MOLITE 4 is a high-carbon, high-vanadium, tungsten-molybdenum high-speed steel that approaches the ultimate in wear resistance for high-speed steels in this group. The advantages in using this steel comprise (1) Very high wear resistance, (2) High red hardness, (3) Good toughnes and (4) Moderate grindability. Among its many uses are punches and dies for blanking and forming thin sheet, milling cutters, twist drills, reamers, forming rolls, cold-extrusion punches and draw dies. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-447. Producer or source: Columbia Tool Steel Company.

GSN is an oil-hardening, high-carbon high-chromium die steel developed for high wear and abrasion resistance. It is outstanding among non-deforming oil-hardening steels, holding size almost as well as high-carbon high-chromium air-hardening die steels. It is used on specialized applications such as draw dies, forming rolls, powder-metal tooling and lamination dies. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-454. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Company.

NITRALLOY 225 is a special alloy steel which can be nitrided, that is, surface hardened, without final quenching, by the action of ammonia gas at relatively low temperatures. It is used for pump shafts, bearing bushings, connecting rods, press rolls, steam valves, sreel stamping dies. and hot work and wire drawing dies. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SA-48. Producer or source: Alloy steel mills and foundries.

AISI Type A10 is a high-carbon graphitic tool steel capable of developing high hardness and wear resistance. It is recommended for shear blades, blanking and forming dies, drawing dies and wear plates. 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-220. Producer or source: Timken Roller Bearing 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.

Truwear is a high-carbon high-chromium cold work tool steel having extremely high resistance to abrasion and wear. It is recommended for deep drawing dies, brick mold liners, valve seats, master gages, etc. 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-215. Producer or source: Jessop Steel Company.

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.

AMPCO 22 is a hard, low ductility aluminum bronze recommended for drawing and forming dies. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and compressive and shear strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as casting, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Cu-107. Producer or source: Ampco Metal Inc..

AISI Type O6 is a free-machining, oil-hardening tool steel designed for cold-work dies. Because about one-third of its carbon is present as graphite, it has excellent machinability and exceptional resistance to galling and seizing. It is primarily used on drawing, forming and shaping operations where its self-lubricating quality is advantageous. 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 surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-287. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

Carpenter 440-XH is an air-hardening corrosion-resistant chromium stainless steel with the high hardness of a D2 tool steel. Applications include cutlery and various dies for forming, drawing, and extruding. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, tensile properties, and compressive strength. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as heat treating and machining. Filing Code: SS-750. Producer or source: Carpenter Technology Corporation. Originally published July 1999, corrected May 2002.

AISI is a water-hardening tool steel that resists wear and abrasion from four to ten times longer than plain carbon tool steels. When hardened, it acquires a hard-slippery surface that is difficult to scratch. Its many uses for tools include dies for a variety of products, reamers and finishing tools. 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-298. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

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.

COLONIAL NO. 4 is a water-hardening, high carbon tool steel containing about 3 1/2% tungsten. This datasheet provides information on composition and hardness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-53. Producer or source: Vanadium-Alloys Steel Company.

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.

Dargraph is an oil-hardening, graphitic steel having excellent resistance to abrasive wear, galling, scuffing and scoring. It is recommended for drawing and forming dies, bushings, pneumatic hammers, wear plates, etc. This datasheet provides information on composition, hardness, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-216. Producer or source: Darwin & Milner Inc..

Bethlehem O-6 is a graphitic, oil-hardening tool steel recommended where optimum machinability is desired for forming, shaping and drawing tools and dies, and where its inherent self-lubricating effect is advantageous. 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-161. Producer or source: Bethlehem Steel Corporation.

FERRO-TIC CM is a machinable grade of cemented carbide which can be hardened by oil quenching after machining to shape. It is hardened to Rockwell C66-70 and exhibits excellent abrasion resistance. It is recommended for heavy cold heading or forming dies. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and compressive strength as well as creep. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-228. Producer or source: Chromalloy American Corporation, Sintercast Division.

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.

DOUBLE SEVEN is an air hardening high-carbon high-chromium tool and die steel having high hardness and wear resistance. It is recommended for shear blades, cold working tools, and heavy duty 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-124. Producer or source: Edgar Allen & Company Ltd, Imperial Steel Works.

AISI Type D7 is a high-carbon high-chromium cold-work tool steel containing vanadium (4.0%) and molybdenum (1.0%). Its carbon and vanadium form a vanadium carbide that provides wear resistance many times greater than that of AISI Type D3. Type D7 was developed for applications where extreme abrasive wear is needed. Its many applications include briquetting dies and punches, brick mold liners, pottery tools, broaches, meat-chopper plates and cold-extrusion dies. 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-371. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.