Alloy Steels & Forging Sectional Committee, MTD 16

NATIONAL FOREWORD
This Indian Standard which is identical to ISO 683-17 ‘Heat-treated steels, alloy steels and free-
cutting steels —Part 17 : Ball and roller bearing steels, issued by the International Organization
for Standardization (ISO) will be adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the
recommendation of the Alloy Steels & Forging Sectional Committee and approval of the
Metallurgical Engineering Division Council.

This committee has decided to adopt this standard under dual numbering system and make it
align with ISO 683-17.
The text of ISO standard has been approved as suitable for publication as in Indian Standard
without deviations. Certain terminologies and conventions are, however, not identical to those
used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:
a) Wherever the words `International Standard’ appear referring to this standard, they
should be as read as `Indian Standard’
b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards the current
practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.

In this adopted standard, reference appears to certain International Standards for which Indian
Standards also exist. The corresponding Indian Standards which are to be substituted in their
places are listed below along with their degree for equivalence for the editions indicated:

International Standard Corresponding Indian Degree of Equivalence

Standard

ISO 377 Steel and steel products
— Location and preparation of
samples and test pieces for
mechanical
testing
IS 3711 : 2012 steel and steel Identical with ISO 377 : 1997
products — location and
preparation of samples and
test pieces for mechanical
testing ( second revision )

IS 8910 : 2010 general

ISO 404 Steel and steel products technical delivery Identical with ISO 404 : 1992
— General technical delivery requirements for steel and
requirements steel products (first revision)

IS 4748 : 2009 steels —

ISO 643 Micrographic micrographic determination of Identical with ISO 643 : 2003
determination of the apparent the apparent grain size
grain size ( second revision )
 IS 7598 : 1990 classification of
ISO 4948 -1 Steels — steels ( first revision) Technically equivalent
Classification — Part 1:
Classification of steels into
unalloyed and alloy steels based
on chemical composition

IS 7598 : 1990 classification of

ISO 4948-2 Steels —
steels ( first revision) Technically equivalent
Classification — Part 2:
Classification of unalloyed and
alloy steels according to main
quality classes and main
property or application
characteristics
IS 1762 (Part 1) : 1974 code
ISO/TS 4949, Steel names for designation of steels part 1 Technically equivalent
based on letter symbols based on letter symbols (first
revision)

IS 4163 : 2004 steel —

ISO 4967 Steel — Determination
of content of non-metallic
inclusions — Micrographic
method using standard diagrams
determination of content of Equivalent with IS 4163 : 2004
nonmetallic inclusions —
micrographic method using
standard diagrams
( third revision)

IS 1500 (Part 1) : 2013

ISO 6506-1 Metallic materials — metallic materials — brinell Equivalent with ISO 6506-1 :
Brinell hardness test — Part 1: hardness test part 1 test 2005
Test method method ( fourth revision )

IS 1586 (Part 1 : 2018 metallic

ISO 6508-1 Metallic materials — materials — rockwell Equivalent with ISO 6508-1 :
Rockwell hardness test — Part 1: hardness test part 1 test 2016
Test method method ( fifth revision )

IS 1956 (Various Part

SO 6929 Steel products — )Glossary of terms relating to Technically equivalent
Vocabulary iron and steel

IS/ISO 10474 : 1991 Steel and

ISO 10474 Steel and steel steel products — inspection
products — Inspection documents Identical with ISO 10747 :
documents 1991
IS/ISO 14284 Steel and iron-
sampling and preparation of
ISO 14284 Steel and iron — samples for the determination Identical with ISO 14284 :
Sampling and preparation of of chemical composition 1996
samples for the determination of
chemical composition

The technical committee has reviewed the provisions of the following International Standards
referred in this adopted standard and has decided that they are acceptable for use in conjunction
with this standard:
ISO 642 Steel — Hardenability test by end quenching (Jominy test)
ISO 3763 Wrought steels — Macroscopic methods for assessing the content of non-metallic
inclusions
ISO 3887 Steels — Determination of depth of decarburization
ISO 4969 Steel — Macroscopic examination by etching with strong mineral acids
ISO 5949 Tool steels and bearing steels — Micrographic method for assessing the distribution
of carbides using reference photomicrographs

ISO 9443 Heat-treatable and alloy steels — Surface quality classes for hot-rolled round bars
and wire rods — Technical delivery conditions
ISO/TR 9769 Steel and iron — Review of available methods of analysis
The standard also makes a reference to the BIS certification marking of the product, details of
which are given in National Annex C.
For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with,
the final value, observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded
off in accordance with IS 2: 1960 'Rules for rounding off numerical values (revised)'. The number
of significant places retained in the rounded off value. should be the same as that of the specified
value in this standard.

NATIONAL ANNEX C

C·1 BIS CERTIFICATION MARKING

The products may also be marked with the Standard Mark.
C-1.1 The use of the Standard Mark is governed by the provisions of the Bureau of Indian
Standards Act. 2016 and the Rules and Regulations made thereunder. The details of conditions
under which the licence for the use of the Standard Mark may be granted to manufacturers or
producers may be obtained from the Bureau of Indian Standards.
Preview of ISO 683 Part 17

The committee responsible for this document is ISO/TC 17, Steel, Subcommittee SC 4, Heat treatable and
alloy steels.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (ISO 683-17:1999), which has been technically
revised.
ISO 683 consists of the following parts, under the general title Heat treatable, alloy steels and free-cutting
steels:

 — Part 1: Non-alloy steels for quenching and tempering

 — Part 2: Alloy steels for quenching and tempering
 — Part 3: Case-hardening steels
 — Part 4: Free-cutting steels
 — Part 5: Nitriding steels
 — Part 14: Hot-rolled steels for quenched and tempered springs
 — Part 15: Valve steels for internal combustion engines
 — Part 17: Ball and roller bearing steels
 — Part 18: Bright steel products

1 Scope

1.1 This part of ISO 683 specifies the technical delivery requirements for five groups of wrought ball and
roller bearing steels as listed in Table 3, namely

 — through-hardening bearing steels (steels with about 1 % C and 1 % to 2 % Cr),

 — case-hardening bearing steels,
 — induction-hardening bearing steels (unalloyed and alloyed),
 — stainless bearing steels, and
 — high-temperature bearing steels.

1.2 This part of ISO 683 applies to the products and heat-treatment conditions given in Table 1 and the
surface conditions given in Table 2.
1.3 In addition to this part of ISO 683, the general technical delivery requirements of ISO 404 are
applicable.

2 Normative references

The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

 ISO 377, Steel and steel products — Location and preparation of samples and test pieces for
mechanical testing
 ISO 404, Steel and steel products — General technical delivery requirements
  ISO 642, Steel — Hardenability test by end quenching (Jominy test)
 ISO 643, Steels — Micrographic determination of the apparent grain size
 ISO 3763, Wrought steels — Macroscopic methods for assessing the content of non-metallic
inclusions
 ISO 3887, Steels — Determination of depth of decarburization
 ISO 4948-1, Steels — Classification — Part 1: Classification of steels into unalloyed and alloy steels
based on chemical composition
 ISO 4948-2, Steels — Classification — Part 2: Classification of unalloyed and alloy steels according
to main quality classes and main property or application characteristics
 ISO/TS 4949, Steel names based on letter symbols
 ISO 4967, Steel — Determination of content of non-metallic inclusions — Micrographic method
using standard diagrams
 ISO 4969, Steel — Macroscopic examination by etching with strong mineral acids
 ISO 5949, Tool steels and bearing steels — Micrographic method for assessing the distribution of
carbides using reference photomicrographs
 ISO 6506-1, Metallic materials — Brinell hardness test — Part 1: Test method
 ISO 6508-1, Metallic materials — Rockwell hardness test — Part 1: Test method
 ISO 6929, Steel products — Vocabulary
 ISO 9443, Heat-treatable and alloy steels — Surface quality classes for hot-rolled round bars and
wire rods — Technical delivery conditions
 ISO/TR 9769, Steel and iron — Review of available methods of analysis
 ISO 10474, Steel and steel products — Inspection documents
 ISO 14284, Steel and iron — Sampling and preparation of samples for the determination of
chemical composition

3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 6929 and the following apply.
3.1
ball and roller bearing steels
steels for rings and/or rolling bodies which use balls and rollers to maintain the separation between the
moving parts of the bearing