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CPM REX M2HS, produced by the Crucible Particle Metallurgy (CPM) Process, is an improved-quality product. The CPM process allows an increased sulfide content for better machinability in the annealed temper and grindability in the heat-treated condition. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and elasticity as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-535. Producer or source: Crucible Specialty Metals Division, Colt Industries.

CPM REX M3HCHS is produced by the Crucible Particle Metallurgy process. Structurally it is characterized by its fine and uniform carbide and sulfide particle size. The control of manganese sulfide particle size and distribution permits increasing the sulfur content to at least double that found in resulfurized conventionally ingot-cast AISI Type M3-Type 2 thereby improving machinability and grindability without sacrifice of tool toughness. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-474. Producer or source: Crucible Specialty Metals Division, Colt Industries.

LESCO M-4 PM high-speed tool steel is a special purpose grade of the molybdenum-tungsten family. Abrasion and wear resistance are enhanced by the increased carbon and vanadium content. It is produced by the powder metallurgy process with resultant better grindability, toughness and improved microstructure as compared with conventional wrought M-4 steel. Sulfide additives enhance machinability. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, microstructure, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-500. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Company.

REX M3S-2 is a sulfur-bearing high-speed tool steel offering very good abrasion resistance and resistance to softening at elevated temperatures. CPM REX M3S-2, produced by the Crucible Particle Metallurgy process, is an improved-quality product with finer grain size, better toughness and better grindability than the conventionally produced REX M3S-2. Other characteristics and properties of the two products are very similar (See General Characteristics for more details). This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-260. Producer or source: Crucible Specialty Metals Division, Colt Industries.

CPM REX M4 is a special-purpose high-speed steel designed to give high wear resistance in tools. It is made exclusively by Crucible's particle metallurgy process which imparts excellent quality and grindability. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-264. Producer or source: Crucible Specialty Metals Division, Colt Industries.

ELECTRITE TATMO is a molybdenum type high-speed steel and is recommended as a general purpose tool steel. It has good toughness and excellent grindability along with a relatively low cost. These factors make it an economic and efficient member of the high-speed family of tool steels. 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-268. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Company.

REX M2 is a tungsten-molybdenum high-speed steel offering outstanding performance in all operations where a general-purpose high-speed steel is required. CPM REX M2, produced by the Crucible Particle Metallurgy Process, is an improved-quality product with greater hardness or finer grain size (depending on hardening temperature), better toughness and better grindability than the conventionally produced REX M2. Other characteristics and properties of the two products are very similar (See General Characteristics for more details). 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-293. Producer or source: Crucible Specialty Metals Division, Colt Industries.

METCO 447 is a nickel-aluminum-molybdenum powder developed to produce self-bonding, low-shrink, moderately hard coatings. It is recommended for resistance to wear and particle erosion, and for the buildup and salvage of both machinable and grindable carbon steels. It is applied in a one-step, single-coat buildup generally by ThermoSpray, but it may be applied by plasma spraying. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as machining, surface treatment, and powder metal forms. Filing Code: Ni-225. Producer or source: Metco Inc..

Corsair is balanced with a chemistry intermediate to Double Six (M2 type steel) and Crusader (M3-2 type steel). (See Double Six M-2, Alloy Digest TS-459, June 1986, and Crusader Type M3-2, Alloy Digest TS-485, November 1987.) Corsair has applications when both improved tool life and grindability are needed. 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, and machining. Filing Code: TS-635. Producer or source: Timken Latrobe Steel.

CPM Rex T15 is a tungsten-type high-speed steel containing high carbon and vanadium for very high hardness and maximum wear resistance, and cobalt for good red hardness. It is now made exclusively by Crucible’s particle metallurgy process, resulting in improved quality and grindability. This alloy was designed for use in difficult machining operations requiring heavy-duty cuts, high speeds and feeds, and for difficult-to-machine materials that are high in hardness and abrasion resistance. This datasheet revision updates chemistry, properties, and the benefits of high sulfur (HS). This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and bend strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on wear resistance as well as forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-249. Producer or source: Crucible Service Centers. Originally published as CPM REX T15, January 1973, revised March 2007.

STORA ASP 23 high-speed tool steel offers very good abrasion resistance and resistance to softening at elevated temperatures. The excellent size stability and good grindability of this steel make it highly suitable for tools of complicated shape, such as hobs, broaches and threading dies. The high combination of wear resistance, tensile properties and toughness make ASP 23 suitable also for cold-work tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-334. Producer or source: Stora Kopparberg, Special Steels Division.

STORA ASP 30 is a high hardenability tungsten-molybdenum alloyed high-speed steel with high cobalt content. It is recommended for cutting tools for hard-to-machine material and high cutting speeds. It has excellent wear resistance, toughness, hot hardness and resistance to tempering. The excellent size stability and good grindability of ASP 30 make it very suitable for tools with a complicated shape. 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-338. Producer or source: Stora Kopparberg, Special Steels Division.

REX M42 is a high-speed steel that can be heat treated to 68 Rockwell C hardness. Its higher hardness makes it outstanding for special-cutting tools with requirements beyond the capability of general-purpose high-speed steels. CPM REX M42, produced by the Crucible Particle Metallurgy Process, is an improved quality product with homogeneous macro and micro sections exhibiting a finer grain size, better toughness and superior grindability in the heat-treated condition than conventionally produced M42. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-438. Producer or source: Crucible Specialty Metals Division, Colt Industries.

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.

Crucible CPM REX M35HCHS is a modification of the AISI M2 high-speed steel by an addition of cobalt and produced by powder metallurgy to be homogeneous with good toughness. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, microstructure, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming and machining. Filing Code: TS-595. Producer or source: Crucible.

LESCOT-15 PM is a special purpose tungsten type high-speed tool steel containing cobalt for good retention of hot hardness and high carbon and vanadium for enhanced abrasion resistance. It is produced by powder metallurgy. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, microstructure, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-498. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Company. Originally published August 1989, revised August 1990.

Crucible CPM Rex M4 HC (HS) is a high-vanadium high-speed tool steel made by the Crucible particle metallurgy (CPM) process. This higher-carbon modification of M4 (See Alloy Digest TS-264, November 1973) has high hardening. It also comes with a high-sulfur modification for large cross-section pieces to ease machinability. 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-639. Producer or source: Crucible Service Centers Divisional Headquarters.

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.

CPM REX 20 is the second in a family of super high-speed steels made without cobalt. (For the first one, see CPM REX 25, Alloy Digest TS-365, July 1980.) CPM REX 20 is comparable to the AISI Type 40 series of high-speed steels, particularly AISI Type 42, in heat-treating response and tool performance. CPM REX 20 is designed for use in machining operations requiring heavy cuts, high speeds and feeds, and for difficult-to-machine materials that are high in hardness and abrasion resistance. Typical applications are boring tools, drills, gear cutters and punches. 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-398. Producer or source: Crucible Specialty Metals Division, Colt Industries.

FAGERSTA WKE-4 is a tungsten-molybdenum high-speed steel containing 9% cobalt. It is harder than most high-speed steels and, in addition, has good toughness. It is used mainly for tools requiring maximum abrasion resistance and toughness, such as milling cutters, twist drills and reamers. This datasheet provides information on composition and hardness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-311. Producer or source: Fagersta Steels Inc..