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S.A.E SPECIFICATIONS FOR SHOT AND GRIT SCREENINGS
SAE SAE J44{ SAE SAE J44.1
Size SHOT Screen Opening Size GRIT Screen Openrng
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No. Tolerances In-mm No- Tolarances ln-mm
s780 G10
s550
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G12
G14
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s460
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G18
s330
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s170
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s110
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s70
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The following are paraphrased as condensations of the Society of Automotive Engineers specifications J-827 Cast Steel Shot, J-1993 for
Cast Steel Grit, J-444 Cast Steel Shot and Grit Sizes, and include all of the essential features of these specifications. For additional details,
request copies of these complete specifications from your Ervin Representative.
SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS J827 Cast Steel Shot and J1993 Cast Steel Grit.
Chemical Analysis General Appearance
Carbon .80 - 1.2% The cast steel shot shall be as nearly spherical as commercially
Manganese possible and no more than 20'/. of the shot oarticles shall have
s-70 - s-1 10 0.35 - 1.2% obiectionable defects.
s-170 0.50 - 1.2/"
5-230 and Larger - All Grit 0.60 - 1.27" Voids for Shot
Silicon 0.4% minimum No more than 10% of the cast steel shot particles shall contain voids
Sulfur 0.05% maximum as determined at 10X magnification. A void must be greater than
Phosphorous 0.05% maximum 10"k of the area of the abrasive particle to be considered harmful.
Microstructure
The Microstructure of cast steel shot and grit shall be uniform
Martensite, tempered to a degree consistent with the hardness
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shrinkage as determined at 10X magnification. Shrinkage is an
range, with fine well distributed carbides, if any. internal cavity with irregular dendritic surface, whose area is larger
lhan 4Qok of the particle area.
Hardness
Shot Cracks
Ninety percent of random hardness check performed on a No more than 15% of cast steel shot and 40"k of the cast steel grit
representative sample shall fall within the range of 402-558 Knoop particles shall have cracks as determined at 'l 0X magnification. A
hardness number (40-51 HRC) crack is a linear discontinuity whose length is greater than 3 times
Grit its width and radial in direction.
Ninety percent of random hardness check performed on a
representative sample shall fall within the following ranges. Pafticle Shape of Shot
S hardness range of 402-558 Knoop hardness number (40-51 HRC), When examined at 10X magnification, no more than 5% of the
M hardness range of 495-650 Knoop (47-56 HRC), L hardness shot particles will have a length that is in excess of twice the cross
range 612-754 Knoop (54-61 HRC), and H hardness of 732 Knoop sectron.
minimum (60 HRC).
MechanicalTests
The hardness may be determined by any of the various methods
Several designs of shot testing machines are available
applicable to small sections such as Micro Hardness Tester with a
commercially for application to routine procedures. See SAE
Knoop indenter, at loads determined to provide a reliable
J445 tor methods of checking uniformity of shipments of shot or
conversion to Rockwell C.
grit to determine relative fatigue life and energy transfer of different
types of shot or grit.
Density
The density of cast steel shall be not less than 7.3 gm/cc Grit and
7 gmlcc for shot.
Ervin AMASTEEL Special Hardness
M hardness - 90% minimum 495-650 KHN (47-56 HRC)
L hardness - 90% minimum 612-754 KHN (54-61 HRC)
H hardness - 90% minimumT32 KHN (60 HRC minimum)
AMASTEEL is also available in other hardness ranges. For these requirements, the hardness of 90% of the representative sample will be
within a range of 7 HRC points.
Ervin AMASTEEL Shot and Grit products meet or exceed all of the requirements of SAE specifications. The Ervin AMASTEEL Division is also
capable of producing material to meet special customer specifications or requirements.
