bearings, bearing applications, check
Steels
valves, and other components using balls.
A 976 Classification of Insulating Coatings by Composi-
1.2 This is a general specification. The individual item
tion, Relative Insulating Ability and Application
requirementsshallbeasspecifiedhereininaccordancewiththe
B 21/B 21M Specification for Naval Brass Rod, Bar and
AnnexA2 throughAnnexA9 MS sheet standards. In the event
Shapes
of any conflict between requirements of this specification and
B 124 Specification for Copper and Copper Alloy Forging
theAnnexA2 throughAnnexA9 MS sheet standards, the latter
Rod, Bar, and Shapes
shall govern.
B 276 Test Method for Apparent Porosity in Cemented
1.3 The values given in inch-pound units are to be regarded
Carbides
as standard. The values given in parentheses are for informa-
B 283 Specification for Copper and Copper Alloy Die
tion only.
Forgings (Hot-Pressed)
1.4 This specification contains many of the requirements of
D 3951 Practice for Commercial Packaging
MIL-B-1083, which was originally developed by the Depart-
E 18 Test Methods for Rockwell Hardness and Rockwell
ment of Defense and maintained by the Defense Supply Center
Superficial Hardness of Metallic Materials
Richmond. The following government activity codes may be
E 112 Test Methods for Determining Average Grain Size
foundintheDepartmentofDefense,StandardizationDirectory
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E 140 Standard Hardness Conversion Tables for Metals
SD-1.
Relationship Among Brinell Hardness, Vickers Hardness,
Preparing Activity Custodians Review Activities
Rockwell Hardness, Superficial Hardness, Knoop Hard-
DLA-GS Army-AT Army-AV, EA, AR, MI
Navy-OS Navy-SH
ness, and Scleroscope Hardness
Air Force-99 Air Force- 11, 84
E 381 TestMethodsforDetectorcalibrationandAnalysisof
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the Radionuclides
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
E 381 ASTM Adjuncts: Photographs for Rating Macro-
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- etched Steels (3 Plates)
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica- E 384 Test Method for Microindentation Hardness of Ma-
bility of regulatory requirements prior to use.
terials
2.2 SAE Standards:
2. Referenced Documents
AMS 5618 Steel, Corrosion Resistant Bars, Wire and Forg-
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
ings
AMS 5630 Steel, Corrosion Resistant Bars, Wire and Forg-
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ings
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ThisspecificationisunderthejurisdictionofASTMCommitteeF34onRolling
AMS 5749 Steel, Corrosion Resistant Bars, Wire and Forg-
Element Bearings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F34.01 on
ing and Tubing Premium Aircraft Quality for Bearing
Rolling Element.
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Current edition approved May 10, 2003. Published July 2003.
Applications
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The Department of Defense, Standardization Directory, SD-1, may be found at:
http://assist.daps.dla.mil/online/start/.
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contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
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F2215–03
AMS 5880 Steel, Corrosion Resistant Bars, Wire and Forg- 3.1.2 basic diameter—the diameter size of the balls, in
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ing for Bearing Applications inches.
AMS 6440 Specification for Steel Bars, Forgings and Tub- 3.1.3 basic diameter tolerance—the maximum allowable
ing 1.45Cr (0.98-1.10C) (SAE 52100) for Bearing Appli- deviation from the specified basic diameter for the indicated
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cations grade.
AMS 6444 Specification for Steel Bars, Forgings and Tub- 3.1.4 case depth—the
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