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.

BUSTER ALLOY 60 is a widely accepted tungsten shock-resisting tool steel. Its performance is unequalled in most shock and impact tools used under very demanding conditions. It is deep hardening and combines this quality with excellent wear resistance and good toughness. Buster Alloy 60 will withstand repeated heating to 700-800 F, when used in lower temperature hot-work applications. Among its many uses are shear blades, hand chisels, pneumatic tools, coining dies, hot-heading dies, forging dies and machine parts. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-455. Producer or source: Columbia Tool Steel Company.

AL TECH CHEROKEE is a high-carbon, high-chromium die steel containing nominally 3.25% cobalt. The cobalt provides effective resistance to galling and pickup as well as improved hot hardness. The cobalt enables this steel to perform exceptionally well on both extended cold-work and moderate hot-work applications. Another feature of this versatile die steel is its outstanding secondary hardness associated with remarkable tempering resistance up to 900 F. Typical applications comprise blanking dies, swaging dies, hot and cold-piercing punches, forming rolls, shear blades and coining dies. 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-465. Producer or source: AL Tech Specialty Steel Corporation.

AL TECH APACHE is an air-hardening, cold-work die steel that exhibits less distortion during heat treatment than water or oil-hardening steels and most high-alloy, air-hardening die steels. Its low-distortion characteristic makes it particulary attractive for applications where close size tolerance is important, such as master hubs, trim dies, molds for plastics, bending tools, notching dies and coining dies. 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-472. Producer or source: AL Tech Specialty Steel Corporation.

Double Six Super is a high-carbon high-chromium air hardening tool steel having excellent non-deforming characteristics. It is recommended for blanking and thread rolling dies, drawing and coining dies, gauges and mandrels. This datasheet provides information on composition, hardness, tensile properties, and compressive strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-205. Producer or source: Edgar Allen & Company Ltd, Imperial Steel Works.

WINDSOR is a medium-alloy, air-hardening tool steel possessing superior abrasion resistance for long service life. Its inherent wearability and toughness make it particularly adaptable for use in dies and punches in extended production runs. It also has excellent nondeforming characteristics. Its many applications include blanking dies, coining, cold shears 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-385. Producer or source: Jessop Steel Company.

ULTIMO-6 is a chromium-nickel-molybdenum tool and die steel applicable where resistance to shock is important and where water cooling may be utilized with safety. It is particularly adapted to large dies where first cost is a major consideration. This datasheet provides information on composition and hardness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-31. Producer or source: Atlas Steels Company.

Nitro-Die is a tough nickel-chromium-molybdenum-vanadium-nitrogen alloy with good high-temperature physical properties. The alloy is enhanced with micro-additions. This datasheet provides information on composition and hardness. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-556. Producer or source: A. Finkl & Sons Company.

THYRODUR 2363 is an air-hardening tool steel with 5% chromium. This datasheet provides information on composition and physical properties. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-526. Producer or source: Thyssen Specialty Steels Inc.

A9 is a medium-alloy, air-hardening type cold work tool steel. It exhibits a high resistance to softening at elevated temperatures. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-531. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

Whitebear is an 8% Cr, cold work tool steel with lower carbon than similar grades, which improves the impact toughness. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and elasticity. It also includes information on wear resistance as well as heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-652. Producer or source: Timken Latrobe Steel.

D5 is a high-carbon high-chromium cold work steel that exhibits high resistance to softening at temperatures. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-532. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

Lescowear is a medium-chromium-containing air-hardening cold-work tool steel. It is a versatile alloy with a combination of toughness and wear resistance. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on wear resistance as well as forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-623. Producer or source: Timken Latrobe Steel.

Carpenter Micro-Melt CD#1 alloy is a powder metallurgically processed, shock-resistant, cold-work die steel with excellent polishability. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on heat treating. Filing Code: TS-593. Producer or source: Carpenter.

Cryodur 2379 is a tool steel developed for wear resistance. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on high temperature performance and wear resistance as well as heat treating and joining. Filing Code: TS-750. Producer or source: Deutsche Edelstahlwerke.

VAIRLOY is a manganese-chromium-molybdenum tool and die steel capable of being air-hardened at low temperatures with minimum distortion and deformation. It is strong, tough and wear resistant. This datasheet provides information on composition and hardness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-6. Producer or source: Vulcan Crucible Steel Company.

DURODI is a hot-work die steel with relatively high percentages of nickel, chromium, molybdenum, and silicon for good abrasion and heat resistance. This datasheet provides information on composition, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on heat treating and joining. Filing Code: TS-555. Producer or source: A. Finkl & Sons Company.

THERMOLD J is the basic 5% chromium hot-work steel, modified by the addition of 1.5% nickel and higher carbon content. The nickel addition is intended to increase the toughness to compensate for the higher carbon. The exceptional properties of Thermold J have led to wide usage in both hot and cold-work applications. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-330. Producer or source: Cyclops Corporation.

VASCO DIE was developed to provide a highly wear-resitant, air-hardening die steel for long production runs or applications where good toughness is a primary requirement. 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, machining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-271. Producer or source: Teledyne Vasco.

CRU-WEAR is an air hardening tool steel with wear resistance greater than D2 and toughness approaching A2. Applications include blades, punches and dies. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and elasticity. It also includes information on heat treating and joining. Filing Code: TS-592. Producer or source: Crucible.