6a. Tolerances to BS EN 10258 for cold rolled narrow stainless steel strip

General

Thickness tolerance

Tolerances are defined as Normal, Fine (F) or Precision (P). If the tolerance type is not specifically mentioned at the time of enquiry or order the Normal tolerance shall apply.

**Tolerances on nominal thickness¹⁾**
Nominal Width (w)		w < 125			125 < w < 250			250 < w < 600
Nominal Thickness (t)		Normal	Fine (F)	Precision(P)	Normal	Fine (F)	Precision(P)	Normal	Fine (F)	Precision(P)
Equal to and over	Less than	Normal	Fine (F)	Precision(P)	Normal	Fine (F)	Precision(P)	Normal	Fine (F)	Precision(P)
0.05²⁾	0.10	±0.10t	±0.06t	±0.04t	±0.12t	±0.10t	±0.08t	±0.15t	±0.10t	±0.08t
0.10	0.15	± 0.010	±0.008	±0.006	±0.015	±0.012	±0.008	±0.020	±0.015	±0.010
0.15	0.20	±0.015	±0.010	±0.008	±0.020	±0.012	±0.010	±0.025	±0.015	±0.012
0.20	0.25	±0.015	±0.012	±0.008	±0.020	±0.015	±0.010	±0.025	±0.020	±0.012
0.25	0.30	±0.017	±0.012	±0.009	±0.025	±0.015	±0.012	±0.030	±0.020	±0.015
0.30	0.40	±0.020	±0.015	±0.010	±0.025	±0.020	±0.012	±0.030	±0.025	±0.015
0.40	0.50	±0.025	±0.020	±0.012	±0.030	±0.020	±0.015	±0.035	±0.025	±0.018
0.50	0.60	±0.030	±0.020	±0.014	±0.030	±0.025	±0.015	±0.040	±0.030	±0.020
0.60	0.80	±0.030	±0.025	±0.015	±0.035	±0.030	±0.018	±0.040	±0.035	±0.025
0.80	1.00	±0.030	±0.025	±0.018	±0.040	±0.030	±0.020	±0.050	±0.035	±0.025
1.00	1.20	±0.035	±0.030	±0.020	±0.045	±0.035	±0.025	±0.050	±0.040	±0.030
1.20	1.50	±0.040	±0.030	±0.020	±0.050	±0.035	±0.025	±0.060	±0.045	±0.030
1.50	2.00	±0.050	±0.035	±0.025	±0.060	±0.040	±0.030	±0.070	±0.050	±0.035
2.00	2.50	±0.050	±0.035	±0.025	±0.070	±0.045	±0.030	±0.080	±0.060	±0.040
2.50	3.00³⁾	±0.060	±0.045	±0.030	±0.070	±0.050	±0.035	±0.090	±0.070	±0.045

By agreement, the tolerances may be alternatively totally ‘+’ or totally ‘-‘ or unevenly distributed around the nominal thickness. In any case, the total tolerance shall be as in the above table.
For thicknesses below 0.05mm, the values for the tolerances are to be agreed at the time of the enquiry and order
Including 3.00 mm

Width Tolerance

**Tolerances on nominal width**
Nominal Thickness (t)		Nominal Width (w)
Equal to and over	Less than	w < 40			40 < w < 125			125 < w < 250			250 < w < 600
Equal to and over	Less than	Normal	Fine (F)	Precision (P)	Normal	Fine (F)	Precision (P)	Normal	Fine (F)	Precision (P)	Normal	Fine (F)	Precision (P)
—	0.25	+0.17/-0	+0.17/-0	+0.10/-0	+0.20/-0	+0.15/-0	+0.12/-0	+0.25/-0	+0.20/-0	+0.15/-0	+0.50/-0	+0.50/-0	+0.40/-0
0.25	0.50	+0.20/-0	+0.15/-0	+0.12/-0	+0.25/-0	+0.20/-0	+0.15/-0	+0.30/-0	+0.22/-0	+0.17/-0	+0.60/-0	+0.50/0	+0.40/-0
0.50	1.00	+0.25/-0	+0.20/-0	+0.15/-0	+0.25/-0	+0.22/-0	+0.17/-0	+0.40/-0	+0.25/-0	+0.20/-0	+0.70/-0	+0.60/-0	+0.50/-0
1.00	1.50	+0.25/-0	+0.22/-0	+0.15/-0	+0.30/-0	+0.25/-0	+0.17/-0	+0.50/-0	+0.30/-0	+0.22/-0	+1.0/-0	+0.70/-0	+0.60/-0
1.50	2.50	—	—	—	+0.40/-0	+0.25/-0	+0.20/-0	+0.60/-0	+0.40/-0	+0.25/-0	+1.0/-0	+0.80/-0	+0.60/-0
2.50	3.00	—	—	—	+0.50/-0	+0.3/-0	+0.25/-0	+0.6/-0	+0.40/-0	+0.25/-0	+1.2/-0	+1.0/-0	+0.80/-0

By agreement, the tolerances may be alternatively totally ‘+’ or totally ‘-‘ or unevenly distributed around the nominal thickness. In any case, the total tolerance shall be as in the above table.
Including 3.00 mm

Tolerances on length

**Tolerances on nominal length**
Nominal Length (L)	Tolerances
Nominal Length (L)	Normal	Special (S)
L < 2000	+3.00/-0	+1.50/-0
2000 < L < 4000	+5.00/-0	+2.00/-0

Flatness tolerance

The flatness tolerance of cut lengths shall not exceed 10mm for normal cases and 7mm where a special tolerance (FS) is required. This requirement does not apply to material supplied in the work hardened condition.

Edge waviness tolerance

For skin passed or stretch levelled strip the waviness of the edges shall be 0.03 for nominal thicknesses up to and including 1.00 mm and 0.02 for nominal thicknesses over 1.00, where waviness is defined as:

h/L where h is the wave height and L is the length over which the height is measured.

Out of squareness

The out of squareness of cut lengths in widths of 250mm and above shall not exceed 0.5% of the actual width of the product.

For cut lengths in widths of less than 250mm, the value is to be agreed at the time of enquiry and order.

Out of squareness is measured as in the diagram below:

Tolerance on edge camber

These shall be as in the table below:

**Tolerances on edge camber**
Specified width		Edge camber tolerances
Equal to and over	Less than	Normal		Restricted (R)
		Measuring length		Measuring length
		1000	2000	1000	2000
10	25	4	16	1.5	6
25	40	3	12	1.25	5
40	125	2	8	1.0	4
125	600	1.5	6	0.75	3

Edge camber is the greatest deviation of a side edge from a straight line, the measurement being taken on the concave side with a straight edge as shown in the diagram below:

Tolerances to BS EN 10259 for cold rolled wide stainless steel strip

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