End-Quench Hardenability Bands — 8720 H to 94B30 H
Tabulations of Band Limits
“J” Distance
Sixteenths
of an Inch
GRADE
8720 H 8740 H 8822 H 9260 H 9310 H 94B15 H 94B17 H 94B30 H
Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min
1 48 41 60 53 50 43 60 43 36 45 38 46 39 56 49
2 47 38 60 53 49 42 60 43 35 45 38 46 39 56 49
3 45 35 60 52 48 39 65 57 43 35 44 37 45 38 55 48
4 42 30 60 51 46 33 64 53 42 34 44 36 45 37 55 48
5 38 26 59 49 43 29 63 46 42 32 43 32 44 34 54 47
6 35 24 58 46 40 27 62 41 42 31 42 28 43 29 54 46
7 33 22 57 43 37 25 60 38 42 30 40 25 42 26 53 44
8 31 21 56 40 35 24 58 36 41 29 38 23 41 24 53 42
9 30 20 55 37 34 24 55 36 40 28 36 21 40 23 52 39
10 29 53 35 33 23 52 35 40 27 34 20 38 21 52 37
11 28 52 34 32 23 49 34 39 27 33 36 20 51 34
12 27 50 32 31 22 47 34 38 26 31 34 51 32
13 26 49 31 31 22 45 33 37 26 30 33 50 30
14 26 48 31 30 22 43 33 36 26 29 32 49 29
15 25 46 30 30 21 42 32 36 26 28 31 48 28
16 25 45 29 29 21 40 32 35 26 27 30 46 27
18 24 43 28 29 20 38 31 35 26 26 28 44 25
20 24 42 28 28 37 31 35 25 25 27 42 24
22 23 41 27 27 36 30 34 25 24 26 40 23
24 23 40 27 27 36 30 34 25 23 25 38 23
26 23 39 27 27 35 29 34 25 23 24 37 22
28 23 39 27 27 35 29 34 25 22 24 35 21
30 22 38 26 27 35 28 33 24 22 23 34 21
32 22 38 26 27 34 28 33 24 22 23 34 20

NOTE:These values were adjusted to the nearest Rockwell “C” point, and are used when points are selected and specified.


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