CARPENTER VIM-VAR M-50 Bearing Steel is produced by vacuum induction melting and vacuum arc remelting. The alloy's high degree of cleanliness enables it to be finished to a high luster. 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 and heat treating. Filing Code: TS-360. Producer or source: Carpenter. Originally published as Carpenter M-50, April 1980, revised July 1991.

NM-100 STEEL is a wrought, highly alloyed martensitic steel having excellent wear and corrosion resistance at temperatures up to 1100 F. It is recommended for high temperature bearings and bushings. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and compressive strength. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SA-231. Producer or source: Whittaker Corporation, Nuclear Metals Division.

Ovako 100Cr6 comprises a group of through-hardening bearing steels with modification to improve machining, cold forming, and cleanliness for better fatigue strength. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on casting, forming, and heat treating. Filing Code: SA-582. Producer or source: Ovako North America Inc.

Ovako 157 is a case-hardened steel in three versions for bearing and transmission applications. This datasheet provides information on composition and hardness. It also includes information on casting, forming, and heat treating. Filing Code: SA-583. Producer or source: Ovako North America Inc.

OvaX 800 is a through-hardening steel for bearing and transmission applications. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and shear strength. It also includes information on casting, forming, and machining. Filing Code: SA-596. Producer or source: Ovako North America Inc.

OvaX 600 is an ingot cast through-hardening steel that is specially designed for air hardening or gas quenching and for applications requiring isotropic properties and very high cleanliness levels. This datasheet provides information on composition, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on casting, forming, and heat treating. Filing Code: SA-604. Producer or source: Ovako North America Inc.

AISI E52100 is a high-carbon, chromium alloy steel of the water hardening type. It has great depth hardenability and high wear resistance. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: SA-16. Producer or source: Alloy steel mills and foundries.

TIMKEN TBS-9 is a high-carbon, chromium-molybdenum ball-bearing steel that combines high hardenability and low cost. It was designed with metallurgical properties virtually equivalent to those of AISI 52100. TBS-9 is less expensive than the 52100 grade because annealing is simplified. It is produced to the same quality requirements as the 52100 steel. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity as well as fatigue. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: SA-363. Producer or source: Timken Company Steel Divison.

CARPENTER CRB-7 is a corrosion-resistant, wear-resistant and secondary-hardening steel for high-temperature bearings. It has high quenched-and-tempered hardness and maintains high hardness at elevated temperatures. CRB-7 is a martensitic type of stainless steel. 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: SS-370. Producer or source: Carpenter.

NUCLEAR METALS NM-100 is a highly alloyed martensitic steel characterized by excellent resistance to wear and corrosion at temperatures up to 1100 F. It is a powder-metallurgy (P-M) product with a fully dense, wrought structure made possible by a process that includes hot extrusion of canned, pre-alloyed powder. It is used for high-temperature components such as bearings and bushings. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, microstructure, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SA-369. Producer or source: Nuclear Metals Inc..

CARPENTER VIM-VAR 52100 is a high-carbon steel containing nominally 1.40% chromium. It is produced by vacuum-induction melting (VIM), followed by vacuum-arc remelting (VAR) to meet the exacting demands of bearing manufacturers for a clean steel of uniform microstructure. It is deep hardening and has high resistance to wear. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: SA-412. Producer or source: Carpenter.

LESCALLOY BG42 VIM-VAR is a martensitic stainless high-speed steel that combines the temper resistance and hot hardness characteristics of M-50 high-speed steel with the corrosion resistance of AISI Type 440C stainless steel. (See also LESCALLOY BG42, Alloy Digest SS-280, October 1972.) This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SS-179. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Company. Originally published as Lesco BG42, March 1966, revised February 1992. See also Alloy Digest SS-356, October 1978.

Ferrium CS62 is a stainless steel targeted to match the surface properties of standard nonstainless gear steels, while maintaining superior core strength, toughness, and corrosion resistance to 440C steel. This datasheet provides information on composition as well as fatigue. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as heat treating. Filing Code: SS-741. Producer or source: QuesTek Innovations, LLC.

STROLOY 503-A is a through-hardening steel developed for bearing races. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SA-281. Producer or source: Babcock & Wilcox Company. See also Alloy Digest SA-406, February 1985.

Regent Vac-Arc is a deep hardening alloy steel used in high performance aircraft bearings and other high load applications where premium quality steel is required. This grade is produced by the vacuum consumable electrode melting process and offers greatly improved cleanliness and internal soundness over conventionally air melted bearing quality SAE 52100. 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: SA-188. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Company.

Vasco Momarc CVM is a modification of AISI 52100 steel where the manganese has been replaced by molybdenum to provide the desirable hardenability. It is more resistant to tempering than 52100 which makes it ideal for bearing applications. 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: SA-192. Producer or source: Vanadium Alloys Steel Company.

VASCO VANADIUM TYPE BB is a high carbon, chromium-vanadium alloy steel of the water-hardening or oil-hardening type having high wear resistance combined with toughness. It has good depth hardenability for a water-hardening steel. 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-128. Producer or source: Vanadium Alloys Steel Corporation.

TBS-1000 is a high carbon alloy steel developed for continuous operation up to 900 F and up to 1000 F for short periods. It is recommended for bearing applications at elevated temperatures and for certain high temperature tooling applications. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, microstructure, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SA-148. Producer or source: Timken Roller Bearing Company.

GearMet C61 is targeted as an attractive alternative to current gear materials in applications where component redesign is not feasible but where higher core strength and toughness are required. GearMet C61 has surface wear properties and fatigue properties similar to those found in current commercial alloys, and it possesses superior core hardness and toughness. This datasheet provides information on composition, microstructure, and hardness as well as fracture toughness and fatigue. It also includes information on heat treating. Filing Code: SA-497. Producer or source: QuesTek Innovations, LLC.

CBS-50NiL VIM-VAR is produced by vacuum induction melting followed by Vac-Are remelting. It meets high cleanliness standards. It is a low carbon, nickel added variant of AISI M50 (see Alloy Digest TS-415, July 1983). High core fracture toughness is its primary advantage over the non-carburizing M50 VIM-VAR. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming and heat treating. Filing Code: SA-462. Producer or source: Lauobe Steel Company. “Originally published October 1991, revised January 1992, revised March 1992.”