CarTech A6, also known as CarTech Vega, is an air-hardening, high-carbon (0.70%), Mn-Cr-Mo, alloy cold-work tool steel. It combines the deep-hardening and minimum size change characteristics of air-hardening tool steels with the simplicity of low-temperature heat treatment possible in many oil-hardening tool steels. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-803. Producer or source: Carpenter Technology Corporation.

Lescowear is a medium-chromium-containing air-hardening cold-work tool steel. It is a versatile alloy with a combination of toughness and wear resistance. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on wear resistance as well as forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-623. Producer or source: Timken Latrobe Steel.

A9 is a medium-alloy, air-hardening type cold work tool steel. It exhibits a high resistance to softening at elevated temperatures. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-531. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

THYRODUR 2363 is an air-hardening tool steel with 5% chromium. This datasheet provides information on composition and physical properties. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-526. Producer or source: Thyssen Specialty Steels Inc.

GRAPH-AIR is an air hardening, non-deforming tool steel with outstanding wear resistance and toughness. it contain uniformly distributed graphic particles for good machinability and non-seizing characteristics. This datasheet provides information on composition, hardness, tensile properties, and compressive strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-75. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Company. Originally published October 1958, revised April 1984, June 1991.

No. 484 tool steel is an air hardening tool steel capable of through hardening in heavy sections. Isothermal transformation of material austenitized at 1750 starts after about 400 seconds at 1300 F and after about 1000 seconds at 600 F. The calculated Ms temperature is 325 F. The steel has a good hardness/toughness balance. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on wear resistance as well as forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-501. Producer or source: Carpenter.

ATMODIE is a high-carbon, high-chromium, air-hardening tool steel. It has a unique combination of hardness, toughness and non-deforming qualities. Its hardenability is high enough to develop full hardness through large sections; this makes it outstanding as the heavy-duty die and cold-forming tool steel, excellent for blanking heavy sheet and plate. ATMODIE is particularly useful for long-run tools and dies requiring close dimensional accuracy in hardening. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-470. Producer or source: Columbia Tool Steel Company.

AISI Type A7 is an air-hardening tool and die steel designed for extremely high resistance to abrasion. Its high carbon and high vanadium contribute to its high abrasion resistance; however, it should be restricted to applications where toughness is not a prime consideration. It can be austenitized, air cooled and tempered to very high hardness (as high as Rockwell C 65). Its numerous applications include brick-mold liners, knives, liners for sand and shot blasting machines, ceramic-tile liners, punches and hand tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-384. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

CARPENTER No. 610 is a high-carbon, high-chromium tool steel with extremely high wear-resisting properties. It has very high hardenability (air hardening) and will be practically free from size changes after proper treatment. Its high percentage of chromium gives it mild corrosion resistance in the hardened condition. Typical applications include various types of dies, slitting cutters, heading tools and intricate punches. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness as well as deformation. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-358. Producer or source: Carpenter.

CROMO-W55 is a medium-carbon air-hardening tool steel for cold-work applications. It is useful for special tools because it has a combination of good wear resistance, toughness and high hardenability. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-275. Producer or source: Bethlehem Steel Corporation.

VASCO TUF is an air-hardening die steel ideally suited for cold-work applications requiring good toughness. It has better wear resistance than the shock-resisting tool steels. It achieves a maximum hardness of Rockwell C 58-60 when multiple tempered at 950 F: this means that it can also be used for warm-working applications without losing hardness. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-274. Producer or source: Teledyne Vasco.

AISI Type A10 is a high-carbon graphitic tool steel capable of developing high hardness and wear resistance. It is recommended for shear blades, blanking and forming dies, drawing dies and wear plates. This datasheet provides information on composition and hardness as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-220. Producer or source: Timken Roller Bearing Company.

AIR HARD is an air or oil hardening, high-carbon tool and die steel for minimum distortion after hardening. It is used for blanking and forming dies, rolls, punches, and other such applications where a deep hardening, non-deforming steel with good resistance to wear is desired. (Also furnished in FM-Free Machining type.) This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-207. Producer or source: Teledyne Vasco.

A-H5 is an air-hardening, non-deforming tool and die steel. It is deep hardening, has high abrasion resistance, and has good toughness for severe service. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-196. Producer or source: Bethlehem Steel Corporation.

UHB TRI-Z is a high-carbon high-chromium tool steel with an absolute minimum of nonmettalic inclusions. It is an air hardening steel having high resistance to abrasive wear. It is recommended for intricate dies where maximum accuracy in heat treatment and high production are essential. It is also very suitable for working rolls in Sendzimir Cold Rolling Mills (which is implied by the letter Z). This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and compressive strength. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-184. Producer or source: Uddeholm (Canada) Ltd.

Cyclops 62 is an air-hardening tool steel with exceptional resistance to softening when tempering. It is recommended for cold work applications where high hardness after high tempering temperatures is a requirement. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-181. Producer or source: Cyclops Corporation.

AISI Type D2 is a high-carbon, high-chromium air-hardening tool and die steel capable of great hardness and high resistance to abrasive wear. It is non-deforming and is also somewhat corrosion resistant. This datasheet provides information on composition, hardness, tensile properties, and compressive strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-167. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

Carpenter No. 484FM is an air-hardening steel capable of hardening throughout in heavy sections. It is recommended for heavy duty tool and die service. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-160. Producer or source: Carpenter.

COBALTCROM is a cobalt, high-carbon, high-chromium tool and die steel. It is air-hardening and non-deforming. It is also known as PRK-33 COBALTCROM. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-12. Producer or source: Darwin's Ltd. Originally published November 1953, revised February 1965.

Jessair is a manganese, chromium, molybdenum alloy steel combining the deep harding characteristics of air-hardening steels with the simplicity of low temperature heat treatment possible in many oil-hardening steels. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and bend strength as well as fracture toughness and fatigue. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-157. Producer or source: Jessop Steel Company.