EN10293: GE360 Carbon Steel
Casting grades: GE360
Metal Type: Carbon Steels
Casting Process: Sand Casting or Lost Wax Precision Investment Casting
Standard: EN 10293-2015, BS EN 10293-2015, DIN EN 10293-2015
Alternating Steel Grade: GB/T 11352 ZG340-640, BS3100 AW3; DIN 1681 GS70; ГОСТ 977 50Л
Werkstoff nummer: 1.0597
IT’S A NEW STEEL GRADE IN EN 10293:2015.
Heat treatment: Nomalizing or austeritizing at 880 to 960 °C, Tempering at 560-620 °C
The right description is “GE360+NT”, “+N” means: Normalizing; +QT or +QT1 or +QT2 means: Quenching(air or liquid) and Tempering.
| Steel Grade | Werkstoff nummer | Carbon % | Manganese % | Silicon % | P % | S % | Cr % | Mo % | Ni % | V % | Cu % |
| GE360 | 1.0597 | – | – | – | 0.035 | 0.030 | 0.30 | 0.12 | 0.40 | 0.03 | 0.3 |
1. Ni+Cr+Cu+Mo+V, the sum of residual elements shall not exceed 1.00%
| Steel Grade | Nummer | Heat Treatment | Thickness mm | Tensile Strength Rm Mpa | Upper Yield Rp0.2, Mpa | Elongation % A | Impact Strength KV J |
| GE360 | 1.0597 | +NT | t<300 | 590 | 360 | 16 | 20 |
1. The testing ambient room temperature.
2. 1MPa=1 N/mm2
3. “+N” means: Normalizing; +QT or +QT1 or +QT2 means: Quenching(air or liquid) and Tempering.
4. The Yield strength values at room temperature to 0.2% proff strength.
| Steel Grade | Werkstoff nummer | Minimum magnetic 2.5kA/m | Minimum magnetic 5.0kA/m | Minimum magnetic 10.0kA/m |
| GE360 | 1.0597 | 1.00 | 1.40 | 1.60 |
1. Magnetic properties by agreement at the enquiry and order only.
EN 10293:2015, Steel Castings for general engineering uses
is the newest revision for generally casting material.
Previous Editions:
- DIN 1681: 1924-04, 1929-07, 1942xx-03, 1967-06, 1985-06
- DIN 17182: 1985-06, 1992-05
- DIN 17205: 1992-04
- DIN EN 10293:2005
- DIN EN 10293 Corrigendum 1: 2008-09
- BS3100: 1991
