Purpose

The complete requirements for procuring the product shall consist of this document and the latest issue of the basic specification, AMS 2431.

Usage

Conditioned carbon steel cut wire shot, regular hardness, conforming to this specification is intended for use in peening metal surfaces to impart compressive stresses to these surfaces thereby increasing resistance to fatigue and stress-corrosion cracking. Generally, regular hardness conditioned carbon steel cut wire shot is used on parts of hardness less than 50 HRC.