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IS : 3052 - 1986
( Reaffirmed 2006 )

DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCES FOR

WROUGHT COPPER AND COPPER ALLOY
SHEET, STRIP AND FOIL FOR GENERAL
ENGINEERING PURPOSES

( Second Revision)
First Reprint SEPTEMBER 1992

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669.3-415:006.78

@ Copyright 1988
BUREAU
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OF

BHAVAN,

INDIAN
9

BAHADUR

STANDARDS
SHAH

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N-EW DELHI 110002

Gr2

February 1988

IS: 3052 -1986

Indian Standard
DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCES FOR
WROUGHT COPPER AND COPPER ALLOY
SHEET, STRIP AND FOIL FOR GENERAL
ENGINEERING PURPOSES

( Second Revision )
Copper

and Copper

Alloys

Chairman
DR L. R. VAIDYAN~TH

Sectional

Committee,

SMDC

11

Rcpescnting
Indian Copper Development Centre, Calcutta

Members
SERI D. DE SARKAR (Alternate to
Dr L. R. Vaidyanath )
SHRI DEV KUMAR AQ~ARWAI.
Bralco Metal Industries Pvt Ltd, Bombay
SHRI RAJ KU~~AX AOQARW~L (Altematr )
SHRI R. T. BAJAJ
Kamani Tubes Ltd, Bombay
SARI K. L. BARUI
National Test House, Calcutta
SERI H. P. DUBEY ( Alternate)
SRRI J. NEQESH BHATT
Indian Telephone Industries Ltd, Bangalore
Sanx A. R. SIJKUM.~RAN (Alternate )
Hindustan Cables Ltd, Burdwan
SEIRI C. D. BHATTACHARYA
SHRI
M. JHA (Alternate)
Rashtriya Metal Industries Ltd, Bombay
SHRI BALKRISRNA BIN.~NI
DR V. S. PATKAK ( Alternate )
Alcobex Metal (P) Ltd, Jodhpur
PROP A. D. BOHRA
SRHI KULDEEP DHIN~RA (Alternate )
Bengal Ingot Co Ltd, Calcutta
SHRI M. K. CHOUDKURY
Indian Standard Metal Co Ltd, Bombay
SHRI P.R. DHAR
SHRI N. R. MANIAR ( Altrmate)
Directorate
General
of Ordnance
Factories,
SHRI B. DUTTA
Calcutta
Sam S. K. GROSR ( Altrmatc)
Bharat Heavy Electrical5 Ltd
SHRI A. V. HARNE
SHRI P. V. DIXIT ( Alternate I )
SHRI M. N. CRANDRASEKHARIAH ( Alternate II )
Saru Smelting Pvt Ltd, Meerut
Sam
D&P. JAIN
Aggarwal Metal Works Pvt Ltd, Rewari
SKRI DAVINDER KUM.~R JAIN
SERI RAJ~V JA~N ( Alternate)
( Continued on page 2 )
Q CopVright 1988
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Members

Representing

KMA
Ltd, Bombay
R. P. KESAN
SJXRI A. H. SABHACHANDANI
( Alternuf
)
SHRI S. K. KHANDEKAR
Va
a Engineers
(Pvt) Ltd, Pune
Mi i istry of Finance
SEBI
P. K. D. LEE
Salt1 S. B.4oCHI
( riftCr,,atc)
Ministry
of Defence
(DGI)
SHBI
R. C. MATHUR
S&I
N. L. VAIDY~ ( Alternate )
Neo Pipes & Tubes Co Ltd, Calcutta
SHRI A. K. MITK~
DR P. R. MURHLRJEE
INCAB
Industries
Ltd. Tamshcdpur
SHRI

SHRI
SHRI

G.

TI<ILOK
R.

SHRI

I.

SIXGH

K.

MURTHY

N.

&lXTIA

Ahnate

)
Ministry

of D.efence

(R

& D )

Alfunatc)

Directorate
General
of Supplies
& Disposals,
New
Delhi
SHRI H. S. RAJ~A~IIANDRA
Hindustan
Machine
Tools Ltd, Bangalore
SR~XI A. SHAXTHAKAIM
( Alternate I )
SHRI V. N. VENKATESAN
( Alternate II )
Directorate
General
of Technical
Development,
SERI T. RAMASUBKAXANIAN
New Delhi
SHRI T. R. MUHAN Rao ( Alternate)
Bhandary
Metallurgical
Corporation
Ltd, Bombay
SIIXI P. S. RAMASWAXY
Indian
Non-Ferrous
Metals
hlanufacturers
SRRI M. K. RAO
Association,
Rombay
Directorate
of Warships
Projects
( Navy ), New
SH~I
P. I!. RAO
Delhi
SHRI
K. R. NAIR ( Alternate )
Leader
Engineering
Works, Jalandhar
SHHI D. K. SEHOAI,
of Railways
ADDITIONAL
DIRXT~R
( MET 1, Mmistry
M & C
DIRX(,TOR.%TE
RDSO,
SHRI

S. K.

PANDEY

LUcRNOW

Hindustan
Copper Ltd, Calcutta
National
Metallurgical
Laboratory
Jamshedpur
Ministry
of Steel and Mines
Rapsri
Engineering
Industries
Pvt Ltd,
Multimetals
Ltd, Kota

Dn P. D. SHAHMA
SHRI S. C. SIVARAMGRISHNAN
SERI

J.

SARI

P. SRII~AM

SHRI

N.

SHIDHARAN
S. SURANA

SHI~I N. G. RAIMAKRISHNAN ( Alternate )

J. B. Metal Industries
Ltd, Bombay
S. S. VAIDYANATHAN
SHARI HAYMUKI~ J. GOR ( Alternntc )
Minerals
&
Metals
Trading
Corporation
SZIRI Y. P. VIJ
Ltd, New Delhi
SHUI K. DHAXSINAMUI~THY
( Alternate )
Director
General,
BIS (Ex-oficio Membrr)
SHRI B. MUKHERJI,
Director
( Strut
& Met )

( CSIR

),

Bangalore

SHRI

Secretary
SHRI

Deputy

SINQH
(Metals
), BIS

JAQMOHAN

Director

of India

IS : 3652 - 1986

Indian Standard
DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCES FOR
WROUGHT COPPER AND COPPER ALLOY
SHEET, STRIP AND FOIL FOR GENERAL
ENGINEERING PURPOSES

( Second Revision 3
0.

FOREWORD

0.1 This

Indian
Standard
(Second
Revision)
Indian
Standards
Institution
QI-I 25 November
finalized
by the Copper
and Copper
Alloys
had been approved by the Structural
and Metals

was adopted
by the
1986, after the draft
Sectional
Committee
Division Council.

0.2 This standard

was first published in 1964 and subsequently
revised
In this revision,
the dimensions
and tolerances
have been
in 1974.
revised
after
a critical
study was made of the requirements
of the
various industries using these materials.
0.3 For the purpose of deciding
whether
a particular
requirement
of
this standard
is complied
with, the final value, observed or calculated,
expressing
the result of a test or -analysis,
shall be rounded
off in
The
number
of significant
places
accordance
with. IS : 2-1960*.
retained
in the rounded
off value should be the same as that of the
specified value in this standard.

1. SCOPE
1.1 This standard lays down the dimensions and tolerances
for wrought
copper and copper alloys in the form of sheet, strip and foil for general
engineering
purposes.
2. TERMINOLOGY

2.0 For

the purpose
of this standard,
the
given in IS : 3288 ( Part 3 )-1986t shall apply.

following

Ruler for rounding off numerical values (revised).

tGlossary
of terms relating to copper and copper alloys:

definitions

Part 3 Wrought

forms.

as

IS : 3052 - 1986
2.1 Flat Product

wrought

-A

solid section.

product

with rectangular

or square

2.2 Sheet - Flat product, of exact length, over 015 mm thick and up
to and including 10 mm thick and over 300 mm wide.
It may be
supplied flat or folded or in coiled form.
2.3 Strip-Flat
product
over 015 mm thick and up to and
including 10 mm thick, of any width and generally not cut to length;
usually in coil form but may be in flat or folded.
2.4 Foil - Flat product of thickness up to and including 015 mm, of
any width generally not cut to length, usually in coil form but may
also be in flat or folded form.
3. DIMENSIONS
3.1 Width

of Sheet -

the purchaser.
3.2 Width

of Strip

Any width more than 300 mm as specified by

and Foil -

Any width specified by the purchaser.

of
Sheet
and
Strip-Any
thickness
more
3.3 Thickness
than 015 mm up to 10 mm ( including ) as specified by the purchaser.

3.4 Thickness
of Foil by the purchaser.

Less than 015 mm ( including ) as specified

4. TOLERANCES
4.1 Tolerances

on thickness of cold-rolled
as given in Table 1.

4.2 Tolerances
given in Table

on thicknesses
2.

of hot-rolled

sheet,

strip and foil shall be

sheet and strip shall be as

4.3 Tolerances on width of rolled sheet, strip and foil ( rotary

shall be as given in Table 3.

sheared )

4.4 Tolerances
on length of rolled sheet and strip ordered to exact
length cut from rotary sheared toil shall be as given in Table 4.
4.5 Tolerances
on width or length
of sheet
sheared ) shall be as given in Table 5.

and

strip

(guillotine

4.6 If sizes required for which tolerances are not given in Tables 1 to 5,
the tolerances
shall be as agreed to between the supplier and the
purchaser.
4

IS : 3052 - 1986
TABLE

TOLERANCES
ON THICKNESS
OF COLD-ROLLED
SHEET, STRIP AND FOIL
( Cbe
4.1 )
All dimensions in millimetres.

SPECIFIED
TOLERANCES ( PLUS AND Mrxos ),
~-------_-_..---*_------_--__--7
THICKNESS
-_-h_
--,
Up to and
Over
Over
Over
Over
Over
Up to and Ilncc.t,;~
160 Up to 300 Up to 450 Up to 630 Up to 800 Up to
Includine
and
and
and
and
and
Including Including
Including Including Including
300 Wide 450 Wide 630 Wide 800 Wide 1 250 Wide

(1)
-

(2)
0.05

10 percent
of specified
thickness

0.05

0.10

10 percent
of specified
thickness

0.10
0.16
028
063
0.90
1.2

0.16
0.28
0.63
0.90
1.2
2.0
2.8
3.5
4.5

2.0
2.8
3.5
4.5
6-O
8.0

(3)

TABLE

(6)
-

(7)
-

(8)
-

0.015
0.02
0025
0.03
0.04
0.05
0.06
0.07
0.09
0.11
0.14
0.17

011
014

(5)

125 perctnt
of specified
thickness

0.012
0.015
0.02
0.025
0.03
0.04
0.05
O.C6
007
009

6.0
8.0
10.0

(4)

0020
0.025
003
0.04
005
006
0.07
0.09
0.11
0.14
017
0.20

TOLERANCES
ON THICKNESS
SHEET AND STRIP
( Clausr 4.2 )

0025
0.03
0.04
005
006
0.07
0.09
0.11
014
0.17
0.20
0.25

004
0.05
0.06
0.07
0.09
0.11
0.14
017
020
0.25
0.30

0.06
0.07
009
011
014
017
020
0.25
0.30
035

OF HOT-ROLLED

All dimensions in millimetrea.

TOLERANCES ( PLUS AND MINUS )
c__-_------7
Over 900
Up to and
Up to and
Including
Including
900 Wide
1250 Wide

SPECIFIEL)TEICKNESE
_-_-_*_---~
Up to and
Over
Including

(1)
2.5
5.0
PO

(2)

(3)
c--By
0.25
0.35

2.5
5.0
8.0
10.0

045

(4)
agreement--+
0.35
0.45
055

IS:3052- 1986
TABLE

TOLERANCES
ON WIDTH
AND FOIL (ROTARY

OF ROLLED
SHEARED)

SHEET.

STRIP

( Clause 4.3 )
All dimensions in millimetrrs.
SPECIFIED WIDTH

r--_h---~
Over

up to and
Including

(2)

(1)

10

TOIZRANCES ( PLUS AND MINUS )

?___-----__---h-___--_--_---7

Up to and
Including
025 Thick

Over
0.25 Up to
and
Including
0.55 Thick

over
0.55 up to
and
Including
1.0 Thick

(4)

(3)

(5)

+.--_-_---_-_-_-By

Over
10 up to
and
Including
20 Thick

Over
2.0 up to
and
Including
40 Thick

(6)

(7)

~gr~~m~~t__-------_-+

0.1

0.15

02

0.3

0.3

0.5

0.6

IO

50

50

100

015

0.2

100

200

0.2

0.3

05

0.6

0.8

200

400

0.3

0.5

0.6

0.8

10

400

600

0.5

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.4

600

800

0.6

0.8

I.0

1.4

1.6

TABLE

TOLERANCES
ORDERED

ON LENGTH
OF ROLLED
TO EXACT LENGTH
CUT
ROTARY
SHEARED
COIL

SHEET
FROM

AND

STRIP

( Clause 4.4 )
All dipensions
~_~_~_~~~*
Ove;

SPECIFIED LENGTH
--------7

in millimetres.

Up to and
Including

TOLERANCES
( PLUS AND MIXUS )
r----*_-_y
Over 0.25 Up to and
Including 4.0 Thick

160

1000

1000

2 000

2 000

4 000

IS : 3052 - 1986
TABLE

TOLERANCES
AND STRIP

ON WIDTH
( GUILLOTINE

OR LENGTH
OF SHEET
SHEARED )

( Cluuse 4.5 )
All dimensions
SPECIFIED WIXCH OR LENQTH

r------Over

(1)

h___-~~----_--__-_-*__--_-_-__~
Up to and
Over 0.32
Including
Up to and
Including
10 Thick
(2)

in millimetres.
TOLERANCES( PLUS AND MINUS )

(3)

Over I.0
Up to and
Including
2.5 Thick

Over 25
Up to and
Including
50 Thick

Over 5.0
Up to and
Including
100 Thick

(4)

(5)

(6)
3

500

1.5

500

1000

2.5

! 000

2 000

3.5

2 000

4 000

5.0

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