Cryodur 2833 is a wear-resistant water-hardening steel with resistance to overheating. Applications include cold heading dies; first and finish upsetting punches; cold stamps; dies for the manufacturing of screws, rivets, and bolts; and compression pistons. This datasheet provides information on composition and physical properties. It also includes information on heat treating. Filing Code: TS-777. Producer or source: Schmolz + Bickenbach USA Inc..

Böhler (or Boehler) W360 Isobloc is a hot work tool steel developed as a tool steel for dies and punches in warm and hot forging. The steel can be used for a variety of applications where hardness and toughness are required. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming and heat treating. Filing Code: TS-727. Producer or source: Böhler Edelstahl GmbH & Company KG.

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.

Thyrodur 2767/2767 Supra is a cold-work tool steel with high hardenability for punching tools. Thyrodur 2767 Supra is the electroslag remelted version. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on heat treating. Filing Code: TS-651. 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.

CRU-WEAR is an air hardening tool steel with wear resistance greater than D2 and toughness approaching A2. Applications include blades, punches and dies. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and elasticity. It also includes information on heat treating and joining. Filing Code: TS-592. Producer or source: Crucible.

Mazeman is a cold-work die steel with a combination of toughness, wear resistance, and hardenability. Applications include shear blades, punches and die inserts. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness as well as creep. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-589. Producer or source: Timken Latrobe Steel.

Carpenter Micro-Melt A11 is an A11 steel developed by the powder metal process. The tool steel possesses advantages in quenching, response to heat treatment, wear resistance, and toughness. Applications to be considered are punches and dies for blanking and piercing. See revised version, Alloy Digest TS-587, May 2001. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on wear resistance as well as heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-571. Producer or source: Carpenter.

THYRAPID PM4 ESH is manufactured by the rapid solidification of powder and augmented by Electro Slag Heating. Good wear resistance and toughness lead to cold work punch and die applications. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and bend strength. It also includes information on heat treating, machining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-539. Producer or source: Thyssen Specialty Steels Inc.

AL TECH B-47 is a chromium-tungsten-cobalt-vanadium steel with excellent resistance to shock and abrasion at elevated temperatures. Its good hot hardness enables it to handle many hot-work jobs without washing out or changing size. B-47 has very good mechanical properties at elevated temperatures where typical applications include extrusion dies for brass, hot-punch tools and forging-die inserts. 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, and machining. Filing Code: TS-484. Producer or source: AL Tech Specialty Steel Corporation.

AL TECH CHEROKEE is a high-carbon, high-chromium die steel containing nominally 3.25% cobalt. The cobalt provides effective resistance to galling and pickup as well as improved hot hardness. The cobalt enables this steel to perform exceptionally well on both extended cold-work and moderate hot-work applications. Another feature of this versatile die steel is its outstanding secondary hardness associated with remarkable tempering resistance up to 900 F. Typical applications comprise blanking dies, swaging dies, hot and cold-piercing punches, forming rolls, shear blades and coining dies. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-465. Producer or source: AL Tech Specialty Steel Corporation.

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.

AL TECH OILGRAPH is an oil-hardening, non-deforming graphitic tool steel. It has excellent machinability and outstanding resistance to wear and galling. Hardening is safe and easy. Typical applications are gages, cold-forming tools, punches, spindles and bushings. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, microstructure, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-463. Producer or source: AL Tech Specialty Steel Corporation.

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.

COBALT CHROME is an air-hardening,high-carbon, high-chromium die steel. The addition of approximately 3% to this steel gives it extra resistance to galling and pick-up and additional red hardness which is useful on semi-hot-work applications. It also is recommended when it is desirable to nitride specialized tools. Its many uses include dies, gages, punches, rolls and slitter 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-427. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Corporation.

JESSOP TRUGLIDE is a free-machining, oil-hardening too steel designed primarily for cold-work die applications. Free graphite in this steel gives it excellent machinability and outstanding resistance to galling and seizing in operation. Among its many uses are dies, gages, punches, arbors and bushings. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-424. Producer or source: Jessop Steel Company.

NDS is an oil-hardening steel for use in tools, dies and machine parts requiring a good combination of hardness, toughness, and wear resistance. The relatively large percentage of nickel contained in this grade produces an alloy with greater toughness than the standard oil-hardening types while retaining the necessary hardness and wear resistance. NDS is well suited for cold-work applications requiring this extra toughness. Such applications include punches, dies and cold-forming rolls. 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 surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-423. Producer or source: Latrobe 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.

AL TECH NAVAHO is an air-hardening punch and die steel with lower carbon than most cold-work steels; this provides an optimum combination of wear resistance and toughness for difficult cold-work applications. It also is used for abrasive hot-work requirements. This steel offers relatively favorable size stability and exceptional secondary hardness characteristics. NAVAHO has a broad application range from shear blades and punches to molds for plastics ad hot-work tooling. 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, and machining. Filing Code: TS-421. Producer or source: AL Tech Specialty Steel Corporation.

W.W. HOT WORK is a chromium-tungsten hot-work tool and die steel containing nominally 1.05% vanadium. It is characterized by high strength and hardness at elevated temperature and good resistance to heat checking. It has high hardenability and can be hardened by quenching in salt or oil. Its many hot-work applications include extrusion dies for copper and brass, long-running die-casting dies, piercer points and punches. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-420. Producer or source: Teledyne Vasco.