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This Japanese Industrial Standard specifies high carbon steel wire rods (hereafter referred to as "wire rod") to be used for the manufacture of hard drawn steel wires, oil tempered steel wires, hard drawn steel wires for prestressed concrete, galvanized steel wire strands, wore ropes, etc. However, the piano wire rods shall be excluded.

Remarks 1 The purchaser may designate Special quality requirements in annex 1. in addition to the items specified in this text by preliminary agreement with the manufacturer.

2 The International Standard corresponding to this Standards are as follows.

In additions, Symbols which denote the degree of correspondence in the contents between the relevant International Standard and JIS are IDT (identical), MOD (modified), and NEQ (not equivalent) according to ISO/IEC Guide 21.

ISO 16120-1, Non-alloy steel wire rod for conversion to wire - Part 1: General requirements (MOD)

ISO 16120-2, Non-alloy steel wire rod for conversion to wire - Part 2: Specific requirements for general purpose wire rod (MOD)

3 Quality requirements based on International Standard shall be specified annex 2.