® AMS 2241P

AEROSPACE Issued MAY 1945

MATERIAL Revised AUG 2005

SPECIFICATION Superseding AMS 2241N

Tolerances, Corrosion and Heat-Resistant Steel, Iron Alloy,

Titanium, and Titanium Alloy Bars and Wire

1. SCOPE:

This specification covers established manufacturing tolerances applicable to corrosion and heat-
resistant steel, iron alloy, titanium, and titanium alloy bars and wire. These tolerances apply to all
conditions, unless otherwise noted. The term “excl” is used to apply only to the higher figure of the
specified range.

2. DIAMETER, THICKNESS, AND WIDTH:

2.1 Cold Finished Bars:

2.1.1 Rounds, Squares, Hexagons, and Octagons (See 2.1.3): See Table 1.

TABLE 1A - Diameter or Thickness Tolerance , Inch/Pound Units

Tolerance, Inch
Tolerance, Inch Minus Only
Specified Diameter Plus and Minus Squares, Hexagons,
or Thickness (See 2.1.1.1) and Octagons
Inches Rounds (See 2.1.1.2)

Over 0.500 to 1.000, excl 0.002 0.004

1.000 0.0025 0.004

Over 1.000 to 1.500, excl 0.0025 0.006

1.500 to 2.000, incl 0.003 0.006

Over 2.000 to 3.000 incl 0.003 0.008

Over 3.000 to 4.000, incl 0.003 0.010

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TABLE 1B – Diameter or Thickness Tolerance, SI Units

Tolerance, Millimeter
Tolerance, Millimeter Minus Only
Specified Diameter Plus and Minus Squares, Hexagons,
or Thickness (See 2.1.1.1) and Octagons
Millimeters Rounds (See 2.1.1.2)

Over 12.50 to 25.00, excl 0.05 0.10

25.00 0.062 0.10

Over 25.00 to 37.50, excl 0.062 0.15

37.50 to 50.00, incl 0.08 0.15

Over 50.00 to 75.00, incl 0.08 0.20

Over 75.00 to 100.00, incl 0.08 0.25

2.1.1.1 Size tolerances for round bars are plus and minus as shown in Table 1. When required,
however, they may be specified all plus and nothing minus, or all minus and nothing plus, or
any combination of plus and minus, if the total spread in size tolerance for a specified size is
not less than the total spread shown in Table 1.

2.1.1.2 For titanium and titanium alloys, the difference among the three measurements of the
distance between opposite faces of hexagons shall be not greater than one-half the size
tolerance and the difference between the measurements of the distance between opposite
faces of octagons shall be not greater than the size tolerance.

2.1.2 Flats (See 2.1.3): See Table 2.

TABLE 2A – Thickness and Width Tolerances, Inch/Pound Units

Thickness Width
Specified Width Tolerance, Inch Tolerance, Inch
Inches Plus and Minus Plus and Minus
0.125 to 0.250, incl 0.002 0.004
Over 0.250 to 1.000, incl 0.002 0.002
Over 1.000 to 2.000, incl 0.003 0.003
Over 2.000 to 3.000, incl 0.004 0.004
Over 3.000 to 4.500, incl 0.005 0.005

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TABLE 2B – Thickness and Width Tolerances, SI Units

Thickness Width
Specified Width Tolerance, Millimeter Tolerance, Millimeter
Millimeters Plus and Minus Plus and Minus
3.00 to 6.00, incl 0.05 0.10
Over 6.00 to 25.00, incl 0.05 0.05
Over 25.00 to 50.00, incl 0.08 0.08
Over 50.00 to 75.00, incl 0.10 0.10
Over 75.00 to 115.00, incl 0.12 0.12

2.1.3 If cold finished bars are ordered heat treated or heat treated and pickled after cold finishing,
tolerances shall be double those of Table 1 and Table 2.

2.2 Cold Finished Wire:

2.2.1 Rounds, Squares, Hexagons, and Octagons (See 2.2.1.1): See Table 3.

TABLE 3A - Diameter or Thickness Tolerances, Inch/Pound Units

Tolerance, Inch
Specified Diameter Tolerance, Inch Minus Only
or Thickness Plus and Minus Hexagons and Octagons
Inch Rounds and Squares (See 2.2.1.3)

0.003 to 0.0048, excl 0.0001 --

0.0048 to 0.008, excl 0.0002 --

0.008 to 0.012, excl 0.0003 --

0.012 to 0.024, excl 0.0004 (See 2.2.1.2) --

0.024 to 0.033, excl 0.0005 (See 2.2.1.2) --

0.033 to 0.044, excl 0.0008 --

0.044 to 0.125, excl 0.001 --

0.125 to 0.3125, excl 0.001 0.002

0.3125 to 0.500, excl 0.0015 0.003

0.500 0.002 0.004

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TABLE 3B – Diameter or Thickness Tolerances, SI Units

Tolerance, Millimeter
Specified Diameter Tolerance, Millimeter Minus Only
or Thickness Plus and Minus Hexagons and Octagons
Millimeters Rounds and Squares (See 2.2.1.3)

0.08 to 0.12, excl 0.002 --

0.12 to 0.20, excl 0.005 --

0.20 to 0.30, excl 0.008 --

0.30 to 0.60, excl 0.010 (See 2.2.1.2) --

0.60 to 0.85, excl 0.012 (See 2.2.1.2) --

0.85 to 1.10, excl 0.020 --

1.10 to 3.15, excl 0.02 --

3.15 to 7.80, excl 0.02 0.05

7.80 to 12.50, excl 0.038 0.08

12.50 0.05 0.10

2.2.1.1 If cold finished wire is ordered heat treated or heat treated and pickled after cold finishing,
tolerances shall be double those of Table 3 for nominal sizes 0.024-inch (0.60-mm) and
over.

2.2.1.2 For titanium and titanium alloys, tolerances for these sizes are ±0.00075-inch (0.019-mm).

2.2.1.3 For titanium and titanium alloys, the difference among the three measurements of the
distance between opposite faces of hexagons shall be not greater than one-half the size
tolerance, and the difference among the four measurements of the distance between
opposite faces of octagons shall be not greater than one-half the size tolerance.

2.2.1.4 Out-of-Round: Round wire shall not be out-of-round by more than one-half of the total
tolerance shown in Table 3.

2.2.2 Flats: See Table 4.

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TABLE 4A - Thickness Tolerances, Inch/Pound Units

Specified Thickness Tolerance, Inch
Inch Plus and Minus
Up to 0.029, excl 0.001
0.029 to 0.035, excl 0.0015
0.035 to 0.1875, excl 0.002

TABLE 4B – Thickness Tolerances, SI Units

Specified Thickness Tolerance, Millimeter
Millimeters Plus and Minus
Up to 0.70, excl 0.02
0.70 to 0.90, excl 0.038
0.90 to 4.75, excl 0.04

2.2.2.1 Width tolerances shall be ± 0.005 inch (0.12 mm) for nominal widths 0.0625 to 0.375 inch
(1.56 to 9.38 mm), exclusive.

2.3 Hot Finished Bars:

2.3.1 Hot Rolled:

2.3.1.1 Rounds and Squares: See Table 5. Out-of-round is the difference between the maximum
and minimum diameters of the bar, measured at the same cross section. Out-of-square is
the difference in the two dimensions at the same cross section of a square bar, each
dimension being the distance between opposite faces.

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TABLE 5A - Diameter of Thickness Tolerances, Inch/Pound Units

Specified Out-of-Round
Diameter or Thickness Tolerance, Inch Tolerance, Inch or Out-or-Square
Inches Plus Minus Inch
0.250 to 0.3125, incl 0.005 0.005 0.008
Over 0.3125 to 0.4375, incl 0.006 0.006 0.009
Over 0.4375 to 0.625, incl 0.007 0.007 0.010
Over 0.625 to 0.875, incl 0.008 0.008 0.012
Over 0.875 to 1.000, incl 0.009 0.009 0.013
Over 1.000 to 1.125, incl 0.010 0.010 0.015
Over 1.125 to 1.250, incl 0.011 0.011 0.016
Over 1.250 to 1.375, incl 0.012 0.012 0.018
Over 1.375 to 1.500, incl 0.014 0.014 0.021
Over 1.500 to 2.000, incl 1/64 1/64 0.023
Over 2.000 to 2.500, incl 1/32 0 0.023
Over 2.500 to 3.500, incl 3/64 0 0.035
Over 3.500 to 4.500, incl 1/16 0 0.046
Over 4.500 to 5.500, incl 5/64 0 0.058
Over 5.500 to 6.500, incl 1/8 0 0.070
Over 6.500 to 8.000, incl 5/32 0 0.085

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TABLE 5B – Diameter of Thickness Tolerances, SI Units

Specified Tolerance, Tolerance, Out-of-Round
Diameter or Thickness Millimeters Millimeter or Out-or-Square
Millimeters Plus Minus Millimeters
6.25 to 7.80, incl 0.12 0.12 0.20
Over 7.80 to 11.00, incl 0.15 0.15 0.22
Over 11.00 to 15.75, incl 0.18 0.18 0.25
Over 15.75 to 22.00, incl 0.20 0.20 0.30
Over 22.00 to 25.00, incl 0.22 0.22 0.32
Over 25.00 to 28.00, incl 0.25 0.25 0.38
Over 28.00 to 31.00, incl 0.28 0.28 0.40
Over 31.00 to 34.00, incl 0.30 0.30 0.45
Over 34.00 to 37.50, incl 0.35 0.35 0.52
Over 37.50 to 50.00, incl 0.40 0.40 0.58
Over 50.00 to 62.50, incl 0.80 0 0.58
Over 62.50 to 87.50, incl 1.20 0 0.88
Over 87.50 to 115.00 incl 1.60 0 1.15
Over 115.00 to 138.00 incl 2.00 0 1.45
Over 138.00 to 165.00 incl 3.15 0 1.75
Over 165.00 to 200.00, incl 3.90 0 2.12

2.3.1.2 Hexagons and Octagons: See Table 6.

TABLE 6A - Thickness Tolerances, Inch/Pound Units

Maximum Difference
3 Measurements
Specified Thickness Tolerance, Inch Hexagons Only
Inches Plus and Minus Inch
0.250 to 0.500, incl 0.007 0.011
Over 0.500 to 1.000, incl 0.010 0.015
Over 1.000 to 1.500, incl 0.021 0.025
Over 1.500 to 2.000, incl 1/32 1/32
Over 2.000 to 2.500, incl 3/64 3/64
Over 2.500 to 3.500, incl 1/16 1/16

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TABLE 6B – Thickness Tolerances, SI Units

Maximum Difference
3 Measurements
Specified Thickness Tolerance, Millimeters Hexagons Only
Millimeters Plus and Minus Millimeters
6.25 to 12.50, incl 0.18 0.28
Over 12.50 to 25.00, incl 0.25 0.38
Over 25.00 to 37.50, incl 0.52 0.62
Over 37.50 to 50.00, incl 0.78 0.78
Over 50.00 to 62.50, incl 1.18 1.18
Over 62.50 to 87.50, incl 1.56 1.56

2.3.1.3 Flats: See Table 7 and Table 8.

TABLE 7A - Thickness Tolerances, Inch; for Thickness Ranges, Inches, Inch/Pound Units
Over Over
0.125 to 0.500 to 1.000 to Over Over Over Over Over Over
0.500, 1.000, 2.000, 2.000 to 2.000 to 4.000 to 4.000 to 6.000 to 6.000 to
incl incl incl 4.000, 4.000, 6.000, 6.000, 8.000, 8.000,
Specified Width, Plus & Plus & Plus & incl incl incl incl incl incl
Inches Minus Minus Minus Plus Minus Plus Minus Plus Minus
Up to 1.000, incl 0.008 0.010 - - - - - - -
Over 1.000 to 2.000, incl 0.012 0.015 0.031 - - - - - -
Over 2.000 to 4.000, incl 0.015 0.020 0.031 0.062 0.031 - - - -
Over 4.000 to 6.000, incl 0.015 0.020 0.031 0.062 0.031 0.093 0.062 - -
Over 6.000 to 8.000, incl 0.016 0.025 0.031 0.062 0.031 0.093 0.062 0.125 0.156
Over 8.000 to 10.000, incl 0.021 0.031 0.031 0.062 0.031 0.093 0.062 0.125 0.156

TABLE 7B – Thickness Tolerances, Millimeters; for Thickness Ranges, Millimeters, SI Units

Over Over
3.10 to 12.50 to 25.00 to Over Over Over Over Over Over
12.50, 25.00, 50.00, 50.00 to 50.00 to 100.00 to 100.00 to 150.00 to 150.00 to
incl incl incl 100.00, 100.00, 150.00, 150.00, 200.00, 200.00,
Specified Width, Plus & Plus & Plus & incl incl incl incl incl incl
Millimeters Minus Minus Minus Plus Minus Plus Minus Plus Minus
Up to 25.00, incl 0.20 0.25 - - - - - - -
Over 25.00 to 50.00, incl 0.30 0.38 0.78 - - - - - -
Over 50.00 to 100.00, incl 0.38 0.50 0.78 1.55 0.78 - - - -
Over 100.00 to 150.00, incl 0.38 0.50 0.78 1.55 0.78 2.32 1.55 - -
Over 150.00 to 200.00, incl 0.40 0.62 0.78 1.55 0.78 2.32 1.55 3.12 3.90
Over 200.00 to 250.00, incl 0.52 0.78 0.78 1.55 0.78 2.32 1.55 3.12 3.90

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TABLE 8A - Width Tolerances, Inch/Pound Units

Specified Width, Tolerance, Inch Tolerance, Inch
Inches Plus Minus
Up to 1.000, incl 0.015 0.015
Over 1.000 to 2.000, incl 0.031 0.031
Over 2.000 to 4.000, incl 0.062 0.031
Over 4.000 to 6.000, incl 0.093 0.062
Over 6.000 to 8.000, incl 0.125 0.156
Over 8.000 to 10.000, incl 0.156 0.187

TABLE 8B – Width Tolerances, SI Units

Tolerance, Tolerance,
Specified Width, Millimeters Millimeters
Millimeters Plus Minus
Up to 25.00, incl 0.38 0.38
Over 25.00 to 50.00, incl 0.78 0.78
Over 50.00 to 100.00, incl 1.55 0.78
Over 100.00 to 150.00, incl 2.32 1.55
Over 150.00 to 200.00, incl 3.12 3.90
Over 200.00 to 250.00, incl 3.90 4.68

2.3.2 Forged: Tolerances shall be as agreed upon by purchaser and vendor.

3. LENGTH:

Tolerances in Table 9 and Table 10 shall apply only when definite lengths are ordered.

3.1 Hot or Cold Finished Bars:

See Table 9.

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TABLE 9A - Length Tolerances, Inches, Plus Only;

For Length Ranges, Feet, Inch/Pound Units
Specified
Diameter of Rounds,
Thickness of Squares,
Hexagons, and Octagons, Length Length
Width of Flats Up to 12, Over 12 to 25,
Inches Incl Incl
Up to 2.000, incl 1/2 3/4
Over 2.000 to 4.000, incl 3/4 1
Over 4.000 to 6.000, incl 1 1-1/4
Over 6.000 to 9.000, incl 1-1/4 1-1/2
Over 9.000 to 12.000, incl 1-1/2 2

TABLE 9B – Length Tolerances, Millimeters, Plus Only;

For Length Ranges, Millimeters, SI Units
Specified
Diameter of Rounds,
Thickness of Squares,
Hexagons, and Octagons, Length Length
Width of Flats Up to 3600, Over 3600 to 7500,
Millimeters Incl Incl
Up to 50.00, incl 12.5 19.0
Over 50.00 to 100.00, incl 19.0 25.0
Over 100.00 to 150.00, incl 25.0 31.0
Over 150.00 to 225.00, incl 31.0 37.5
Over 225.00 to 300.00, incl 37.5 50.0

3.2 Wire:

3.2.1 Round and Shape, Straightened and Cut, Exact Length Resheared: See Table 10.

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TABLE 10A - Length Tolerances, Inch, Plus Only;

For Length Ranges, Feet, Inch/Pound Units
Specified
Diameter of Rounds,
Thickness of Squares, Length Length Length
Hexagons, and Octagons, Up to 3, 3 to 12, Over 12 to 25,
Inches Excl Incl Incl
Up to 0.125, incl 1/16 1/16 1/8
Over 0.125 to 0.500, incl 1/32 (See 3.2.1.1) 1/16 1/8

TABLE 10B – Length Tolerances, Millimeters, Plus Only; For Length Ranges, Millimeters, SI Units
Specified
Diameter of Rounds,
Thickness of Squares, Length Length Length
Hexagons, and Octagons, Up to 900, 900 to 3600, Over 3600 to 7500,
Millimeters Excl Incl Incl
Up to 3.12, incl 1.6 1.6 3.1
Over 3.12 to 12.50, incl 0.8 (See 3.2.1.1) 1.6 3.1

3.2.1.1 For titanium and titanium alloys, tolerance for these sizes is +1/16-inch, -0 (+1.6-mm, -0).

4. STRAIGHTNESS:

4.1 Cold Finished:

Bars shall be of such straightness that the maximum curvature (depth of arc) shall not exceed
0.0625 inch (1.56 mm) in any 5 feet (1500 mm) of length, but shall not exceed 0.0125 inch (1.04
mm) x length in feet (meters).

4.2 Hot Finished or Heat Treated:

Unless otherwise ordered, bars shall be of such straightness that the maximum curvature
(depth of arc) shall not exceed 0.125 inch (3.13 mm) in any 5 feet (1500 mm) of length, but shall
not exceed 0.025 inch (2.08 mm) x length in feet (meters).

5. SPECIAL TOLERANCES:

5.1 Across Corners, Hexagons:

The requirements shown in Table 11 apply to cold finished hexagons, when specified.

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TABLE 11A - Minimum Distance Across Corners, Inch/Pound Units

Specified Thickness Distance Across Corners
Inches Inches
0.1875 0.210
0.2188 0.245
0.250 0.280
0.3125 0.351
0.375 0.423
0.4375 0.492
0.500 0.564
0.5625 0.635
0.5938 0.670
0.625 0.706
0.6875 0.775
0.750 0.848
0.8125 0.919
0.875 0.990
0.9375 1.062
1.000 1.133
1.0625 1.203

TABLE 11B – Minimum Distance Across Corners, SI Units

Specified Thickness Distance Across Corners
Millimeters Millimeters
4.50 5.04
5.50 6.17
6.50 7.31
8.00 8.97
9.50 10.67
11.00 12.37
12.50 14.05
14.00 15.75
15.00 16.88
16.00 18.01
17.50 19.71
19.00 21.41
20.50 23.11
22.00 24.81
24.00 27.08
25.00 28.21
27.00 30.42

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6. NOTES:

6.1 A change bar (|) located in the left margin is for the convenience of the user in locating areas
where technical revisions, not editorial changes, have been made to the previous issue of a
specification. An (R) symbol to the left of the document title indicates a complete revision of the
specification, including technical revision. Change bars and (R) are not used in original
publications, nor in specifications that contain editorial changes only.

6.1.1 This AMS 2241P is an editorial correction necessary to correct publication errors in the N
revision, (see Tables 2A, 7B, 9B, and 10B). In this instance, the change bar symbol(s)
included herein are for the convenience of the user in locating areas where technical changes
have been made to the M and N revisions of this specification.

6.1.2 It can be noted that MAM 2241 has been made noncurrent. Accordingly, this AMS 2241P
includes metric equivalents.

6.2 Terms used in AMS are clarified in ARP1917.

6.3 Key Words:

Tolerances, bars, wire, titanium, steel, iron alloy, titanium alloy, and corrosion-resistant.

PREPARED UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF AMS COMMITTEE “F”

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RATIONALE:

Because MAM 2241D was made noncurrent, it became desirable to include metric tables in this AMS
revision. Therefore, all the B tables have been inserted.

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