Colmonoy No. 43HV comprises a nickel-base alloy recommended for hard surfacing parts to resist wear, corrosion, heat, and galling. Deposits that have moderate hardness have increased ductility and slightly less resistance to abrasion than Colmonoy 53HV. Deposits can be finished by grinding or machined with carbide tooling. Colmonoy No. 43HV is supplied as an atomized powder specially sized for application with high-velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) systems. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance and surface qualities as well as heat treating and surface treatment. Filing Code: Ni-664. Producer or source: Wall Colmonoy Corporation.

Corsair is balanced with a chemistry intermediate to Double Six (M2 type steel) and Crusader (M3-2 type steel). (See Double Six M-2, Alloy Digest TS-459, June 1986, and Crusader Type M3-2, Alloy Digest TS-485, November 1987.) Corsair has applications when both improved tool life and grindability are needed. 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 forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-635. Producer or source: Timken Latrobe Steel.

CPM REX M2HS, produced by the Crucible Particle Metallurgy (CPM) Process, is an improved-quality product. The CPM process allows an increased sulfide content for better machinability in the annealed temper and grindability in the heat-treated condition. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and elasticity as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-535. Producer or source: Crucible Specialty Metals Division, Colt Industries.

Carpenter Micro-Melt Speed-Star FM HiC M-2 alloy is a molybdenum tungsten high-speed tool steel produced by powder metallurgy techniques. It has a more uniform structure than conventionally produced high-speed steels. It has good response to heat treatment, grinds easily, possesses improved wear resistance and toughness. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and compressive strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on heat treating. Filing Code: TS-504. Producer or source: Carpenter.

LESCO M-4 PM high-speed tool steel is a special purpose grade of the molybdenum-tungsten family. Abrasion and wear resistance are enhanced by the increased carbon and vanadium content. It is produced by the powder metallurgy process with resultant better grindability, toughness and improved microstructure as compared with conventional wrought M-4 steel. Sulfide additives enhance machinability. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, microstructure, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-500. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Company.

CPM REX M3HCHS is produced by the Crucible Particle Metallurgy process. Structurally it is characterized by its fine and uniform carbide and sulfide particle size. The control of manganese sulfide particle size and distribution permits increasing the sulfur content to at least double that found in resulfurized conventionally ingot-cast AISI Type M3-Type 2 thereby improving machinability and grindability without sacrifice of tool toughness. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-474. Producer or source: Crucible Specialty Metals Division, Colt Industries.

MOLITE 4 is a high-carbon, high-vanadium, tungsten-molybdenum high-speed steel that approaches the ultimate in wear resistance for high-speed steels in this group. The advantages in using this steel comprise (1) Very high wear resistance, (2) High red hardness, (3) Good toughnes and (4) Moderate grindability. Among its many uses are punches and dies for blanking and forming thin sheet, milling cutters, twist drills, reamers, forming rolls, cold-extrusion punches and draw 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-447. Producer or source: Columbia Tool Steel Company.

REX M42 is a high-speed steel that can be heat treated to 68 Rockwell C hardness. Its higher hardness makes it outstanding for special-cutting tools with requirements beyond the capability of general-purpose high-speed steels. CPM REX M42, produced by the Crucible Particle Metallurgy Process, is an improved quality product with homogeneous macro and micro sections exhibiting a finer grain size, better toughness and superior grindability in the heat-treated condition than conventionally produced M42. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-438. Producer or source: Crucible Specialty Metals Division, Colt Industries.

STORA ASP 30 is a high hardenability tungsten-molybdenum alloyed high-speed steel with high cobalt content. It is recommended for cutting tools for hard-to-machine material and high cutting speeds. It has excellent wear resistance, toughness, hot hardness and resistance to tempering. The excellent size stability and good grindability of ASP 30 make it very suitable for tools with a complicated shape. 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-338. Producer or source: Stora Kopparberg, Special Steels Division.

STORA ASP 23 high-speed tool steel offers very good abrasion resistance and resistance to softening at elevated temperatures. The excellent size stability and good grindability of this steel make it highly suitable for tools of complicated shape, such as hobs, broaches and threading dies. The high combination of wear resistance, tensile properties and toughness make ASP 23 suitable also for cold-work tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-334. Producer or source: Stora Kopparberg, Special Steels Division.

METCO 447 is a nickel-aluminum-molybdenum powder developed to produce self-bonding, low-shrink, moderately hard coatings. It is recommended for resistance to wear and particle erosion, and for the buildup and salvage of both machinable and grindable carbon steels. It is applied in a one-step, single-coat buildup generally by ThermoSpray, but it may be applied by plasma spraying. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as machining, surface treatment, and powder metal forms. Filing Code: Ni-225. Producer or source: Metco Inc..

REX M2 is a tungsten-molybdenum high-speed steel offering outstanding performance in all operations where a general-purpose high-speed steel is required. CPM REX M2, produced by the Crucible Particle Metallurgy Process, is an improved-quality product with greater hardness or finer grain size (depending on hardening temperature), better toughness and better grindability than the conventionally produced REX M2. Other characteristics and properties of the two products are very similar (See General Characteristics for more details). 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-293. Producer or source: Crucible Specialty Metals Division, Colt Industries.

ELECTRITE TATMO is a molybdenum type high-speed steel and is recommended as a general purpose tool steel. It has good toughness and excellent grindability along with a relatively low cost. These factors make it an economic and efficient member of the high-speed family of tool steels. 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 joining. Filing Code: TS-268. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Company.