AISI No. 660 is a heat-resistant iron-chromium-nickel alloy recommended for applications requiring high strength and good resistance to corrosion at temperatures up to 1300 F and for lower stresses at higher temperatures. This age-hardenable stainless steel has high resistance to oxidation in continuous service to 1500 F and in intermittent service to 1800 F. Its many high-temperature applications include jet-engine turbine wheels and blades, bolting and afterburner parts. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as creep and fatigue. It also includes information on low and high temperature performance, and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SS-382. Producer or source: Stainless steel mills.

ALLEGHENY A-286 is an austenitic iron-nickel-chromium alloy designed for service up to 1300 F where high strength and corrosion resistance are required, and for service at higher temperatures where the applications are for lower stresses. It is an age-hardenable alloy. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness, creep, and fatigue. It also includes information on low and high temperature performance, and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SS-4. Producer or source: Allegheny Ludlum Corporation. Originally published December 1952, revised September 1966.

Crucible A-286 is an age-hardenable austenitic Fe-Ni-Cr alloy designed for service up to 704 deg C (1300 deg F) on jobs requiring high strength and good corrosion resistance at the operating temperature. The alloy offers high ductility in notched sections. Crucible A-286 is used in jet engines and superchargers for various high-temperature components and is one of the few age-hardenable alloys used for bolting in the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties as well as creep. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SS-851. Producer or source: Crucible Specialty Metals.

PYROMET A-286 is an age-hardenable austenitic iron-nickel-chromium alloy designed for service up to 1300 F (704 C) on jobs requiring high strength and good corrosion resistance at the operating temperature. It offers high ductility in notched sections. Pyromet A-286 is used in jet engines and superchargers for various high-temperature components. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness and creep. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SS-340. Producer or source: Carpenter.

AISI 9840 is a nickel-chromium-molybdenum steel very similar to AISI 4340 with lower nickel and slightly higher manganese. In the heat treated condition it has good combination of strength, fatigue resistance, toughness and wear resistance. 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 joining. Filing Code: SA-55. Producer or source: Alloy steel mills and foundries.

Creusabro 4000 is a high wear-resistant steel exhibiting a 30% increase in life versus a 400 HB water quenched steel. This datasheet provides information on composition, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on wear resistance as well as forming, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SA-660. Producer or source: Industeel USA, LLC.

DRX is similar to AISI S7. It has a higher carbon content and is alloyed with 3.25% Cr and 1.4% Mo for emphasis on good wear resistance. DRX is typically used for inserts or smaller molds in applications requiring high production volume, or molds subjected to high-wear condition. It is supplied in the annealed condition and typically heat treated to a hardness of 45 HRC or greater after machining. This datasheet provides information on composition and hardness. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as forming and heat treating. Filing Code: TS-624. Producer or source: A. Finkl & Sons Company.

Creusabro 4800 is a high-performance wear-resistant steel exhibiting better resistance than other quenched steels with a hardness of 400 HB. This 4800 alloy uses a combination of fine distribution of microcarbides and an efficient work hardening in service to achieve wear resistance. This datasheet provides information on composition, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on high temperature performance and wear resistance as well as forming, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SA-579. Producer or source: Industeel USA, LLC.

Thyrodur 2550 is a cold-work steel with very good toughness. It is dimensionally stable, impact-resistant, and has a high hardening capacity. It is similar to AISI S1. A typical application is as cold shear knives. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on forming and heat treating. Filing Code: TS-649. Producer or source: Schmolz + Bickenbach USA Inc.

AISI Type T5 is a tungsten high-speed steel to which cobalt (8.9%) is added to provide high and unusual red hardness. It is particularly well adapted for heavy-duty cutting and high-production cutting tools. Because of its high red hardness, a cutting edge can be maintained under conditions of speed, feed and depth of cut that would not be possible with ordinary high-speed steels. Typical applications of AISI Type T5 are lathe and planer tools, reamers, milling cutters and twist drills for heavy-duty cutting. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-389. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

UGIMA NSU and UGIMA 303 are the same grades designated differently for the European and North American markets, respectively. They are resulfurized grades with calcium added. Carefully controlled steelmaking results in a composition with oxides that have a low melting point and produce a lubricating effect during machining. Gains in the cutting conditions of 25 to 50% are typical on computer numerical control (CNC) lathe or classical machine work. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SS-709. Producer or source: Ugine-Savoie. Originally published March 1998, revised September 1998.

Sandvik 13RM19 combines high mechanical strength with a nonmagnetic structure. This combination of properties has previously been found mainly in Co-Ni-base or Cu-Be alloys. The steel has very good corrosion resistance comparable to that of AISI Type 302. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, elasticity, tensile properties, and shear and bend strength It also includes information on low temperature performance as well as forming, heat treating, and joining. Filing Code: SS-935. Producer or source: Sandvik Steel Company.

IMPAX WELD COATED ELECTRODE and IMPAX TIG-WELD TIG FILLER ROD give a deposited weld metal almost identical in composition to IMPAX SUPREME parent metal. Both the electrode and the filler rod are also suitable for welding standard AISI P20 tool steel grades and Uddeholm Holder grades. Composed to be compatible with Uddeholm Mold Steel Impax Supreme, Alloy Digest TS-497, March 1989. This datasheet provides information on composition, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on joining. Filing Code: TS-505. Producer or source: Uddeholm Corporation.

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.

ORVAR SUPREME is a chromium-molybdenum-vanadium alloyed steel. Special processing techniques and close control are responsible for its high purity and very fine structure. It has improved isotropic properties. 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-493. Producer or source: Uddeholm Corporation.

AISI 3135 is a nickel-chromium steel of the oil-hardening type. It has good hardenability and good toughness. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on low temperature performance as well as heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SA-52. Producer or source: Alloy steel mills and foundries.

Stavax Supreme is a stainless tool steel produced by special melting techniques. The alloy has excellent polishability, isotropic mechanical properties, a unique composition, and excellent corrosion resistance. This datasheet provides information on physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SS-909. Producer or source: Böhler Edelstahl GMBH, Böhler-Uddeholm N. America.

UGIMA 4307 (also known as UGIMA 304L) is an austenitic stainless steel produced by special steelmaking techniques that produce a steel with inclusions of malleable oxides, a low melting point, and a controlled composition. The presence of the inclusions lubricates the metal-tool interface during high-speed cutting. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and elasticity. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SS-722. Producer or source: Ugine-Savoie. Originally published June 1998, corrected November 1998.

CARPENTER 883 PLUS is a 5% Chromium hot work die steel designed for applications requiring both toughness and good red-hardness. It achieves this with higher purity, homogeneity and greater structural integrity than standard AISI type H13. 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, and machining. Filing Code: TS-529. Producer or source: Carpenter. See also Alloy Digest TS-469, January 1987.

UGIMA 4401 (UGIMA 316) is identical to UGINE 4401 (AISI 316) in analysis, corrosion resistance, mechanical properties, and forging and welding abilities but dissimilar in machinability. A specific melting process creates inclusions (malleable oxides with a low melting point), which improve machinability by 20-30% compared with an AISI 316 (1.4401) stainless steel. This datasheet provides information on composition and physical properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SS-734. Producer or source: Ugine-Savoie.