Cryodur 2357 is a shock resistant tool steel (AISI S7) with excellent toughness and high strength. It is suitable for cold and hot work applications up to 538 °C (1000 °F). This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on low and high temperature performance as well as joining. Filing Code: TS-781. Producer or source: Schmolz + Bickenbach USA Inc..

LSS S5 is a shock-resistant tool steel that has the highest toughness of all “S” type tool steels and can be used for heavy-duty punches. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-680. Producer or source: Latrobe Specialty Steel Company.

The carbon content in TLS S1, about 0.5%, produces a combination of high strength and high toughness with medium wear resistance. Chisels and rivet sets are typical applications. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on wear resistance as well as heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-655. Producer or source: Timken Latrobe Steel.

Thyrodur 2826 is a shock-resistant tool steel of average hardenability and intermediate alloy content compared with other tool steels with high toughness and resistance to shock. Shock-resistant steels are used primarily for chisels, rivet sets, punches, driver bits, and other applications requiring high toughness and resistance to shock loading. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on forming and heat treating. Filing Code: TS-654. Producer or source: Schmolz + Bickenbach USA Inc.

Crucible S7 XL is a double-refined high-purity grade of S7 tool steel (see Alloy Digest TS-543, July 1996) designed specifically for ease of wire electrical discharge machining (EDM) operations, improved consistency in texturizing of plastic injection molds, and superior shock resistance compared to conventional S7. Typical applications include plastic injection molds, punches and dies by wire EDM, and heavy impact tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on wear resistance as well as heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-562. Producer or source: Crucible Service Centers. Originally published November 1998, revised 2005.

Lanark is a silicon-manganese shock resistant tool steel with highest impact strength of the AISI S type tool steels. It is used for pneumatic tools, shear blades, and mandrels. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming and heat treating. Filing Code: TS-590. Producer or source: Timken Latrobe Steel.

Finkl DureX is a high-quality, shock-resistant tool steel produced using vacuum arc degassing and balanced oxidation techniques. This datasheet provides information on composition and physical properties. It also includes information on heat treating. Filing Code: TS-559. Producer or source: A. Finkl & Sons Company.

CPM 3V offers impact toughness (Charpy C notch) approaching the shock-resistant tool steels, but with greater wear resistance. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on wear resistance as well as heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-558. Producer or source: Crucible Materials Corporation.

Crucible S7 is a chromium/molybdenum tool steel developed to produce the unusual combination of high shock resistance and toughness together with ease of machining and heat treatment. It is a versatile tool steel applicable for both hot and cold work shock applications. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-543. Producer or source: Crucible Service Centers.

THYSSEN S7 is a chrome-moly steel with a high combination of toughness and wear resistance, together with case of machining and heat treatment. It is used for both cold and hot tool applications as the result of its combination of properties. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-519. Producer or source: Thyssen Specialty Steels Inc.

COMPAX is a chromium-molybdenum shock-resistant tool steel characterized by high toughness, good wear resistance, good through hardening and good dimensional stability during hardening. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and compressive strength. It also includes information on heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-488. Producer or source: Uddeholm Steel Corporation.

AL TECH ARAPAHO is an air-hardening or oil-hardening tool steel depending on the size, tool geometry and other desired propties. It has exceptional toughness coupled with resistance to softening at moderately high temperatures. It is used for general blanking and forming-die applications; it also is used for impact and shock-resisting tools. Its many uses include shear blades, chisels, punches, rivet sets and mold dies for plastics. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, microstructure, hardness, and elasticity as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-475. Producer or source: AL Tech Specialty Steel Corporation.

SILICO ALLOY is a silicon-manganese shock-resisting tool steel; it has high toughness at relatively high operating hardnesses. It is primarily an oil-hardening steel because of its molybdenum content (0.45%); however, it may be water hardened. It is a low-cost, high-quality steel that combines high toughness with the advantages of oil-hardening non-deforming steels. Its relatively high hardenability coupled with high toughness makes it extremely useful for larges shear blades in severe service. Other applications include pneumatic tools, punches, hand chisels, rivet sets and pipe cutters. 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-473. Producer or source: Columbia Tool Steel Company.

BUSTER ALLOY 60 is a widely accepted tungsten shock-resisting tool steel. Its performance is unequalled in most shock and impact tools used under very demanding conditions. It is deep hardening and combines this quality with excellent wear resistance and good toughness. Buster Alloy 60 will withstand repeated heating to 700-800 F, when used in lower temperature hot-work applications. Among its many uses are shear blades, hand chisels, pneumatic tools, coining dies, hot-heading dies, forging dies and machine parts. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-455. Producer or source: Columbia Tool Steel Company.

COLUMBIA S6 is a silicon-manganese shock-resisting tool steel with fairly high hardenability. It offers superior toughness and wear resistance when compared to conventional shock-resisting steels heat treated to Rockwell C 54 to 56. For optimum strength and toughness, parts should be tempered within the range 400 to 600 F. Among its many applications are shear blades, punches, hand chisels and pneumatic tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-445. Producer or source: Columbia Tool Steel Company.

JESSOP SUPERSHOCK 7 is an air-hardening shock steel having excellent toughness combined with good resistance to softening at temperatures up to 1000 F. It is suitable for both hot and cold-work tooling applications that involve shock. Among its typical applications are dies, shear blades, chisels and punches. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-422. Producer or source: Jessop Steel Company.

GUTERL S-7 is a chromium-molybdenum, general-purpose, air-hardening tool steel recommended for uses where shock resistance, good hot-work properties, good wear resistance, excellent toughness and easy machining are important. These properties make it suitable for many hot-work and cold-work applications. Among its many uses are blanking dies, shear blades, punches and chisels. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-414. Producer or source: Guterl Special Steel Corporation.

AISI Type S2 is a water-hardening tool steel with extreme toughness and resistance to shock loading. Even at a hardness of Rockwell C 59-60, it will bend before it breaks. When hardened in medium-size and large-size pieces, it acquires a hard case and a tough core. Sizes under 3/4-inch (19mm) diameter will water harden to the center. The extreme toughness of Type S2 makes it suitable for use in many applications where no other tool steel will hold up. Its many uses include chisels, rivet busters, spike mauls, screw drivers, punches and sledges. 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-408. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

MOSIL is intended for applications requiring high toughness and resistance to shock loading. It is recommended for severe and repeated impacts in service. It has an excellent combination of hardness and toughness to withstand the high stresses in service and to resist abrasion and wear. Normally, it is hardened by austenitizing and quenching in oil. Among the many uses of Mosil are hand chisels, hammers, rivet sets, concrete breakers and heavy-duty punches. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-400. Producer or source: Teledyne Vasco.

GUTERL S-1 is a chromium-tungsten steel for general use for chisels and other cold-battering tools. It also is used for numerous other cold and hot-work applications because of its excellent toughness, high hardness and strength, and resistance to fatigue. Its many applications include boilermaker's tools, cold-battering hand and pneumatic tools, punches, shear blades and concrete drills and breakers. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-396. Producer or source: Guterl Special Steel Corporation.