Peerless 56 was designed as an improved low-alloy hot-work steel possessing a combination of high tensile strength and hardness with roughness. It is recommended for extrusion dies, hot billet shears and hot work 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, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-149. Producer or source: Crucible Steel Company of America.

CHRO-MOW is a tough hot work steel which will harden from a relatively low temperature in air. It possesses a desirable combination of toughness and red-hardness. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-67. Producer or source: Crucible Steel Company of America.

MAGNESIUM ALLOY-TA54A is a general purpose hammer-forging alloy having intermediate strength. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and compressive and shear strength as well as fatigue. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: Mg-44. Producer or source: Aluminum Company of America.

Inconel Alloy 783 is an oxidation resistant, low expansion, nickel-cobalt-iron alloy with other additions. The alloy is a three-phase aging alloy that is of interest for close clearance control components in the aerospace arena. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, elasticity, tensile properties, and shear strength. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: CO-95. Producer or source: Special Metals Corporation. Originally published January 1995, revised February 2004.

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.

Carpenter titanium alloy Ti 6Al-4V ELI is a high-purity (extra-low-interstitial) version of Ti 6Al-4V (see Alloy Digest Ti-60, August 2002). The alloy is alpha plus beta and has good biocompatibility. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, elasticity, tensile properties, and compressive, shear, and bearing strength as well as fatigue. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TI-129. Producer or source: Carpenter Technology Corporation.

Carpenter Stainless No. 12 is an austenitic chromium-nickel alloy designed for the manufacturer of cold-headed or cold forged parts. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and shear strength. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SS-111. Producer or source: Carpenter.

Nimonic alloy PK33 is a nickel-base aerospace alloy developed to produce sheet with ultrahigh strength and good formability. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, tensile properties, and shear strength as well as creep. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Ni-626. Producer or source: Special Metals Corporation.

CARPENTER 15Cr-5Ni offers high strength and excellent corrosion resistance. Similar to Carpenter Custom 630 (17Cr-4Ni) in composition and properties, Carpenter 15Cr-5Ni is chemically balanced to eliminate all but trace amounts of delta ferrite, thus providing superior transverse toughness and ductility plus a higher degree of forgeability. Its wide range of uses include valve parts, engine parts and aircraft components; it is especially useful where high transverse strength and toughness are required. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and shear strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: SS-346. Producer or source: Carpenter.

BRUSH WELLMAN SR-200E is a grade of beryllium strengthened by a dispersion of beryllium oxide (2.0%). It has relatively high strength and ductility (a minimum of 10% elongation). Its uses include missiles, space vehicles, structural parts on both commercial and military satellites and optical support benches. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: Be-5. Producer or source: Brush Wellman Inc..

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.

LESCO S-7 is an air or oil-hardening die steel with a unique combination of toughness and wear-resistance properties that makes it an ideal choice for many tooling applications. The outstanding properties of Lesco S-7 are provided by an intermediate carbon level balanced with moderate amounts of chromium and molybdenum. It is used for both cold and hot tooling applications. Its many uses include shear blades, swaging dies, chisels and dies for molding plastics below 1000 F (538 C). This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-437. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Company.

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.

HOTFORM No. 3 is a medium-carbon, air-hardening, cold-work die steel. It also is used in some applications as a hot-work tool and die steel. An excellent combination of high hardenability, good wear resistance and toughness makes Hotform No. 3 useful for special tools. Typical applications are blanking dies, cold-forming dies, punches and cold and hot shear blades. 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-386. Producer or source: Teledyne Vasco.

ULTIMO-6 is a chromium-nickel-molybdenum tool and die steel applicable where resistance to shock is important and where water cooling may be utilized with safety. It is particularly adapted to large dies where first cost is a major consideration. This datasheet provides information on composition and hardness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-31. Producer or source: Atlas Steels Company.

Copper Alloy No. C46400 is a classic marine alloy containing nominally 0.8% tin. It has moderate strength and ductility and excellent resistance to corrosion in both salt and fresh water. It is a widely used marine alloy; its many uses include marine hardware, bolts, nuts, propeller shafts, valve stems and condenser plates. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and shear strength. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Cu-414. Producer or source: Copper and copper alloy mills.

TIMETAL 10-2-3 is a high fracture toughness titanium-base alloy. It is metallurgically near-beta and is capable of attaining a wide variety of strength levels, depending uopn the selection of heat treatment. Major advantages of this alloy are: (1) Its excellent forgeability, (2) Its high toughness in air and salt-water environments and (3) Its high hardenability which provides good properties in sections up to five inches thick. It is used in the aerospace industry for applications up to 600 F. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, elasticity, tensile properties, and compressive, shear, and bearing strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Ti-80. Producer or source: Titanium Metals Corporation (Timet). Originally published as Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al, December 1980, revised October 1992.

CYCLOPS S1 (formerly Alco M) was originally developed for chisel and pneumatic tool purposes. It is now used for many other cold and hot work applications because of its outstanding toughness and resistance to fatigue. It gives excellent results in those instances where shock and impact are major factors. It may be carburized for those applications where high wear resistance and great core strength are required. Its many applications include shear blades, rivet busters and forging 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-352. Producer or source: Cyclops Corporation.

WINDSOR is a medium-alloy, air-hardening tool steel possessing superior abrasion resistance for long service life. Its inherent wearability and toughness make it particularly adaptable for use in dies and punches in extended production runs. It also has excellent nondeforming characteristics. Its many applications include blanking dies, coining, cold shears 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-385. Producer or source: Jessop Steel Company.

FAGERSTA M-2 is a widely used molybdenum-base high-speed steel. It is suitable for all general-purpose cutting-tool applications and it has an excellent combination of toughness and wear resistance. Its many applications include boring tools, chisels, lathe tools and shear blades. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-337. Producer or source: Fagersta Steels Inc..