Cold Work Steel

Description
BÖHLER’s cold work tool steel K490 MICROCLEAN closes the gap in the material demands between wear resistance and the desired high toughness.

Property Features

• High hardness (up to 64 HRC)
• Very good toughness
• High abrasive and adhesive wear resistance
• Excellent hard machinability
• High compressive strength
• Heat treatment together with common cold work tool steels (1.2379, D2) at hardening temperatures from 1030 to 1080 °C (1885 – 1980 °F) possible
• Stable mechanical properties

Specification

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

Chemical Composition

C	Cr	Mo	V	W
1.40	6.40	1.50	3.70	3.50

Chemical composition (average %)

Applications

• Coining
• Cold Forming
• Components for Recycling Industry
• Fine Blanking, Stamping, Blanking
• General Components for Mechanical Engineering
• Machine knife (for producers)
• Pill punching dies
• Powder Pressing
• Rolling
• Rolls
• Screws and Barrels
• Wear parts