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mick H	04/07/2018 09:37:31
795 forum posts 34 photos	Does anyone recognise the code EN15 engraved onto a rod of what I think is phosphor bronze? Mick
Speedy Builder5	04/07/2018 10:58:04
2878 forum posts 248 photos	they normally stamp a batch number on the end, but that number is a bit short ??
Mick B1	05/07/2018 17:20:23
2444 forum posts 139 photos	According to this:- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780080108353500215 ...it's a carbon manganese steel.
Hopper	06/07/2018 03:20:11
7881 forum posts 397 photos	EH or EN 15 ? You have one in the heading, the other in the text.
mick H	07/07/2018 12:51:08
795 forum posts 34 photos	Sorry Hopper.... and well spotted......it is EN15. Mick
Jim Nic	07/07/2018 15:12:52
406 forum posts 235 photos	According to my copy of the Model Engineers Handbook EN15 is a plain carbon steel, modern designation 150M36. Jim
mick H	07/07/2018 21:02:06
795 forum posts 34 photos	This stuff is quite definitely not steel. I suppose the mark might be a local code. Mick
Hopper	08/07/2018 05:56:43
7881 forum posts 397 photos	Perhaps EN15 was the spec of the steel for the shaft to run in bushes made of the bronze you have? We can only speculate, I guess.

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