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.

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.

THYRAPID 3341 is similar to AISI M2, but adds sulfur. It is general purpose high-speed tool steel with good toughness, red hardness, and excellent machinability. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-512. Producer or source: Thyssen Specialty Steels Inc..

AISI 1065 is a high-carbon oil-hardening machinery and tool steel of low hardenability. It is used for springs, hand tools, machinery parts, shafts and many machine tools requiring strength and wear resistance. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: CS-63. Producer or source: Carbon steel mills.

SAE 1065 is a high-carbon oil-hardening machinery and tool steel of low hardenability. It is used for springs, hand tools, machinery parts, shafts and many machine tools requiring strength and wear resistance. 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: CS-118. Producer or source: Carbon steel mills.

AISI 4161 is a low-alloy steel of the chromium-molybdenum type; it contains nominally 0.61% carbon. It has relatively high hardenability and good resistance to abrasion, impact and fatigue. It is an oil-hardening grade and is recommended for moderately heavy-duty service. This steel has a relatively low tendency to develop temper embrittlement when tempered in the approximate range 850-1100 F. Among its many applications are springs, machine-tool parts, shafting, gears, bolts and heavy-duty hand 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: SA-397. Producer or source: Alloy steel mills and foundries.

AISI 1070 is a high-carbon water or oil-hardening tool and spring steel of low hardenability. It is used for railroad and street railway rails, heavy machinery parts, shafts, springs and a wide variety of hand and machine tools requiring strength and wear resistance. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: CS-51. Producer or source: Carbon steel mills.

SAE 1070 is a high-carbon water or oil-hardening tool and spring steel of low hardenability. It is used for railroad and street railway rails, heavy machinery parts, shafts, springs and a wide variety of hand and machine tools requiring strength and wear resistance. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: CS-121. Producer or source: Carbon steel mills.

Carpenter Micro-Melt T-15 Alloy is a high-speed tool steel made by the powder metallurgy process. The alloy is high carbon with tungsten, cobalt, and vanadium for red hardness and excellent abrasion resistance. Applications include machine tools and cutters. 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 and heat treating. Filing Code: TS-549. Producer or source: Carpenter.

MEEHANITE GA is a high strength iron casting having high damping capacity, self-lubricating properties, and good machinability. It combines the good properties of both cast iron and steel. Applications include machine tools, gears, shafts, and housings. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and compressive and shear strength as well as fracture toughness and fatigue. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: CI-5. Producer or source: Meehanite Metal Corporation.

MEEHANITE GC is a high strength iron casting having high damping capacity, self-lubricating properties, and good machinability. It combines the good properties of both cast iron and steel. Applications include machine tools, gears, shafts, housings, permanent molds, lathe beds, bases, pistons, and engine castings. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and compressive and shear strength as well as fracture toughness and fatigue. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: CI-8. Producer or source: Meehanite Metal Corporation.

MEEHANITE GE is a medium strength iron having high damping capacity, self-lubricating properties, and good machinability. It combines the good properties of both cast iron and steel. Applications include machine tools, gears, shafts, housings, pump bodies, valve bodies, steam cylinders, cylinder liners, casings, cylinder heads, and governor frames. 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 casting, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: CI-12. Producer or source: Meehanite Metal Corporation.

CENTRI-CAST GRAY IRON 40 is a centrifugally cast gray iron with a nominal tensile strength of 40,000 psi. It is produced in the form of tubing which has a wide range of uses in applications where size and shape are of paramount importance and freedom from pattern cost is an important consideration. Typical applications are automotive equipment, compressors, machine tools and general machinery applications. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, microstructure, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and compressive and shear strength as well as fatigue. It also includes information on casting, heat treating, machining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: CI-44. Producer or source: Federal Bronze Products Inc..

DYNA-LOY HS-32 is a cold-drawn high-strength alloy steel developed for those applications that require a minimum hardness of Rockwell C 32. Its chemical composition permits maximum machinability and improved surface finish at a guaranteed minimum tensile strength of 150,000 psi as supplied. Thus it needs no heat treatment and is suitable for a wide variety of engineering uses such as shafts, axles and machine-tool parts. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as heat treating, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: SA-338. Producer or source: Western Cold Drawn Steel, A Division of Stanadyne.

AISI 5155 is a low-alloy, through-hardening steel containing nominally 0.80% chromium. It is recommended for uses where medium harden-ability, moderate strength and low-to-moderate toughness are satisfactory. It is normally used in the oil quenched-and-tempered condition; however, it also may be used in the unhardened (annealed, as-rolled or normalized) condition. Its applications include gears, springs, wrenches and machine tool parts. 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: SA-365. Producer or source: Alloy steel mills and foundries.

SAE 1064 is a carbon steel with carbon at a high level (nominally 0.64% carbon). It has low hardenability and on austenitizing and liquid quenching it develops a hard surface with a soft, ductile core. It is used for a variety of railway equipment, heavy machinery parts, springs, shafts and a wide range of hand and machine tools that require strength and wear resistance with a ductile core. 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: CS-79. Producer or source: Carbon steel mills.

CENTRI-CAST GRAY IRON 45 has a nominal tensile strength of 45,000 psi. It is gray iron cast centrifugally in the form of tubing which has a wide range of uses for applications where freedom form pattern cost is an important consideration and where size and shape are of paramount importance. Its many applications include automotive equipment, farm machinery, bushings and machine tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, microstructure, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and compressive and shear strength as well as fatigue. It also includes information on casting, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: CI-50. Producer or source: Federal Bronze Products Inc..

SAE 4147 is a medium-carbon low-alloy steel with relatively high hardenability and good resistance to abrasion, fatigue and impact. It is recommended for moderately severe service. Although nominally an oil-hardening grade, SAE 4147 may be water hardened if suitable precautions are taken to minimize the danger of cracking during quenching. It has a relatively low tendency for the development of temper embrittlement during tempering in the range 850-1100 F. Typical applications comprise gears, shafting, machine-tool parts, clutch parts and connecting rods. 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: SA-375. Producer or source: Alloy steel mills and foundries.

CENTRI-CAST GRAY IRON 50 is a centrifugally cast gray iron with a nominal tensile strength of 50,000 psi. It is cast in the form of tubing which has a wide range of uses in applications where size and shape are of paramount importance and freedom from pattern cost is an important consideration. Among its many applications are farm machinery, seals, bushings, machine tools and general machinery uses. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, microstructure, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and compressive and shear strength as well as fatigue. It also includes information on casting, heat treating, machining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: CI-51. Producer or source: Federal Bronze Products Inc..

SAE 4145 is a through-hardening, medium-carbon chromium-molybdenum alloy steel of high hardenability. It is recommended for heavy-duty service and is suitable for a wide variety of engineering uses. Its many applications include gears, axles, flanges, machine tool parts, nitrided parts, bolts, connecting rods, sprockets and valve seats. 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: SA-420. Producer or source: Alloy steel mills and foundries.