IS 2385 : 1977 Specification for Hot-Rolled Mild Steel Sheet and Strip in Coil Form for Cold-Reduced Tinplate and Cold-Reduced Blackplate

1 Scope

1.1 This standard covers the requirements for hot rolled mildsteel sheets and strips in coil form for production of cold reducedtinplate and cold- reduced blackplate.

1.2 Material conforming to this standard shall be supplied incoil form, commonly in the range of thickness 1.8 mm and thickerand in widths 600 mm and over. The scale or oxide shall be removedby the manufacturer, purchaser or reroller prior to cold-reduction.Surface is of considerable importance because of the variety offinishes and other characteristics required in the finalcold-reduced product.

1.3 When the end product is to have special characteristics, thespecifications of the hot-rolled sheet/strip shall be agreed uponbetween the manufacturer and reroller at the time of ordering.

1.4 Widths less than 600 mm may be slit from wide coils andshall be considered sheet/strips coils for rerolling.

2 References

IS 2 :1960Rules for rounding off numerical values.

IS 1387 :1967General requirements for the supply ofmetallurgical materials.

IS 1852 :1973Specification for rolling and cuttingtolerances for hot rolled steel products.

IS 1956 : Part IV :1975 Glossary of terms relating to iron andsteel :Part IV Steel sheet and strip.

IS 1993 :1962Specification for cold-reduced tinplate andcold-reduced blackplate.