Table of Contents

1 -  AS 2338-2004 PREFERRED DIMENSIONS OF WROUGHT METAL PRODUCTS
4 -  PREFACE
5 -  CONTENTS
6 -  1 SCOPE
6 -  2 APPLICATION
6 -  3 SELECTION OF SIZES
6 -  4 CROSS-SECTIONAL DIMENSIONS
6 -  4.1 General
7 -  4.2 Basis of Tables 1 to 5
7 -  4.3 Tolerances
7 -  5 WIDTHS OF FLAT METAL PRODUCTS
7 -  6 LENGTHS OF FLAT METAL PRODUCTS
15 -  APPENDIX A - NOTES ON PREFERRED SIZES
15 -  A1 RANGE OF SIZES
15 -  A2 PREFERRED NUMBERS
15 -  A3 SELECTION OF SIZES
15 -  A3.1 Use of preferred numbers
16 -  A3.2 Use of more rounded values of preferred numbers

Abstract

Specifies the preferred sizes, or dimensions, of wrought metal products manufactured from steel (hot-rolled and bright), copper, copper alloys, aluminium and aluminium alloys.

Scope

This Standard specifies preferred sizes, or dimensions, of wrought metal products manufactured from steel (hot-rolled and brightsee Note 1), copper, copper alloys, aluminium and aluminium alloys.
It applies to round, square, hexagonal, and rectangular metal products conventionally known as rod, wire and bar, and to flat metal products conventionally known as plate, sheet, and strip.
NOTES:
1 For the purposes of this Standard, bright steel is intended to cover cold-drawn, cold-sized, and cold-finished steel, produced by means other than wire manufacture.
2 Information on preferred sizes and their application in practice is given in Appendix A.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	Standards Australia
Pages
ISBN
Committee	MT-001
Supersedes	DR 04300 AS 2338-1980