Cold Work Steel

Description
BÖHLER K340 ISODUR, an 8% chromium steel, is produced using the electro-slag remelting (ESR) method. This by BÖHLER developed and proven remelting technology, ensures extremely low micro and macro segregations and gives the material the purity and homogeneity necessary for excellent performance in practice.

Property Features
Key reasons for the broad application spectrum of BÖHLER K340 ISODUR:

• Outstanding toughness
• Excellent compressive strength
• Very good machinability due to homogeneous structure
• Smaller dimensional changes

BÖHLER K340 ISODUR is particularly suitable for the following application areas:

• Cutting
• Blanking
• Cold forming

Specification

Compressive strength	Stability heat	Toughness	Wear resistance	Wear resistance adhesive
★★★☆☆	★★★★☆	★★★☆☆	★★★☆☆	★★★★☆

Chemical Composition

C	Si	Mn	Cr	Mo	V
1.10	0.90	0.40	8.30	2.10	0.50

Chemical composition (average %)

Applications

• Coining
• Cold Forming
• Cold Forming / Coining
• Comp. for Chemical plants (incl. LNG, FGD, Urea, LDPE, etc.)
• Components for Recycling Industry
• Comps. for Equip. Below Ground (Boring, Shafts, etc.)
• CPI (inc. LNG, Urea)
• Extrusion
• Fine Blanking / Blanking / Stamping
• Fine Blanking, Stamping, Blanking
• Forging (Hot / Semi-hot)
• General Components for Mechanical Engineering
• Gravity / Low Pressure Die-Casting
• Injection Components
• Lamps/Lenses for Automotive
• Machine knife (for producers)
• Medical
• Mining and Rock Handling
• Oil & Gas
• Other Oil and Gas + CPI comps.
• Pill punching dies
• Powder Pressing
• Rolling
• Rolls
• Screws and Barrels
• Shearing / Machine Knives
• Turbine and Engine Parts (Aerosp)
• Wear parts
• Well Logging Tools