SUPERDIE is a superior oil-hardening cold-work die steel of the high-carbon, high-chromium type. It has outstanding wear resistance combined with high hardenability and exceptional size stability. SUPERDIE is especially suited for tools and dies where dimensional limits are close, and high strength and long runs between grinds are necessary. Among its many applications are blanking dies, burnishing tools, beading rolls, lathe centers, plug gages, spinning tools, slitters 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-482. Producer or source: Columbia Tool Steel Company.

GUTERL D-7 is a high-carbon, high-chromium, high-vanadium tool and die steel. It is air hardening and therefore offers an extremely high degree of dimensional stability in heat treatment. In the hardened condition it has extremely high resistance to abrasion and wear. Its many applications include blanking and cold-drawing dies, punches, burnishing tools, slitter knives and gages. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-361. Producer or source: Guterl Special Steel Corporation.

GUTERL A-2 is a high-hardenability cold-work tool and die steel with excellent non-deforming properties. It is air hardening and therefore exhibits a high degree of dimensional stability in heat treatment. It is recommended where the application requires a good combination of machinability, wear resistance and toughness. Among the many uses of Guterl A-2 are shear blades, blanking and forming dies, punches and burnishing tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-364. Producer or source: Guterl Special Steel Corporation.

ATMODIE 4 is an air-hardening steel containing high percentages of carbon and chromium. It possesses exceptional wear resistance which makes it ideally suited to long-run production requirements. Its strength is very high and its toughness is good when properly heat treated. Its wide range of applications includes can dies, coining dies, extrusion dies, slitters, roofing knives, burnishing tools 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-451. Producer or source: Columbia Tool Steel Company.

VANADIUM Type H 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 when water hardened. It is recommended for punches, dies, cutters, burnishing tools, caulking tools and similar cold work 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: TS-176. Producer or source: Vanadium Alloys Steel Company.

FAGERSTA M-2 is a widely used molybdenum-base high-speed steel. It is suitable for all general-purpose cutting-tool applications and it has an excellent combination of toughness and wear resistance. Its many applications include boring tools, chisels, lathe tools and shear blades. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-337. Producer or source: Fagersta Steels Inc..

FAGERSTA D-950 is a high-speed steel that combines economic considerations in a properly balanced chemical analysis. An optimum carbon-vanadium ratio provides a high attainable hardness along with good mechanical properties. Its wide hardening range and excellent response to secondary hardening is rather unique and can offer some advantages in heat treatment. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-307. Producer or source: Fagersta Steels Inc..

HYCC is a high-carbon high-chromium tool steel having high wear and abrasion resistance combined with non-deforming characteristics. It is particularly adaptable for blanking dies 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-132. Producer or source: Crucible Steel Company of America.

GRAPH-TUNG is a water or brine hardening graphitic steel recommended for the most extreme abrasive applications. 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-39. Producer or source: Timken Roller Bearing Company.

ATMODIE is a high-carbon, high-chromium, air-hardening tool steel. It has a unique combination of hardness, toughness and non-deforming qualities. Its hardenability is high enough to develop full hardness through large sections; this makes it outstanding as the heavy-duty die and cold-forming tool steel, excellent for blanking heavy sheet and plate. ATMODIE is particularly useful for long-run tools and dies requiring close dimensional accuracy in hardening. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-470. Producer or source: Columbia Tool Steel Company.

JESSOP CNSI is a high-carbon, high-chromium tool steel possessing outstanding resistance to wear. It air hardens with a minimum amount of distortion; it also may be oil hardened. Its analysis is balanced to give maximum hardness and toughness. It is recommended for general-purpose work where high wear resistance combined with shock resistance is needed. Its many applications include dies of many types, cutters, punches, brick molds, rolls, taps, knurls, forming tools and reamers. 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-366. Producer or source: Jessop Steel Company.

UNS No. T30402 is an air-hardening high-carbon, high-chromium cold-work die steel that offers excellent wear resistance. It is a deep-hardening steel but hardens with a minimum change in size and volume. Typical uses are cold-work dies, slitting cutters, shear blades and wood-working tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and bend strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-341. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

SELECT B is a fully uniform air-hardening die steel having abrasion resistance intermediate between Olympic (AISI Type D2) high-carbon, high-chromium die steel and Badger (AISI Type O1) oil-hardening die steel. SELECT B has excellent non-deforming, deep-hardening characteristics and good toughness. Its machinability is comparable to most oil-hardening tool steels. Among its many uses are cold blanking and forming dies, rolls, punches, gages and broaches. 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: TS-448. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Company.

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.

Carpenter No. 484FM is an air-hardening steel capable of hardening throughout in heavy sections. It is recommended for heavy duty tool and die service. 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-160. Producer or source: Carpenter.

AISI Type A7 is an air-hardening tool and die steel designed for extremely high resistance to abrasion. Its high carbon and high vanadium contribute to its high abrasion resistance; however, it should be restricted to applications where toughness is not a prime consideration. It can be austenitized, air cooled and tempered to very high hardness (as high as Rockwell C 65). Its numerous applications include brick-mold liners, knives, liners for sand and shot blasting machines, ceramic-tile liners, punches and hand tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-384. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

COBALTCROM is a cobalt, high-carbon, high-chromium tool and die steel. It is air-hardening and non-deforming. It is also known as PRK-33 COBALTCROM. 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-12. Producer or source: Darwin's Ltd. Originally published November 1953, revised February 1965.

Ultradie 3 is a high production tool and die steel of the high-carbon high-chromium type. It is deep hardening, non-deforming, and has high resistance to wear and compression. It is recommended for heavy duty tools and dies. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and compressive and bend strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-218. Producer or source: Cyclops Corporation.

CANNON-MUSKEGON A-2 is a high-carbon air-hardening cast tool steel with excellent non-deforming properties and abrasion resistance in the quenched and tempered condition. It has good machinability in the annealed condition. A higher silicon content is permissible in this cast steel than in AISI A2 (wrought) tool steel. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on casting, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-257. Producer or source: Cannon-Muskegon Corporation.

LEHIGH-L is a non-deforming high-carbon high-chromium tool and die steel having exceptionally high abrasion and shock resistance. This datasheet provides information on composition, hardness, and compressive strength 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-47. Producer or source: Bethlehem Steel Corporation.