ALX is a composition of nonferrous materials with a cobalt base containing chromium, tungsten and carbon. This alloy is commonly supplied in the cast-to-shape form, having an as-cast hardness of Rockwell C60-62 and requiring no further heat treatment. ALX is also supplied as cast tool bit material and is useful where conventional high-speed steels or carbides do not function effectively. 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 casting, forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: Co-35. Producer or source: Allegheny Ludlum Corporation.

HAYNES STELLITE No. 19 is a cobalt-base cutting tool alloy having high resistance to severe shock and excellent red-hardness. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and compressive strength as well as fracture toughness and creep. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as machining. Filing Code: Co-13. Producer or source: Haynes Stellite Company.

HAYNES STELLITE 98M2 Alloy is a cobalt-base alloy having higher compressive strength and higher hardness than all the other cobalt-base alloys at room temperature and in the red heat range. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and compressive strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Co-22. Producer or source: Haynes Stellite Company.

RED CUT SUPERIOR is a high-speed steel of the 18% tungsten-4% chromium-1% vanadium type. Many consider it to be the best type of high-speed steel for general purposes. It is comparatively easy to fabricate and simple to heat treat. It has a minimum tendency to decarburize and an excellent combination of cutting ability and toughness. Its many uses include drills, reamers, milling cutters, lathe tools, punches, dies and springs for use at elevated temperature. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, tensile properties, and compressive strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-355. Producer or source: Teledyne Vasco.

RED CUT COBALT steel is made by adding 5% cobalt to the conventional 18% tungsten -4% chromium-1% vanadium high-speed steel. Cobalt increases hot or red hardness and thus enables the tool to maintain a higher hardness at elevated temperatures. This steel is best adapted for hogging cuts or where the temperature of the cutting point of the tool in increased greatly. It is well adapted for tools to be used for reaming cast-iron engine cylinders, turning alloy steel or cast iron and cutting nonferrous alloys at high speeds. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-367. Producer or source: Teledyne Vasco.

RED CUT SUPERIOR J is a tungsten-type of hot-work tool and die steel; in fact, it is the 18 tungsten-4 chromium-1 vanadium high-speed composition with carbon lowered to provide more toughness. It is characterized by high red hardness and good resistance to abrasion. It is recommended for applichations in which hardness must be maintained at elevated temperatures. 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-410. Producer or source: Teledyne Vasco.

Thyrapid 3343 is a standard high-speed steel grade with balanced alloy composition, high toughness, good cutting power, and consequently versatile applications. Thyssen Thyrapid 3343 is suitable for all metal-cutting tools for roughing or finishing, such as twist drills, milling cutters of all types, taps, cutting tools, broaches, reamers, countersinks, chasens, segments for circular saws, shaping tools, and woodworking tools. This datasheet provides information on composition and physical properties. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-560. Producer or source: Thyssen Specialty Steels Inc.

A1 Tech LMW is a molybdenum type of high-speed containing molybdenum and tungsten in the approximate ratio of 4 to 1. It is outstanding in high-speed cutting tool applications because of its machinability, toughness and good cutting qualities. It is used for numerous types of cutting tools such as twist drills, reamers, milling cutters, gears cutters, broaches, lathe tools and wood-working tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and compressive strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-383. Producer or source: AL Tech Specialty Steel Corporation.

VASCO 8-N-2 is a molybdenum high-speed steel containing a low percentage of tungsten. It can be used successfully for a variety of cutting tools; in fact, it is a general-purpose high-speed steel. Its composition represents the first molybdenum high-speed steel to be manufactured and find practical use in the field of cutting tools. Its many uses include drills, milling cutters, lathe tools, blanking dies and special shear blades. 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-351. Producer or source: Teledyne Vasco.

AL Tech LMW-V is a molybdenum-type high-speed steel used extensively by domestic cutting-tool makers. It was designed to offer increased wear resistance while retaining the toughness characteristic of molybdenum-type high-speed steels. It is suitable for a wide variety of cutting-tool applications where improved resistance to abrasion is desired. Typical applications include twist dri milling cutters. 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-353. Producer or source: AL Tech Specialty Steel Corporation.

TATMO V-N is an AISI Type M7 high-speed steel modified by alloy balancing and a nitrogen addition to develop superior hardness response in heat treatment. It is an excellent grade for many cutting-tool applications requiring an optimum balance of red hardness, edge toughness and wear resistance, such as drills, taps, end mills, reamers and milling cutters. Its combination of outstanding properties and high hardness makes Tatmo V-N a logical alternate for cobalt high-speed steels in many cutting-tool applications. 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-452. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Company.

MAXITE is a tungsten-cobalt-vanadium high-speed tool steel. It is best used when maximum chip removal with single-point cutting tools is of primary importance. Tools made from Maxite will cut tough and hard materials such as stainless steels and hardened alloy steels with relative ease. It is excellent for cutting weld flashings and gritty, scaly hard castings. Among its many applications are drills, lathe tools, planer tools, cutoff tools and roll-turning tools. This datasheet provides information on composition and hardness. It also includes information on wear resistance as well as forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-461. Producer or source: Columbia Tool Steel Company.

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.

AISI Type M30 is a high-speed tool steel containing 8% molybdenum and 5% cobalt. It provides long life in machining difficult-to-cut metals, such as heat-resisting alloys and superalloys, and is recommended for cutting tools requiring a good combination of suitable toughness with optimum cutting qualities. 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-247. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

VASCO M-30 is a high-speed tool steel containing nominally 8.70% molybdenum and 4.75% cobalt. It provides long life in machining difficult-to-cut metals, such as heat-resisting alloys and super-alloys. It is recommended for cutting tools requiring a good combination of suitable toughness with optimum cutting qualities. Typical applications of VASCO M-30 comprise milling cutters, broaches, drills, hobs, turning tools and dies. 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-418. Producer or source: Teledyne Vasco.

AISI Type O7 is a high-carbon, low-alloy tools designed for many types of cold-work cutting tools where the high-alloy, high-speed steels are not required. It has moderate hardenability, develops high hardness, holds a keen cutting edge and has excellent resistance to abrasion. Type O7 is used for a wide range of cold-working tools such as broaches, blanking dies, punches, thread-rolling dies, paper knives and wood-working 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-404. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

AISI Type M7 is a molybdenum type of high-speed steel. It is somewhat similar to AISI Type M1 tool steel but with higher percentages of carbon and vanadium to provide an improvement over AISI Type M1 in cutting characteristics without a significant loss in toughness. It is suitable for a wide variety of cutting-tool applications where improved resistance to abrasion is required. The many uses of Type M7 include twist drills, end mills, shear blades, punches, milling cutters, lathe tools, taps and reamers. 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 surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-483. Producer or source: Tool steel mills. See also Alloy Digest TS-468, January 1987.

UNS No. T11310 is the high vanadium type of molybdenum high-speed steel. It is a deep-hardening steel and offers high cutting ability and excellent finishing properties. It is a general-purpose steel for cutting tools and is used in such applications as taps, lathe tools and reamers. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-490. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

AISI Type M10 is the high vanadium type of molybdenum high-speed steel. It is a deep-hardening steel and offers high cutting ability and excellent finishing properties. It is a general-purpose steel for cutting tools and is used in such applications as taps, lathe tools and reamers. 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, heat treating, machining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-321. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

GUTERL M-7 is a molybdenum type of high-speed steel. It is somewhat similar to AISI Type M1 tool steel but with higher percentages of carbon and vanadium to provide an improvement over M1 in cutting characteristics without a significant loss in toughness. It is used widely for cutting-tool applications that require improved resistance to abrasion. Its many uses include reamers, twist drills, taps, lathe tools, end mills and punches. 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-370. Producer or source: Guterl Special Steel Corporation.