JSS 4710 - 01 : 2013

(Revision No. 5)

j{kk ea=ky;
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

la;qDr lsok fof'kf"V

JOINT SERVICES SPECIFICATION

ON

COPPER AND COPPER ALLOY RINGS / BLANKS FOR

DRIVING BAND OF ALL PROJECTILES AND SHOTS
(INCLUDING PROOF SHOTS)

ekudhdj.k funs'kky;
j{kk mRiknu foHkkx
j{kk ea=ky;
^,p* Cykd] fuekZ.k Hkou MkdÄj
ubZ fnYyh & 110 011

DIRECTORATE OF STANDARDISATION
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
‘H’ BLOCK, NIRMAN BHAVAN PO
NEW DELHI – 110 011
 JSS 4710 - 01 : 2013
(Revision No. 5)

LIST OF MEMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH FORMULATION OF THIS STANDARD

1. The revision of this Joint Services Specification has been approved by

Dr. K. Muraleedharan, Sc ‘G’, Director, Directorate of Materials (R&D Organisation),
Chairman, Material Standardisation Sub Committee.

2. The following members / agencies were consulted in approving the document :-

Sl. Name & Designation Organisation

No.

1. Dr. A.K.Tripathi, Sc. ‘G’ Dte of Materials

2. Air Cmde MK Guleria, VSM Dte of Stdn
3. Dr. D.N.Tripathy DMSRDE
4. Sh. S.B.Yadaw DMSRDE
5. Sh. I.S.Kalashetti, ARDE
6. Dr. R.Balamurlikrishna DMRL
7. Dr. J.K.Bakhroo, Sc ‘F’ BIS, New Delhi
8. Gp. Capt. (Dr.) S.K.Mittal Dte of Stdn
9. Sh. S.Murugesan CQA (Metals)
10. Sh. Ajay Sagraya DGAQA
11. Lt. Col. TM Thapa DGOS (P1)
12. Sh. E.Sivasankar, NSO IHQ / MOD (N) / DLS
13. Cdr. S.Mukherjee DGNAI
14. Lt. Cdr. Vikram Singh DME
15. Sh. Pradeep Kumar DGNA
16. Sh. B.P.Kardam DGNAI
17. Sh. N.P.Rao CQA (ME)
18. Sh. S.N.Tyagi Dte of Stdn
Secretary

19. Sh. S.K.Saxena, NSO Dte of Stdn

- ii -
 JSS 4710-01:2013
(Revision No. 5)

RECORD OF AMMENDMENTS

Amendments Amendment pertains to : Authority Amended by Signature

No. Date Sl. No. / Para No. / Name & Appointment &
Column No. (IN BLOCK LETTERS) Date

- iii -
 JSS 4710 - 01 : 2013
(Revision No. 5)

Sl. CONTENTS PAGE

No. No.

0. FOREWORD 1

1. SCOPE 3

2. RELATED SPECIFICATIONS 3

3. MATERIAL 4

4. MANUFACTURE 6

5. WORKMANSHIP AND FINISH 6

6. DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCES 6

7. PRE - INSPECTION OF STORES / CONSIGNMENT 6

8. QUALITY ASSURANCE 7

9. SAMPLING 8

10. CRITERIA FOR CONFORMITY 9

11. RE - TEST 10

12. WARRANTY 10

13. MARKING 11

14. PACKAGING 11

15. SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT 11

16. ANNEXURE ‘A’ 12

- iv -
 JSS 4710 - 01 : 2013
(Revision No. 5)

0. FOREWORD

0.1 This Joint Services Specification has been prepared by the Material Standardisation
Sub Committee on the authority of Standardisation Committee, Ministry of Defence.

0.2 This Joint Services Specification has been approved by the Ministry of Defence and
is mandatory for use by the Defence Services.

0.3 This Joint Services Specification is a revision of JSS 4710 - 01 : 2007

(Revision No. 4) and supersedes the same.

0.4 This Joint Services Specification would be used to guide design, manufacture,
quality assurance and procurement of the item.

0.5 Quality Assurance Authority for the item covered by this specification is the
Controller, Controllerate of Quality Assurance (Metals), Ichapur - Nawabganj, 24 Parganas
(North), West Bengal - 743 144. Enquiries regarding this specification related to any
contractual condition should be addressed to the Quality Assurance Authority named in the
tender or contract. Other enquiries should be referred to :-

The Director,
Directorate of Standardisation,
Ministry of Defence,
‘H’ Block, Nirman Bhavan PO,
New Delhi - 110 011.

0.6 Non registered users can obtain the following on payment :-

(a) Copies of IS from :-

Bureau of Indian Standards
Manak Bhavan
9, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg
New Delhi - 110 002.
or
Their regional / branch offices.

(b) Copies of JSS / JSG from :-

The Director
Directorate of Standardisation
Standardisation Documentation Centre
Room No. 05 'J' Block, Nirman Bhavan PO
New Delhi - 110 011.

-1-
JSS 4710 - 01 : 2013
(Revision No. 5)

0.7 Indian Standards (IS) which are related to this specification are available on :-

Directorate of Standardisation,
Website, www.defstand.gov.in
Free of cost for registered users.
For registration visit our website.

0.8 This specification holds good only for the supply order for which it is issued.

0.9 Directorate of Standardisation Website :- All the approved JSSs / JSGs are
available on the Directorate of Standardisation Website www.defstand.gov.in . Defence
Organisations desirous of accessing a copy of this document are requested to approach the
Directorate of standardisation for obtaining user id / password to access the website.

-2-
 JSS 4710 - 01 : 2013
(Revision No. 5)

1. SCOPE

1.1 This Joint Services Specification governs the supply of Copper and Copper alloy
rings / blanks for driving bands for shell and shot including proof shot. This Joint Services
Specification specifies the material requirements, methods of manufacture, inspection, tests
and quality assurance in terms of sampling plan on the basis of AQL i.e. Acceptance
Quality Level.

1.2 This Joint Services Specification governs the supply of Copper and Copper alloy
metal tubings required for fabricating into rings.

1.3 The manufacturer of driving bands will have the option to procure the tubing in hard
drawn condition and cut the tubing into the rings of suitable width. However, the rings must
be annealed prior to hand over and will comply with the requirement of this standard.

2. RELATED SPECIFICATIONS

2.1 Reference is made in this specification to :-

Sl. Specification No. Nomenclature

No. and Year

(a) IS 191 : 2007 Copper - Specification.

(Fourth Revision)
Reaffirmed 2009

(b) IS 440 : 1964 Methods of Chemical Analysis of Copper

Reaffirmed 2006 (Revised).

(c) IS 1501 : 2002 Method For Vickers Hardness Test for Metallic
(Third Revision) Materials.
Reaffirmed 2007

(d) IS 1599 : 1985 Method for Bend Test.

(Second Revision)
Reaffirmed 2007

(e) IS 1608 : 2005 Metallic Materials - Tensile Testing at Ambient

(Third Revision) Temperature.
Reaffirmed 2010

(f) IS 1817 : 1961 Methods of Sampling Non - Ferrous Metals for

Reaffirmed 2010 Chemical Analysis.

(g) IS 2328 : 2005 Metallic Materials - Tube - Flattening Test.

(Second Revision)
Reaffirmed 2010

-3-
JSS 4710 - 01 : 2013
(Revision No. 5)

Sl. Specification No. Nomenclature

No. and Year

(h) IS 3187 : 1965 Methods of Chemical Analysis of Copper - Nickel

Reaffirmed 2006 Zinc Alloys.

(j) IS 3685 : 1966 Methods of Chemical Analysis of Brasses.

Reaffirmed 2006

3. MATERIAL. The rings / blanks for driving bands shall be made from
de - oxidised Copper as per IS 191 Grade DHP (with restricted Bismuth content) i.e.
Grade I, from gilding metal (Copper 10 % Zinc alloy, Grade II or Cupro Nickel alloy i.e.
Grade III / IV) as stated in the tender or contract. The chemical composition shall conform
to the requirements of Table 1.

TABLE 1

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION

Sl. ELEMENTS GRADE I GRADE II GRADE III GRADE IV

No.
De - Oxidised Gilding Cupro Nickel Cupro Nickel
Copper as per metal
IS 191 (Part VIII)
(DHP)
(with restricted
Bismuth content)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
%
Min. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max.

1. Copper 99.80 - 89.0 91.0 95.0 96.0 92.5 94.5

(Including Silver)

2. Tin - 0.01 - 0.03 - 0.10 - -

3. Lead - 0.01 - 0.02 - 0.05 - -

4. Iron - 0.03 - 0.05 - 0.10 - -

5. Nickel - 0.10 - 0.10 4.0 5.0 5.0 7.0

6. Arsenic - 0.05 - 0.02 - 0.10 - -

7. Antimony - 0.005 - 0.01 - 0.01 - -

-4-
 JSS 4710 - 01 : 2013
(Revision No. 5)

Sl. ELEMENTS GRADE I GRADE II GRADE III GRADE IV

No.

De - Oxidised Gilding Cupro Nickel Cupro Nickel

Copper to IS 191 metal
(Part VIII)
(DHP) (With
restricted
Bismuth content)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

%
Min. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max.

8. Bismuth - 0.0015 - 0.002 - 0.0025 - -

9. Phosphorus 0.015 0.10 - 0.01 - - - -

10. Selenium & - 0.02 - - - - - -

Tellurium

11. Tellurium - 0.01 - - - - - -

12. Zinc - - Remainder - - - -

13. Manganese - - - - - 0.25 - 0.5

14. Oxygen - - - - - 0.08 - -

15. Total impurities - 0.06 - 0.005 - - - -

excluding Silver, @
Arsenic, Nickel
and Phosphorus

(a) @ Sulphur is not determined normally but may be in excess of 0.005 %

provided the properties and suitability of materials are not affected adversely.

(b) For grade IV, material shall be annealed for 6 to 8 hours at 600 C, cooling
in air be carried out and total impurities shall not exceed 0.50 %.

4. MANUFACTURE

4.1 The rings shall be made from either type I or type II materials, as given in Table 1.
Blanks for driving bands shall be made as per type III material, as given in Table 1 or as
stated in the order or contract. Only one type of material shall be specified in the order /
contract.

-5-
JSS 4710 - 01 : 2013
(Revision No. 5)

Type I - Cut from solid drawn seamless tube and annealed after cutting.

Type II - Cut from cups drawn from sheet, strip or plate and annealed after
cutting.

Type III - Blank for driving bands made from flats or sections.

4.2 Other methods of manufacture may be permitted with the prior approval of Quality
Assurance Authority or Design Authority / purchaser named in the order / contract.

5. WORKMANSHIP AND FINISH

5.1 The rings / blanks shall be supplied in hard drawn, special temper, bright annealed
or annealed and pickled condition as agreed to between the purchaser and supplier and to
comply with Clause 8.1.

5.2 Hard drawn or special temper blank shall be fully annealed before specimens are
taken for testing and shall comply with the requirements of this standard given in Table 2.

5.3 The rings / blanks shall be clean, sound and free from scale, lamination, cracks,
blow holes, inclusions or other defects prejudicial to their use. The surface shall be smooth
all over and free from swarf and burrs.

6. DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCES. The dimensions and tolerances shall be

as specified in the drawing / order / contract.

7. PRE INSPECTION OF STORES / CONSIGNMENT

7.1 Manufacturers / suppliers shall satisfy themselves that the stores are in accordance
with the terms of the contract and fully conform to the required specification by carrying out
a thorough pre - inspection of each lot before actually tendering the same for inspection to
the Quality Assurance Officer nominated under the terms of the contract. A declaration by
the manufacturer / supplier, that necessary pre - inspection has been carried out on the stores
tendered, will be submitted alongwith the challan. The declaration will also indicate the
method followed in carrying out pre - inspection showing the features checked / tested and
will have the test certificate attached to the challan / declaration.

7.2 If the Quality Assurance Officer finds that the pre - inspection of the consignment as
required above has not been carried out, the consignment is liable for rejection.

-6-
 JSS 4710 - 01 : 2013
(Revision No. 5)

8. QUALITY ASSURANCE

8.1 Examination / testing of samples taken from any portion of supply shall show that
the material conforms to the chemical composition given in Table 1 and mechanical
properties as given below :-

TABLE 2

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Material Desig - Form Condition Tensile Properties Hard - Average Bend test Flatte -
nation ness grain ning
HV size mm test
Proof UTS Elon-
stress MPa gation
0.2 % %
MPa
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)

Phos - Grade I Ring Annealed - 210 - 40 Min. 45 - 60 0.045 If any as The

phorised tube 270 Min. stated in ring
strip drawing / will not
Order. show
any
crack
or
flaw.

Gilding Grade II Ring Fully - - - 65 0.045 180 -do-

Metal tube Annealed Max. Min. close
strip

Annealed - 275 35 Min. - 0.045 180 -do-

Max. Min. close

Cupro Grade Ring Annealed - 216 - 40 Min. - - 180 -do-

Nickel III tube 275 close
strip

Cupro Grade Ring Annealed - As stated in the drawing / order.

Nickel IV tube
strip

Note :-

(i) Chemical analysis in respect of Copper, Nickel and Zinc alloy shall be
carried out as per IS 3187, IS 440 in case of Copper and IS 3685 in case of gilding
metal.

(ii) Tensile test shall be carried out as per IS 1608.

-7-
JSS 4710 - 01 : 2013
(Revision No. 5)

(iii) Hardness test shall be carried out as per IS 1501.

(iv) Flattening test shall be carried out at as per this JSS and IS 2328.

(v) Bend test shall be carried out as per IS 1599.

8.2 When the rings are to be assembled to projectiles by a hot bending process, the
flattening test shall be carried at the temperature specified in the contract or order.

8.2.1 Hardness and Flattening tests shall be conducted separately. One sample each of lot
weighing 200 kg shall be taken in proportion of one per 200 kg or part thereof from the lots
exceeding weight 200 kg.

9. SAMPLING

9.1 To serve quality product, the Quality Assurance Officer shall make a lot in the
following order :-

9.1.1 All rings / blanks belonging to :-

(a) Same cast having acceptable chemical composition.

(b) Identical dimensions.

(c) Subjected to same heat treatment.

Shall be grouped together to form a lot. Number of rings / blanks in a lot

shall constitute lot size.

9.2 Sampling for Chemical Analysis. From each lot, the number of rings / blanks to
be subjected for determination of Copper, Zinc and Nickel contents are to be analysed mass
wise as follows :-

(a) Select one sample out of the lot having mass 200 kg and less.

(b) Select sample from the lot containing mass more than 200 kg in the
proportion one for 200 kg or part thereof.

9.3 Unless otherwise stated in the contract / order, the number of rings / blanks shall be
selected for the purpose of examination / testing at random. The whole lot shall be in
accordance with the Table 3.

9.4 The material, required for chemical analysis from each of the rings / blank intended
for testing, shall be collected in accordance with IS 1817.

-8-
 JSS 4710 - 01 : 2013
(Revision No. 5)

TABLE 3

SCALE OF SAMPLING AND PERMISSIBLE NUMBER OF DEFECTIVES

Lot size Sample size Permissible number of

defectives

(1) (2) (3)

Upto 25 5 0

26 to 100 13 1

101 to 150 20 2

151 to 300 32 3

301 to 500 50 5

501 to 1000 80 7

1001 to 3000 125 10

3001 to 10000 200 14

10001 & above 315 21

Note :-

The supplier shall provide all necessary facilities for carrying out the tests as per
requirements to the Quality Assurance Officer. The Quality Assurance Officer has
right to inspect the job placed at any stage of manufacture.

10. CRITERIA FOR CONFORMITY

10.1 The rings / blanks selected at random in accordance with Table 3 for the purpose of
testing or inspection by the Quality Assurance Officer shall be inspected for manufacture
quality, dimensions and freedom for defects. The tests shall also to be carried out as per
Table 1 for chemical analysis.

10.2 Inspection and testing of the sample selected as per plan shall be performed only
after the receipt of pre - inspection certificate / undertaking from supplier as per Clause 7.

-9-
JSS 4710 - 01 : 2013
(Revision No. 5)

10.3 Inspection and testing shall be carried out as per Clause 10.1 and the results so
obtained shall conform to the requirement of this specification. If any ring fails to meet the
requirements mentioned in this specification for one or more characteristics, the whole lot
shall be considered defective.

10.4 If the number of defectives found is less than or equal to the permissible number of
defectives given in column 3 of Table 3, the lot shall be declared as conforming to the
requirements of this specification. The suitable remark ‘considered acceptable’ shall be
given on release note by the Quality Assurance Officer in respect of lot under test /
inspection.

Note :- In case of rings / blanks of 40 mm caliber and above, the visual examination shall
be carried out on 100 % basis.

10.5 The frequency of analysis for impurities (other than Copper, Zinc, Nickel specified
elements in Table 1) may be reduced with the agreement of the purchaser and supplier
provided that chemical analysis results of the lots have consistently received with
conformity to the requirements of Table 1.

10.6 If the analysis results of the reduced frequency show that the composition does not
meet the impurities requirements, the determination of analysis of impurities shall be
continued.

10.7 Every subsequent sample shall be fully analysed until the cause of the discrepancy
has been investigated and eliminated to the satisfaction of the Quality Assurance Officer.

11. RE - TEST. If the results of the test or analysis do not satisfy the requirements
for any one of the characteristics, two more samples from the lot shall be drawn and
subjected to similar test or analysis. If the results of both these tests and analysis satisfy the
relevant requirements, the lot shall be deemed as conforming to the specification otherwise
not. In case of failure in hardness and / or flattening test, the supplier may, if he wishes,
re - anneal all of the rings / blanks represented by the failed samples and submit them for
the tests of both of these characteristics.

12. WARRANTY. The stores supplied against this specification shall be deemed
to bear the warranty of the manufacturer / contractor against defective material for a period
of 12 months from the date of receipt of stores at consignee’s end. If during this period the
stores supplied are found to be defective, the same shall be replaced immediately with the
serviceable stores by the manufacturer / contractor at site, free of any charges or cost.

- 10 -
 JSS 4710 - 01 : 2013
(Revision No. 5)

13. MARKING. All accepted rings / blanks shall be covered by release documents. In
addition to this the stores shall be identified by indelible markings which gives details of
following nature :-

(a) Specification.

(b) Material’s grade with batch number.

(c) Type of manufacture.

(d) Manufacturer’s name and trade mark.

(e) Annealed / special temper / hard drawn batch number.

(f) Order number and date.

(g) Acceptance mark of Quality Assurance Officer.

(h) Release note No. and date.

14. PACKAGING. Packaging of the store shall be in accordance with the

schedule / details to be furnished by the purchaser or Quality Assurance Authority as per the
requirement.

15. SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT. Any suggestion for the

improvement in this document may be forwarded to :-

The Director,
Directorate of Standardisation,
Ministry of Defence,
‘H’ Block, Nirman Bhavan PO
New Delhi - 110 011.

- 11 -
JSS 4710 - 01 : 2013
(Revision No. 5)

APPENDIX ‘A’

A. FLATTENING TEST

A.1 This test applies to rings of all diameters.

A.1.1 The test pieces shall be annealed before flattening test unless the rings / blanks are
supplied in the annealed condition.

A.1.2 The test pieces shall be flattened down until the interior surface meets as shown in
Fig 1.

A.2 Test Pieces. The test pieces shall consist of a length of the tube with the ends
perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tube. Test length L shall be approximately 1.5
times the external diameter of the tube but it shall neither be less than 10 mm nor more than
100 mm.

Fig 1 - Flattening Test Fig 2 - Test piece

A.3 Test Procedure.

A.3.1 The test piece shall be placed between two plane, parallel, rigid platens extended
over the length L and wide enough to cover the flattened tube. A gradually increasing load
shall then be applied until the specified limit of the test is reached or failure occurs.

A.3.2 In the case of welded tube, care shall be taken to ensure that the weld is in the
position required by the material specification. In cases of dispute or for purpose of
arbitration, the rate of movement of flattens shall not exceed 25 mm.

- 12 -