Daido DRM2 is a high-speed tool steel with both high hardness (62 HRC maximum) and toughness for improved life in dies. The alloy is a matrix type for warm and cold forging tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity as well as fatigue. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as heat treating. Filing Code: TS-618. Producer or source: International Mold Steel Inc., Daido Steel.

Böhler (or Boehler) W360 Isobloc is a hot work tool steel developed as a tool steel for dies and punches in warm and hot forging. The steel can be used for a variety of applications where hardness and toughness are required. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming and heat treating. Filing Code: TS-727. Producer or source: Böhler Edelstahl GmbH & Company KG.

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.

FIREDIE 9 is a chromium-molybdenum-cobalt hot-work steel. It has outstanding resistance to softening in elevated-temperature service; the cobalt gives this steel its superior heat resistance. Firedie 9 has excellent resistance to thermal shock; in fact, dies can be water cooled durin operation without fear of cracking. Among its many applications are forging dies, hot-extrusion mandrels, hot-shear blades, die-casting dies and hot 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-450. Producer or source: Columbia Tool Steel Company.

JET FORGE is a hot work die steel for forging high temperature alloys. It offers toughness and high wear resistance on high temperature applications involved in forging jet parts. 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-90. Producer or source: Vanadium Alloys 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.

VANITE is a high-carbon, high-vanadium modification of the 18W-4Cr-IV (AISI Type T1) high-speed tool steel. Its increased alloy content provides increases in cutting efficiency and wear resistance. Vanite is especially suitable for light cuts at high speeds that produce a fine surface finish. It will hold a keen cutting edge and because of this it is used primarily for broaches, reamers and finishing tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-458. Producer or source: Columbia Tool Steel Company.

MOLITE 42 is a molybdenum-type super high-speed steel. It has a well-balanced composition designed to give superior performance when used for difficult machining operations. It can be heat treated to a hardness level of Rockwell C 68-70 giving excellent red hardness while maintaining moderate toughness. MOLITE is especially recommended for tools used in the machining of high-strength steels, prehardened steels and exotic ferrous and nonferrous alloys such as are used in aircraft and missile work. It is also recommended for ordinary machining jobs requiring long production runs. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-487. Producer or source: Columbia Tool Steel Company.

VISCOUNT 20 is an air-hardening, 5% chromium hot-work steel with the same analysis as Latrobe's VDC except for the addition of carefully controlled and evenly dispersed alloy sulfides. These additives improve the machinability of the steel so that it is an excellent selection for a variety of hot-work applications where machinability is of primary importance. Its many uses include forging and heading dies, aluminum extrusion dies, mandrels and mold dies for plastics. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-446. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Company.

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.

FIREDIE 13 is the standard 5% chromium hot-work tool steel with increased vanadium for improved wear resistance and toughness. In addition, this steel possesses excellent hot-hardness properties. Its many applications include die-casting tools (for Al, Mg and Zn), extrusion tools (for Al and Mg), hot-heading dies, forging dies, hot punches and heavy shear blades. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-462. Producer or source: Columbia Tool Steel Company.

LUMDIE is a tungsten-chromium hot work steel recommended for die casting dies, forging and extrusion dies. It is an air hardening steel having high temperature properties and heat resistance. It is particularly suited for long run die casting dies, brass forging dies, and for various extrusion tools such as dummy blocks, dies, and mandrels. 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-194. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Company.

SUPER-MOTUNG, a molybdenum type of high-speed steel containing cobalt, possesses a combination of cutting and toughness properties superior to many grades of high-speed steels. 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-9. Producer or source: Cyclops Corporation. Originally published July 1953, revised February 1960.

AISI Type H12 is a general-purpose, low-carbon, chromium-molybdenum-tungsten hot-work steel for tools and dies that require high toughness. It has high hardenability and offers high resistance to softening in service at elevated temperatures. It also offers good resistance to heat checking and may be water cooled in service. It is suitable for hot-work applications involving severe conditions of shock and sudden temperature changes. Its many applications include hot shear blades, forging dies, extrusion dies, punches and other types of hot-work tools. 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, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-381. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

AISI Type H19 is a hot-work tool and die steel that is characterized by excellent resistance to shock and abrasion at elevated temperatures. This steel provides relatively high toughness and outstanding resistance to heat checking and softening at elevated temperatures. Among its many applications are hot-punch tools, forging dies and inserts, brass extrusion dies, permanent molds for brass casting and hot-extrusion die inserts for steel. 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-401. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

AISI Type 1.2 is a chromium-vanadium tool steel of modest hardenability and variable carbon content (nominally 0.50-1.10% carbon). At its lower carbon levels, it is used for tools requiring toughness and resistance to shock and vibration. At its higher carbon levels, it is recommended for resistance to abrasion, fatigue and wear. It is used for both hot-work and cold-work applications. Among its many uses are automotive gears, forgings, gun barrels, shafts, wrenches, chisels, punches, lathe spindles, axes, shear blades, dies, files, reamers and drills. 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-416. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

AISI Type H10 is a hot-work tool steel of the chromium type, although it contains a substantial amount of molybdenum. It is a high-hardenability steel and possesses a combination of high tensile strength and hardness with excellent toughness. Typical hot work applications include forging dies, extrusion dies, hot header dies, mandrels, punches and piercing tools. Consult the manufacturer for specific recommendations. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity 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-442. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

UNS No. T20812 is a low-carbon chromium-molybdenum-tungsten hot-work steel for general purposers. It is used for dies and tools that require high toughness. It has high hardenability and offers high resistance to softening in service at elevated temperatures. It also offers good resistance to heat checking and may be water cooled in service. It is suitable for hot-work applications involving severe conditions of shock and sudden temperature changes. Its many applications include hot shear blades, forging dies, extrusion dies, punches and other types of hot-work tools. 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, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-453. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

UNS T20819 is a hot-work tool and die steel that is characterized by excellent resistance to shock and abrasion at elevated temperatures. This steel provides relatively high toughness and outstanding resistance to heat checking and softening at elevated temperatures. Among its many applications are hot-punch tools, forging dies and inserts, brass extrusion dies, permanent molds for brass casting and hot-extrusion die inserts for steel. This datasheet provides information on composition, hardness, and tensile properties 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-496. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

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.