scope:

1. SCOPE

This specification is a collaborative effort between Ford Motor Company, Mazda (Mazda Motor Corporation) and Jaguar (Jaguar Cars), part of PAG (PAG is Premier Automotive Group) and defines the requirements for coil coatings on steel sheet. In this document, the aforementioned grouping will be referred to as FAO/Mazda (FAO is Ford Automotive Operations). These coatings comprise 4 categories: . Zinc Based Metallic (i. e. Zinc, Zinc/Iron, Zinc/Nickel and other Zinc/Alloy) . Other Metallic (i. e. Nickel, Tin) . Organic (i. e. Zinc Rich Primer) . Phosphate (Upon request from the Stamping Plant to the responsible Materials Engineering Activity, there is the option of using prephosphated material to aid formability). Such coatings shall be specified in conjunction with the appropriate base steel sheet.