CYCLOPS L6 is an oil-hardening tool steel recommended for any tool-steel application requiring relatively great toughness, or where intricate shapes preclude the use of water-hardening steels. It is also recommended for machine parts and other components that require an excellent combination of hardness, wear resistance, compressive strength and toughness. Typical applications include dies of various types, arbors, punches, pinions, shear blades and clutch parts. 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-375. Producer or source: Cyclops Corporation.

CYCLOPS N-9 is a chromium-nickel oil hardening steel with high toughness and fatigue 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: TS-71. Producer or source: Cyclops Corporation.

CYCLOPS L2 is the tool steel counterpart of one of the widely used chromium-vanadium low-alloy steels. It exhibits exceptional strength, toughness and resistance to fatigue; it may be used where these characteristics are more important than extreme hardness. Cyclops L2 has only modest hardenability but it has good resistance to abrasion and wear in the hardened condition. 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: TS-325. Producer or source: Cyclops Corporation.

AISI Type L6 is recommended for tools, dies and machine parts which must develop a rather high degree of hardness, wear resistance and compressive strength combined with toughness. This datasheet provides information on composition, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-232. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

CYCLOPS M4 is a deep-hardening steel that was developed to utilize the excellent abrasion resistance that results from higher-than-normal carbon and vanadium contents in the molybdenum-tungsten family of high-speed steels. It is recommended for heavy-duty cutting operations and for sharp edges for fine cuts. Cyclops M4 should always be used at or near maximum hardness. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-335. Producer or source: Cyclops Corporation.

CYCLOPS S2 is a high-silicon, shock-resisting tool steel with extreme toughness. It has good ductility and toughness at high strength levels, and gives excellent service in those applications where shock and impact are major factors. 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-328. Producer or source: Cyclops Corporation.

Lo-Air is a high-carbon alloy steel having air hardening characteristics. It is a deep hardening steel producing a combination of high strength, toughness and wear resistance. It is recommended for precision tools and heavy duty blanking and forming dies. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, tensile properties, and bend strength as well as fracture toughness and fatigue. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-154. Producer or source: Cyclops Corporation.

UNITEMP-14MV is a silicon-chromium-molybdenum-vanadium alloy steel having high resistance to thermal cracking and heat checking, even in a highly hardened condition, and also has good shock resistance at high hardness levels. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness and creep. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SA-106. Producer or source: Cyclops Corporation.

SUPER-MOTUNG, a molybdenum type of high-speed steel containing cobalt, possesses a combination of cutting and toughness properties superior to many grades of high-speed steels. This datasheet provides information on composition and hardness as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-9. Producer or source: Cyclops Corporation. Originally published July 1953, revised February 1960.

NIKRO-M is a tough, deep-hardening tool steel suitable for general purpose shock resisting applications. This datasheet provides information on composition, hardness, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness, and deformation. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-87. Producer or source: Vanadium-Alloys Steel Company.

Alfenol is an unoriented 12% to 16% aluminum-iron alloy which has high electrical resistivity and low eddy current losses. It is furnished in the 12% aluminum and in the 16% aluminum grades. The recommended uses are for relays, gyro mechanisms, servo-mechanisms and toroid tape cores. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on heat treating. Filing Code: Fe-38. Producer or source: Carpenter.

CARPENTER K-W is a water-hardening tool steel of the fast finishing type. This datasheet provides information on composition and hardness as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-79. Producer or source: Carpenter.

CHW is a high tungsten hot work steel having highest hardness and good wear resistance. This datasheet provides information on composition, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-81. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Corporation.

Hotform V is a medium-carbon, 5% chromium hot work tool and die steel having improved wear resistance and hot hardness at elevated temperatures. 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-113. Producer or source: Vanadium Alloys Steel Company.

ZIRCALOY-2 is a zirconium alloy recommended as a structural material for heat transfer in nuclear reactors. Its use is limited to 750 F operation. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, microstructure, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness and creep. It also includes information on low and high temperature performance, and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: Zr-3. Producer or source: Carborundum Metals Company.