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DH2F is a modified H13-type tool steel prehardened to 40 HRC that is free-machining. Applications include dies for plastics and zinc, plunger tips, and die plate strippers. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, microstructure, hardness, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on corrosion and wear resistance as well as machining. Filing Code: TS-547. Producer or source: Daido Steel Company Ltd. See also Alloy Digest SA-494, March 1998.

VIKING is a versatile, high alloyed tool steel characterized by a combination of toughness and wear resistance required for heavy duty blanking and forming. 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-499. Producer or source: Uddeholm Corporation.

ARNE is a general-purpose, oil-hardening tool steel. It is a versatile manganese-chromium-tungsten steel suitable for a wide variety of cold-work applications. Its main characteristics include: (1) Good machinability, (2) Good dimensional stability in hardening and (3) A good combination of high surface hardness and toughness after hardening and tempering. These characteristics combine to give a steel suitable for the manufacture of tooling with good tool life and high production economy. ARNE is used for a wide range of cutting and forming tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, elasticity, and compressive strength. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-436. Producer or source: Uddeholm Steel Corporation.

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.

AISI Type M7 is a molybdenum type of high-speed steel having improved cutting efficiency over AISI Type M1 high-speed steel. Type M7 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 drills, end mills, form tools, reamers and 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, machining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-468. Producer or source: Tool steel mills. See also Alloy Digest TS-483, October 1987.

CPM REX 25 is a super high-speed steel made without cobalt. It is comparable to AISI Type T15 cobalt-containing high-speed steel in response to heat treatment, properties, and tool performance. CPM REX 25 is recommended for machining operations requiring heavy cuts, high speeds and feeds, and difficult-to-machine materials of high hardness and abrasion resistance. Typical applications are boring tools, drills, gear cutters, punches, form tools, end mills and broaches. 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-365. Producer or source: Crucible Materials Corporation.

TNW is a high-speed steel. It has an optimum alloy composition that combines the good toughness characteristics of a high-molybdenum steel and the excellent abrasion resistance provided by a 2% vanadium content. TNW is a popular choice for twist drills, taps, reamers, router bits, end mills and other similar cutting tools. Also its good toughness makes it well suited to punches and other difficult cold-forming tools requiring the properties of a high-speed steel. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-433. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Company.

AL TECH OILGRAPH is an oil-hardening, non-deforming graphitic tool steel. It has excellent machinability and outstanding resistance to wear and galling. Hardening is safe and easy. Typical applications are gages, cold-forming tools, punches, spindles and bushings. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, microstructure, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-463. Producer or source: AL Tech Specialty Steel Corporation.

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.

CARPENTER STAR-ZENITH is an 18% tungsten-4% chromium-1% vanadium type of high-speed steel that, because of the practice used in its manufacture, has improved toughness to provide it with a stronger, keener cutting edge than is furnished by conventional steel manufacturing practice. For this reason hundreds of users have found it to be an excellent high-speed steel for broaches, form tools, reamers, taps and similar 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-382. Producer or source: Carpenter.

FERRO-TIC CM is a cemented carbide comprising titanium carbide in a matrix of high-chromium tool steel. It is machinable and heat treatable by conventional means, and is recommended for heavy stamping or forming tools and wear-resistant components. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-253. Producer or source: Chromalloy American Corporation, Sintercast Division.

CRUSADER is a high-speed tool steel. It has an outstanding balance of red hardness, edge toughness and wear resistance. Additional carbon and vanadium content provide superior abrasion resistance and maximum cutting qualities. CRUSADER is a desirable steel for machining operations which require a smooth workpiece finish as in form-tool cutting and roll turning. 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 heat treating. Filing Code: TS-485. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Company.

Latrobe GSN is an oil or air hardening high-carbon, high-chromium type of die steel developed to withstand the most severe abrasive action. It is a general purpose cold forming tool and die steel. 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-159. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Company.

Nickelvac Super-X is a nickel-base alloy recommended for applications requiring oxidation and corrosion resistance coupled with good strength up to 1200-1500 F. It is used in gas turbines heat engines, high temperature bolts and forming tools. 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, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: Ni-98. Producer or source: Allvac Metals Company.

COLMONOY No. 22 is a nickel-base alloy supplied as atomized powder, welding rod and investment castings. The powder is applied with Colmonoy's FUSEWELD process to repair cast-iron parts. The investment castings are used in the glass industry as forming tools (plungers, baffles and sleeves) and as welding rod for repairing cast-iron glass-container molds and components. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on corrosion and wear resistance as well as heat treating, machining, joining, and powder metal forms. Filing Code: Ni-242. Producer or source: Wall Colmonoy Corporation.

SOLAR TOOL STEEL is a very tough water hardening tool steel. Even at Rockwell C 59/60, it will bend before breaking. If medium and large sections, the steel develops a hard case and tough core when hardened. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-32. Producer or source: Carpenter. Originally published as Solar, April 1955, revised September 1991.

Carpenter 2205 Stainless is a common, often used austenitic/ferritic duplex stainless steel. This data sheet emphasizes its use as rebar. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness and fatigue. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SS-924. Producer or source: Carpenter Technology/Talley Metals.

Carpenter Stainless Type 304LN is a common, often used austenitic stainless steel. This data sheet emphasizes its use as rebar. This datasheet provides information on composition and physical properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SS-916. Producer or source: Carpenter Technology Corporation.

No. 484 tool steel is an air hardening tool steel capable of through hardening in heavy sections. Isothermal transformation of material austenitized at 1750 starts after about 400 seconds at 1300 F and after about 1000 seconds at 600 F. The calculated Ms temperature is 325 F. The steel has a good hardness/toughness balance. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on wear resistance as well as forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-501. Producer or source: Carpenter.

AISI Type M4 is a high-hardenability tool steel developed to provide the excellent abrasion resistance that results from higher-than-normal carbon and vanadium in the molybdenum-tungsten high-speed steels. It is recommended where sharp edges are needed for fine cuts. It is an excellent choice for heavy-duty cutting operations and should always be used at or near its maximum secondary hardness. Typical applications are reamers, milling cutters, punches and lathe tools. 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-376. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.