Thyrapid 3343 is a standard high-speed steel grade with balanced alloy composition, high toughness, good cutting power, and consequently versatile applications. Thyssen Thyrapid 3343 is suitable for all metal-cutting tools for roughing or finishing, such as twist drills, milling cutters of all types, taps, cutting tools, broaches, reamers, countersinks, chasens, segments for circular saws, shaping tools, and woodworking tools. This datasheet provides information on composition and physical properties. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-560. Producer or source: Thyssen Specialty Steels Inc.

VANITE is a high-carbon, high-vanadium modification of the 18W-4Cr-IV (AISI Type T1) high-speed tool steel. Its increased alloy content provides increases in cutting efficiency and wear resistance. Vanite is especially suitable for light cuts at high speeds that produce a fine surface finish. It will hold a keen cutting edge and because of this it is used primarily for broaches, reamers and finishing tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-458. Producer or source: Columbia Tool Steel Company.

VASCO TeleCut is a cobalt-free high-speed steel that is a cost-effective alternative to many cobalt high-speed steels because of its special combination of hot hardness, wear resistance and toughness. TeleCut is a superior high-speed steel that is ideal for a variety of cutting tools, including end mills, milling cutters, broaches and gear cutters. This datasheet provides information on composition and hardness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-428. Producer or source: Teledyne Vasco.

REX AA is the original 18-4-1 high-speed steel, having been first introduced in the early 1990s. Melting practice and processing have been improved since that time, but nevertheless it is so properly balanced and the fundamental characteristics so sound, that it is still a standard, general-purpose high-speed steel. REX AA has a wide hardening range. This steel is less susceptible to soft skin during hardening than other types and has good red hardness and toughness. Among its many applications are boring tools, broaches, cutters, drills, gear cutters, lathe tools and woodworking knives. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-426. Producer or source: Crucible Specialty Metals Division, Colt Industries.

VASCO M-33 is a high-molybdenum high-speed steel containing 8% cobalt which contributes materially to the superior red hardness of the steel. It is recommended highly for tools that require the optimum combination of high-temperature hardness, resistance to wear and cutting edge strength and retention. Typical applications for VASCO M-33 include broaches, end mills, lathe tools and drills. 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-413. Producer or source: Teledyne Vasco.

GUTERL T-1 is a general-purpose high-speed steel that is suitable for practically all high-speed applications. It is relatively easy to fabricate. This steel has been the standard of the industry for many years because of its excellent combination of cutting ability and toughness, ease of heat treatment and minimum tendency to decarburize. Its many uses include drills, taps, broaches, hobs, lathe and planer tools, milling cutters and wood-working tools. 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-409. Producer or source: Guterl Special Steel Corporation.

UNICUT 2 is a high-carbon, high-vanadium, molybdenum-type of high-speed steel. The high carbon and vanadium contents provide higher resistance to abrasion when compared with other standard high-speed steels; however, this is accomplished at a slight loss in machinability and grind-ability. In many cases, this is considered to be of minor consequence where better wear resistance is required. Typical applications include drills, reamers, milling cutters, broaches and wood-working tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-406. Producer or source: Cyclops Corporation.

AISI Type O7 is a high-carbon, low-alloy tools designed for many types of cold-work cutting tools where the high-alloy, high-speed steels are not required. It has moderate hardenability, develops high hardness, holds a keen cutting edge and has excellent resistance to abrasion. Type O7 is used for a wide range of cold-working tools such as broaches, blanking dies, punches, thread-rolling dies, paper knives and wood-working 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-404. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

A1 Tech LMW is a molybdenum type of high-speed containing molybdenum and tungsten in the approximate ratio of 4 to 1. It is outstanding in high-speed cutting tool applications because of its machinability, toughness and good cutting qualities. It is used for numerous types of cutting tools such as twist drills, reamers, milling cutters, gears cutters, broaches, lathe tools and wood-working tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and compressive strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-383. Producer or source: AL Tech Specialty Steel Corporation.

CARPENTER STAR-ZENITH is an 18% tungsten-4% chromium-1% vanadium type of high-speed steel that, because of the practice used in its manufacture, has improved toughness to provide it with a stronger, keener cutting edge than is furnished by conventional steel manufacturing practice. For this reason hundreds of users have found it to be an excellent high-speed steel for broaches, form tools, reamers, taps and similar tools. 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-382. Producer or source: Carpenter.

GUTERL 0-1 is a nondeforming, oil-hardening, general-purpose tool and die steel. It can be oil hardened safely even in complex sections and shapes. It has a good combination of hardeness, toughness and resistance to abrasion and wear. Its many applications include dies for numerous purposes, broaches, forming rolls, stamps and knurling tools. 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-377. Producer or source: Guterl Special Steel Corporation.

AISI Type T1 is a general-purpose, tungsten, high-speed steel containing nominally 18% tungsten, 4% chromium and 1% vanadium. It is suitable for practically all high-speed applications. This steel has been the standard of the industry for many years because of its cutting ability, ease of heat treatment and minimum tendency to decarburize. Its many applications include drills, taps, lathe and planer tools, broaches and hobs. 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-373. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

AISI Type D7 is a high-carbon high-chromium cold-work tool steel containing vanadium (4.0%) and molybdenum (1.0%). Its carbon and vanadium form a vanadium carbide that provides wear resistance many times greater than that of AISI Type D3. Type D7 was developed for applications where extreme abrasive wear is needed. Its many applications include briquetting dies and punches, brick mold liners, pottery tools, broaches, meat-chopper plates and cold-extrusion dies. 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-371. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

AISI Type M3 is a high-carbon, high-vanadium, molybdenum-type of high-speed steel. Its composition provides marked improvement in abrasion resistance, when compared with the other standard high-speed steels. It is especially well suited for difficult cutting applications where severe abrasion exists. It is produced in two slightly different analyses: Class 1 and Class 2; Class 2 contains slightly higher percentages of carbon and vanadium and is slightly more abrasion resistant than Class 1. Among the many applications for Type M3 are broaches, milling cutters and reamers. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-369. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

CPM REX 25 is a super high-speed steel made without cobalt. It is comparable to AISI Type T15 cobalt-containing high-speed steel in response to heat treatment, properties, and tool performance. CPM REX 25 is recommended for machining operations requiring heavy cuts, high speeds and feeds, and difficult-to-machine materials of high hardness and abrasion resistance. Typical applications are boring tools, drills, gear cutters, punches, form tools, end mills and broaches. 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, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-365. Producer or source: Crucible Materials Corporation.

AISI Type-A2 is a high-carbon, chromium, molybdenum tool and die steel having excellent non-deforming properties, abrasion resistance, toughness and good machinability. It is used for blanking and forming dies, rolls, punches, gauges, broaches, etc. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and compressive and bend strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and joining. Filing Code: TS-168. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.