Alloy Steels 4330 is stocked by 16 North American distributors and produced by 22 large mills. Distributors will offer small quantity buys while mills will generally only sell large quantities, with delivery times anywhere from 10 to 50 weeks depending on size and form required
This material is stocked primarily in Bar Products by 16 distributors but is also available to a lesser extent in Forging Products, and Flat Rolled Products.
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Specifications
The following specifications cover Alloy Steels 4330
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Property Results
Chemistry Data : [top]
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Principal Design Features
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AISI 4330 is a heat treatable steel alloy (for high strength) containing chromium, nickel and molybdenum. Carbon content is in the 0.30% range and in the heat treated condition the alloy has good toughness and fatigue strength as well as good strength.
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Applications
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Applications are those that require a good combination of strength and impact resistance, such as gears, aircraft landing gear, axles or shafts for power transmission.
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Machinability
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Machining is best accomplished with the alloy in the annealed, normalized and tempered condition. The alloy is much more difficult to machine in the strengthened (hardened) condition. Machinability in the high strength conditions can be only 15% to 25% that of the alloy in the annealed state.
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Forming
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The formability is good, especially for sheet material in the annealed condition in which state it can be bent or formed by spinning. Bend radii should not be sharper than a 3t bend.
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Welding
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4330 may be welded by conventional methods. Preheat and post heat treatments should be used in accord with the recommended weld procedure for this alloy. The alloy may also be successfully joined by brazing.
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Heat Treatment
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Hardening of 4330 alloy is done by heating to 1525 F and then oil quenching. If the alloy is to be heat treated to strength levels of 200 ksi, or greater, then it should first be normalized at 1650 F before being heat treated and quenched for strengthening.
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Forging
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The alloy is forgeable in the range of 2200 F to 1800 F.
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Hot Working
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Hot working may be done on this alloy, although usually not necessary because the alloy has good cold forming characteristics. Consult the alloy supplier for hot working information.
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Cold Working
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Cold working capability is good and conventional methods may be used,
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Annealing
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A full anneal may be done at 1500 to 1650 F followed by slow (furnace) cooling at a rate not in excess of 50 F per hour down to 600 F. From 600 F the alloy may then be air cooled.
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Aging
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Not applicable to this alloy.
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Tempering
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Tempering, following the Heat Treatment for hardening, varies depending upon the strength level desired. For the 260 - 280 ksi level use a tempering temperature of 425 to 500 F. For the lower strength 125 to 200 ksi level use 850 to 1175 F for tempering. At strength levels in the 220 to 260 ksi range tempering should NOT be done as it can result in degradation of impact strength.
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Hardening
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The alloy harden by means of heat treatment and tempering. See "Heat Treatment" and "Tempering"
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Physical Data : [top]
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Density (lb / cu. in.)
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0.28
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Specific Gravity
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7.8
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Specific Heat (Btu/lb/Deg F - [32-212 Deg F])
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0.116
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Melting Point (Deg F)
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2600
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Thermal Conductivity
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21
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Mean Coeff Thermal Expansion
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6.6
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Modulus of Elasticity Tension
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29
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Mechanical Data : [top]
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