YSS HAP10 is a powder metallurgy high-speed tool steel with very high toughness for cold forging dies and fine blanking dies. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on wear resistance as well as heat treating. Filing Code: TS-773. Producer or source: Hitachi Metals America Ltd.

YSS DM is a hot work stool steel with excellent toughness. Applications include hammer forging dies, aluminum forge dies, forging bolsters, and extrusion die backers. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on forming. Filing Code: TS-753. Producer or source: Hitachi Metals America Ltd.

YSS MDC-K is a hot work tool steel grade for hot forging dies. It is a modification of JIS-SKD8 steel. This datasheet provides information on composition and hardness. It also includes information on heat treating. Filing Code: TS-749. Producer or source: Hitachi Metals America Ltd.

MX01 is a steel grade developed to achieve useful properties to minimize the cost of forging dies. This datasheet provides information on composition, hardness, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming. Filing Code: SA-708. Producer or source: Industeel USA, LLC.

Thermodur 2714 is a tough die steel with high tempering resistance and good through hardening. Typical applications include forging dies, mandrels, die holders, armored trim dies, and hot-shear blades. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on forming and heat treating. Filing Code: TS-694. Producer or source: Schmolz + Bickenbach USA Inc.

THYROPLAST 2798 is an electric arc melted, vacuum degassed P20 type tool steel which has high impact values for highly stressed mold frames and forging dies. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-528. Producer or source: Thyssen Specialty Steels Inc.

FIREDIE 13 is the standard 5% chromium hot-work tool steel with increased vanadium for improved wear resistance and toughness. In addition, this steel possesses excellent hot-hardness properties. Its many applications include die-casting tools (for Al, Mg and Zn), extrusion tools (for Al and Mg), hot-heading dies, forging dies, hot punches and heavy shear blades. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-462. 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.

UNS No. T20812 is a low-carbon chromium-molybdenum-tungsten hot-work steel for general purposers. It is used for dies and tools that require high toughness. It has high hardenability and offers high resistance to softening in service at elevated temperatures. It also offers good resistance to heat checking and may be water cooled in service. It is suitable for hot-work applications involving severe conditions of shock and sudden temperature changes. Its many applications include hot shear blades, forging dies, extrusion dies, punches and other types of hot-work tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-453. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

GUTERL H-11 is a 5% chromium hot-work tool steel with an excellent combination of red hardness, shock resistance (toughness) and resistance to abrasion; these are the properties needed for good hot-work characteristics. It will withstand drastic cooling from maximum operating temperatures. Among the many uses for this steel are hot-die applications, structural parts for jet engines and missiles, extrusion mandrels and forging dies. 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-412. Producer or source: Guterl Special Steel Corporation.

AISI Type H19 is a hot-work tool and die steel that is characterized by excellent resistance to shock and abrasion at elevated temperatures. This steel provides relatively high toughness and outstanding resistance to heat checking and softening at elevated temperatures. Among its many applications are hot-punch tools, forging dies and inserts, brass extrusion dies, permanent molds for brass casting and hot-extrusion die inserts for steel. This datasheet provides information on composition, hardness, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-401. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

Ostalloy 255 is a bismuth-base eutectic alloy that melts at the low temperature of 255 F (124 C). After freezing it is characterized by initial shrinkage followed by slow growth. It provides scientists and engineers with an easily castable material that is ready for use practically as soon as it freezes. It can be recovered easily and recycled into new uses any number of times. Among its many uses are (1) Anchoring metal parts in glass, (2) Filler for large diameter tubes for bending, (3) Proof casting forging dies, (4) Fusable elements is safely plugs and (5) Mechanical dentistry. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on casting, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: Bi-25. Producer or source: Arconium Corporation of America, A.J Oster Company.

AISI Type H12 is a general-purpose, low-carbon, chromium-molybdenum-tungsten hot-work steel for tools and dies that require high toughness. It has high hardenability and offers high resistance to softening in service at elevated temperatures. It also offers good resistance to heat checking and may be water cooled in service. It is suitable for hot-work applications involving severe conditions of shock and sudden temperature changes. Its many applications include hot shear blades, forging dies, extrusion dies, punches and other types of hot-work tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-381. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

CYCLOPS S1 (formerly Alco M) was originally developed for chisel and pneumatic tool purposes. It is now used for many other cold and hot work applications because of its outstanding toughness and resistance to fatigue. It gives excellent results in those instances where shock and impact are major factors. It may be carburized for those applications where high wear resistance and great core strength are required. Its many applications include shear blades, rivet busters and forging dies. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-352. Producer or source: Cyclops Corporation.

CRUCIBLE HOLDER BLOCK is a medium-carbon chromium-molybdenum steel which affords superior machinability because of its sulfur content. It is used in such applications as holders or backers for forging dies and frames for plastic molds. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness and fatigue. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SA-301. Producer or source: Crucible Specialty Metals Division, Colt Industries.

PYROTOOL 7 has been designed to display high tensile and yield properties with good hardness at temperatures up to 1300 F. It is used for high-temperature tooling, extrusion dies, forging dies, rams, mandrels, holders, rings, dummy blocks, liners, etc. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: Ni-167. Producer or source: Carpenter Technology Corporation.

PYROTOOL A has been designed to display high strength and good ductility at temperatures up to 1200 F. It is used for high-temperature tooling, extrusion dies, liners, dummy blocks, forging dies, mandrels, holders, etc. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: Fe-47. Producer or source: Carpenter.

PYROTOOL W has been designed to possess high strength and hardness at temperatures up to 1500 F (816 C). Applications include high-temperature tooling, extrusion dies, dummy blocks, rings, holders, forging dies and mandrels. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: Ni-161. Producer or source: Carpenter Technology Corporation.

HALCOMB 425 is a hot work tool steel having excellent resistance to shock and abrasion at elevated temperatures. It is recommended for brass and copper extrusion dies, forging dies and inserts, and hot punches. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-223. Producer or source: Crucible Steel Division, Colt Industries.

Carpenter T-K is a tungsten-chromium type hot-work steel having good red-hardness and resistance to abrasion. It will withstand high operating temperatures up to 1000 F for long periods. It is recommended for hot shear blades, forging and extrusion dies, hot compression tools, and similar applications where high compressive strength and wear resistance at elevated temperatures are required. 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 joining. Filing Code: TS-219. Producer or source: Carpenter.