Cold Work Steel

Description
High-duty cutting tools (dies and punches), blanking and punching tools, woodworking tools, shear blades for cutting light-gaugematerial, thread rolling tools, tools for drawing, deep drawing and cold extrusion, pressing tools for the ceramics and pharmaceutical industries, cold rools (working rolls) for multiple-roll stands, measuring instruments and gauges, small moulds for the plastics industry whereexcellent wear resistance is required.

Property Features

• Dimensionally stable, high carbon, high-chromium (12%) steel.
• Particularly suitable for air hardening.
• Good toughness.

Specification

Corrosion resistance	Machinability supplied	Polishability	Toughness	Wear resistance
★★☆☆☆	★★☆☆☆	★☆☆☆☆	★★☆☆☆	★★☆☆☆

Chemical Composition

C	Si	Mn	P	S	Cr	Mo
1.60	0.35	0.30	11.50	0.60	0.30	0.50

Chemical composition (average %)

Applications

• Cold Forming
• Cold Forming / Coining
• Components for Recycling Industry
• Fine Blanking / Blanking / Stamping
• Fine Blanking, Stamping, Blanking
• General Components for Mechanical Engineering
• Gravity / Low Pressure Die-Casting
• Machine knife (for producers)
• Medical
• Other Oil and Gas + CPI comps.
• Progressive Forging (Hatebur)
• Rolling
• Rolls
• Shearing / Machine Knives
• Standard Parts (Molds, Plates, Pins, Punches)
• Turbine and Engine Parts (Aerosp)
• Wear parts
• Well Logging Tools