BS 1429:1980

This standard BS 1429:1980 Specification for annealed round steel wire for general engineering springs is classified in these ICS categories:

• 77.140.25 Spring steels

This British Standard specifies the requirements for annealed, or annealed and lightly drawn round steel wire, supplied in coils or straight lengths, suitable for the manufacture of mechanical springs by cold-forming which are hardened and tempered after forming.

It is generally applicable to wire sizes in the range from 1.00 mm to 16 mm.

Requirements for annealed or annealed and lightly drawn wire suitable for the manufacture of mechanical springs by cold forming, that are subsequently hardened and tempered.