Hot Work Steel

DESCRIPTION
Vacuum remelted hot work tool steel with high temper resistance and therefore maximum resistance to heat checking.

Property Features

• High toughness & ductility
• High wear resistance
• Good machinability
• High hot hardness
• Mirror finish polishability
• Very high thermal conductivity
• Very high micro-cleanliness
• High resistance to fire cracking
• Excellent homogeneity and isotropy
• Coatable
• Lowest levels of unwanted trace elements
• Can be nitrated
• Very high thermal stability

Specification

High temperture strength	High temperature toughness	High_ temperature wear resistance	Machinability supplied
★★☆☆☆	★★★★★	★★☆☆☆	★★★★☆

Chemical Composition

C	Si	Mn	Cr	Mo	V
0.37	0.20	0.30	5.00	1.30	0.50

Chemical composition (average %)

Applications

• Consumer Goods - General
• Extrusion
• Forging (Hot / Semi-hot)
• General Components for Mechanical Engineering
• Gravity / Low Pressure Die-Casting
• High Pressure Die-Casting
• Injection Molding
• Mechanical Engineering / Machine Building General
• Press Hardening / Hot Forming
• Press Hardening / Hot Stamping
• Progressive Forging (Hatebur)