Material Specification
Specification:          B-115
                        2135 West Maple Road                                          Revision Date:          12/05/2013
                        Troy, MI 48084-7121
                                                                                      Revision Level:         F
                                              WROUGHT STEEL - SAE 1045
    1.0      GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS: Material Specification B-1. All the
             requirements for the general specifications apply unless
             superseded by the requirements listed within this specification.
    2.0      SCOPE: This specification covers SAE 1045 steel.
    3.0      APPROXIMATE EQUIVALENTS: The following steels, while not
             necessarily exact equivalents of this base specification, can be
             used as alternates provided they meet the remainder of this
             specification in its entirety. Suppliers cannot substitute
             cross-referenced steels without prior approval of the using plant
             Quality Assurance function.
             3.1      IS 1870,1965(India)
             3.2      DIN EN 10083-1,1996 (Germany), DIN EN 10083-2,1996 (Germany)
             3.3      JIS G4051,1979 S45C (China)
             3.4      GB/T 699-1999 45Mn (China)
    4.0      FOR END-AXLE CENTERS:
                    Index              Required Range
                      DI             1.60 minimum
                      CE             0.70 maximum
    5.0      FOR BRAZIL BRAKE CAM SHAFTS:
               Element/DI            Required Range
                  Carbon             0.42 – 0.49
                Manganese            0.50 - 1.00
                 DI (aim)             1.0 – 1.6
    6.0      REFERENCE SPECIFICATIONS:
                            Standard Number
      Industry                and revision                                      Title of Standard
    Affiliation                   Date
        Meritor                   B-1                       General Wrought Steel Standard
                                                            Comparison of Indian and overseas
            IS                  1870 (1965)                 standards for wrought steels for
                                                            general engineering purpose.
           DIN              EN 10083 (1996)                 Steels for quenching and tempering
           JIS                G4051 (1979)                  Carbon steel for Machine Structural Use
          BG/T                 699 (1999)                   Quality carbon structural steels
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                                                                                     Material Specification
                                                                                      Specification:          B-115
                        2135 West Maple Road                                          Revision Date:          12/05/2013
                        Troy, MI 48084-7121
                                                                                      Revision Level:         F
                  Date                                                           Change
                                          Re-formatted.
     12/05/2013 Level F
                                          Added Reference Specifications section.
      Request 30272-180
                                          Added Brazil Brake Camshaft chemistry and DI
       Request 32998-5
                                          requirement.
    02/05/2013 Level E                    Added dates to DIN. Replaced 1870-1024
    Request 32435-4                       (1024 reference number, India) with IS 1870,1965
                                          India. DIN 17200 C45 (Germany) was superseded by
                                          DIN EN 10083-1 and 2.
    12/20/2011 Level D                    Added “All the requirements……” to section 1.
    Request 32532-19                      Added Alternative Materials JIS G4051 S45C
                                          China), GB/T 699-1999 45Mn (China)
    08/05/2011 Level C                    Added section 4, “For End-Axle Centers”
    Request 32495-2
    9/15/99 Level B                       Added DIN 17200 C45 (Germany)
    Request 18838-1
    10/15/93 Level A                      Added IS 1870-1024 (India)
    Approved By:              S. Doyle
                              Director – Materials Engineering
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