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Material
Specification GM6442M
Metals

Welded Steel Mechanical Tubing for Hydroforming Processes

1 Scope 2.1 Normative.

1.1 Material Description. This specification covers3 A51 ASTM
A370
ASTM
roundwelded steel tubingproduced from low car- ASTM E646 I S 0 11014
bon steel in straight lengths to be used in bending OS9000
and hydroformingoperations. The steel used to 2.2GM.
make tubing to this specification may be uncoated,
GM61 85M GM6201 M
hot-dip coated per GM6185M, or electrogalvanized
GM6409M GMW3059
per GM6201M.Thismaterialshallexhibit proper-
9984001 9984554
ties related to strength, formability, weldability, and
paintability.
3 Requirements
1.1.1
Material
Identification. This specification
3.1 Requirements on Delivery.
shall be included in the engineering drawing material
callout and the Manufacturing Engineering Metal Part 3.1.1 Chemical Requirements. Flat products fur-
Specification(MPS)Sheet. The materials shall be nishedfor tubes made to this specification shall
identified by the specification number, and a grade conform to the chemical composition (percentage by
selected from Table1. In thistable, HR indicates weight) in GM6409M.
tubing manufactured from hot rolled flat sheet and 3.1.2 Mechanical Requirements.
CR indicates tubing manufactured from cold rolled
Note: Engineering Part drawing notes supersede this
flat sheet. Hot-dip galvanized materialsshall carry an
specification.
additional designation, indicating thecoating process
(HD) and the coating weight and type. See example 3.1.2.1 Flat Products. The finished tubes shall meet
below. the mechanical property requirements shown in Ta-
ble l.Base material (flat stock) must be sourced to a
GM6442M-HR2-HD70G70G single supplier approved to supplymild steel products
to GM6409M,and meet all requirementsof GM6409M
Where except for mechanical properties.
6442 - Continuous 3.1.2.2 Control Plans. As part of the source ap-
Number proval process, the tube manufacturer shall submit
- its control plan for insuring that all requirements listed
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in the following sections are met: 3.1.2 Mechanical
HR2 - Grade
Table
(See
1) Properties, 3.1.2.3 Weld Seam Requirements, 3.2.3.3
Geometric and Dimensional Tolerances.
HD70G70G - Coating
(Optional)
3.1.2.3 Weld Seam Requirements. The weld seam
1.2 Cross-Reference of Replaced Specifications. shall exhibit full fusion for the length of the tube. The
weld seam and the adjacent heat affected zone shall
Subparagraphs were not applicable. be of sufficient quality to not fracture or split during
1.3 Symbol. Not applicable. hydroforming. Welds shall be tested per ASTM A51 3
supplementary requirements S6 and S8. Exceptions
1.4 Typical Application. Not applicable. to S6 and S8 are as follows: Expansion requirement
1.5 Remarks. Not applicable. for the flaring test (S6.3) is 25%. No opening in the
weld shall take place when the tube is completely flat-
2 References tened in the flattening test (S6.2).
Note: Only the latest approved standards are appli- 3.1.2.4
Test Reports. Mechanical property and
cable unless otherwise specified. chemistry data from the flat stock supplier, and audit

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 test results from the tubesuppliershall be made
available from the tube supplier upon request.
Table 1:

Hot and Cold Rolled (Coatedand Uncoated) Tube Mechanical Properties (Note l )

a mlnlmum

CR3 180 160 270 36 34 0.14 0.1 6

CR5 140 120 270 36 38 0.1 6 0.20
L

Note 1 : ASTM A370 parameters validin the longitudinal direction, away from the weld seam. The rolling processat the tube supplier shall
be adjusted to compensate for excess mechanical property variationif the mechanical propertiesof a singletube sample, measured
at the standard tensile sampling locations (see Figure 1) vary by more than 10% from the average value.
Note 2: Tube tensile samplesshall not be flattened before testing. The areaof the sample shall be the productof the wallthickness and the
width measured after final machining.
Note 3: C designator can be usedto require minimum carbon level >0.015. Example: CR3C, see GM6409M.
Note 4: On products with yield point elongation, the lower
yield strength must meet these requirements.
Note 5: ASTM E646 parameters for bothn-value and K-value calculated from 10 to 20% strain or 10% to end of uniform elongation when
uniform elongation is less than 20%.

3.1.3 Physical
Requirements, 3.1.3.1.4 Corrosion Protection. Tubes provided
by the manufacturer shall have corrosion protection
3.1.3.1SurfaceRequirements.
which is effective for 30 days after delivery to the
3.1.3.1.1 Surface Treatment of Flat Stock.
Any manufacturing facility.
compounds applied to flat stock furnished for tube
3.1.4 Additional Requirements. Not applicable.
blanks shall be approved to GMNA specification
9984001. Requirements.
3.1.3.1.2Cleanliness.Tubesasfurnishedmust3.2.1Chemical Requirements. Notapplicable.
be clean and free of anycontamination, including
3.2.2 Mechanical Requirements. Not applicable.
stringers, chips, solids, or excessive residues of any
theon
type I.D.
O.D., ends,
and
3.2.3
Physical Requirements.
Note: It is preferable that tubes being prepared for 3.2.3.1 Flash Control at the Weld Seam. I.D. flash
shipment are washed, rinsed, and then coated with mustbe controlled to within 0.125mm maximum
a GM approved corrosion preventativecompound. by cutting. Rolled flash not acceptable. Flash cut
Washingprocessmustnotleaveinsoluble residue shall not reduce tube thickness below the minimum
that interferes with proper operation of bending and required thickness. Offset cuts into or tears at the
hydroforming equipment. heat affected zone are not allowed. O.D. flash must
be trimmed flush to maintain contour of tube.
3.1.3.1.3 Surface Finish. Theinsideand outside
surfaces of the tubing shall be free ofcoil breaks and 3.2.3.2 End Finish. Ends must be burr-free, dent-
surface defects greater than 5% of wall thickness. free, and pinch-free. No sharp edges allowed at tube
The inside and outside surfaces shall be free of cor- ends. Outside condition of tubes as received is not to
rosion, dirt, etc. interfere with clamping or sealing ability. The use of

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non-chamfered ends mustbe approved by agreement
between purchaserand supplier.
3.2.3.3 Geometric and Dimensional Tolerances.
3.2.3.3.1 Length.Thestandard tube length toler-
*
ance shall be specified as nominal,1.O mm for tubes
less than 3000mm, f 2.0 mm for tubes greater than
3000 mm.
Note: More or less restrictive length tolerances may
be needed with some processes. These will be indi-
cated on the MPS Sheet generated by Metal Fabricat-
ing Division Engineering (Die EngineeringServices).
3.2.3.3.2 Outside Diameter. Outside diameter toler-
ances are specified in ASTMA513.
3.2.3.3.3 Ovality. Ovality tolerances are specified in
ASTM A513.
3.2.3.3.4 Straightness. Straightness tolerances are
specified in ASTM A513.
3.2.3.4WeldabilityandPaintability. Material as
furnished to GM must not passivate or contaminate
weldingprocessor painting process. Base metal
must be approvedforweldabilityand paintability
perthereferencedGMbasemetalstandard. All
fluidsused in theprocessing of tubes under this
specification shall meet GM Specification 9984554.
3.2.3.5 Marking and Traceability. Tube blanks must
have ink stamp for lot identification
(Figure 2). Trace-
ability must be to the flat stock mill’scoil number un-
less otherwise agreed by theGM procuring division.
3.2.4 Additional Requirements. Not applicable.
3.3 PerformanceRequirements.Subparagraphs
were not applicable.
3.4 Requirements on other Stages duringLife Cy-
cle. Subparagraphs were not applicable.
4 Manufacturing Process
Not applicable.
5 Rules and Regulations
5.1 Legal Regulations. For use of this material the
valid laws and other regulations and recommenda-
tions in the countryof usage shall be followed.
5.2 Language. In the event of any conflict between
the English anddomesticlanguage regarding this
document,theEnglishlanguagewilltake prece-
dence.
5.3 RestrictedandReportableSubstances for
Parts(GMW3059).Allmaterials supplied to this
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specification must comply with the requirements of
GMW3059 Restricted and Reportable Substances
for Parts including mill oils and tube processing fluid
residues.
5.4 Inspection and Rejection. All shipments of ma-
terials or parts under contract or purchase order man-
ufactured to this specification shall be equivalent in
every respectto the initial samples approved by engi-
neering. There shall be no changes in the formulation
or manufacturingprocess permitted without prior noti-
fication and approval by engineering. lack of notifica-
tion by the supplier constitutes grounds for rejection
of any shipment. While samples may be taken from
incoming shipments and checked for conformanceto
this specification,the supplier shall accept the respon-
sibility for incoming shipments meeting this specifi-
cation without dependence upon the purchaser’s in-
spection.
5.5 Initial Source Approval. No shipments shall be
made by any supplier until representative initial pro-
duction samples have been approved by Materials
Engineering as meeting the requirements ofthis spec-
ification.
5.6 Material Safety Data Sheets. Completed copies
of the Material Safety Data Sheets(MSDS)rneet-
ing GM information requirements, consistent withthe
I S 0 11014 standard must be submitted with anynew
material submissions or where a composition change
has occurred.
5.7 PPAP (Production Part Approval Process). It
is the Procuring Division’s decision whether the PPAP
process willbe followed for bulk or raw materials.The
level of submission may vary with such factors as:
1 Supplier compliance with QS9000 requirements
2 Part criticality, submissions
3 Experience with prior PPAP submissions
4 Supplier expertise with the specific commodity. Re-
fer to theProcuring Division’s Supplier Quality De-
partment orto the Quality Manager at the GM man-
ufacturing location where the product is intended
for use, for specific instructions.
6 Approved Sources
Engineering qualification of an approved source isre-
quired forthis specification. Only sources listed in
the GM Materials File under this specification num-
ber have been qualified by engineering as meeting
therequirementsof this specification.Sources are
available through the on-line MATSPC System.
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7 Coding System 8 Release and Revisions

Thismaterialspecificationshallbereferenced in other 8.1 Release. This specification was first approved
documents,drawings, VTS, CTS,etc. as follows: andreleased in February 2000.
GM6442M.

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Appendix A
Figure 1: Standard Tensile Sample Pointsfor Longitudinal Tensile Bar Extraction
.
C)' (Centerline of tensile bar must Ge
15-20 mm from centerline of weld.)

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180'
6442-001(2/00)

Figure 2: Location of Tube Blank Ink Stamp for LotIdentification

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(Ink Label):Manufacturer, Lot#, OD, etc.
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Lead Tail

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