CROMO-N tool steel is a low-carbon, high-chromium grade, specially developed to provide optimum resistance to heat-checking during service at elevated temperatures. It is recommended for aluminum die casting dies, extrusion press tooling, aluminum and copper forging dies, and mandrels for extruding all nonferrous materials. 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-142. Producer or source: Bethlehem Steel Corporation.

Magnadie is a modified H11 hot-work die steel that is refined by argon oxygen decarburization (AOD) and is air hardenable. Hot work applications include dummy blocks, mandrels, and extrusion dies for aluminum. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as forming and heat treating. Filing Code: TS-582. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Company.

Lanark is a silicon-manganese shock resistant tool steel with highest impact strength of the AISI S type tool steels. It is used for pneumatic tools, shear blades, and mandrels. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming and heat treating. Filing Code: TS-590. Producer or source: Timken Latrobe Steel.

CARPENTER O6 is an oil-hardening tool steel for cold-work applications. It is designed to have free graphite in the microstructure. This free graphite is responsible for the excellent machinability of this grade. Among the many applications of Carpenter O6 are dies for various uses, punches, gages, bushings, mandrels, pneumatic hammers, stamps, taps, rotary slitting cutters and wear plates. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-480. Producer or source: Carpenter.

PYROTOOL 7 has been designed to display high tensile and yield properties with good hardness at temperatures up to 1300 F. It is used for high-temperature tooling, extrusion dies, forging dies, rams, mandrels, holders, rings, dummy blocks, liners, etc. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: Ni-167. Producer or source: Carpenter Technology Corporation.

Thermodur 2714 is a tough die steel with high tempering resistance and good through hardening. Typical applications include forging dies, mandrels, die holders, armored trim dies, and hot-shear blades. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on forming and heat treating. Filing Code: TS-694. Producer or source: Schmolz + Bickenbach USA Inc.

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.

Double Six Super is a high-carbon high-chromium air hardening tool steel having excellent non-deforming characteristics. It is recommended for blanking and thread rolling dies, drawing and coining dies, gauges and mandrels. This datasheet provides information on composition, hardness, tensile properties, and compressive strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-205. Producer or source: Edgar Allen & Company Ltd, Imperial Steel Works.

Thermold-H10 is a chromium-molybdenum hot work steel that exhibits excellent resistance to softening at elevated temperatures. It is recommended for hot punches and shears, mandrels, and aluminum die casting dies. 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, and machining. Filing Code: TS-209. Producer or source: Cyclops Corporation.

PYROTOOL W has been designed to possess high strength and hardness at temperatures up to 1500 F (816 C). Applications include high-temperature tooling, extrusion dies, dummy blocks, rings, holders, forging dies and mandrels. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: Ni-161. Producer or source: Carpenter Technology Corporation.

PYROTOOL A has been designed to display high strength and good ductility at temperatures up to 1200 F. It is used for high-temperature tooling, extrusion dies, liners, dummy blocks, forging dies, mandrels, holders, etc. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: Fe-47. Producer or source: Carpenter.

INDALLOY 281-338 is a tin-base alloy that can be melted easily. It is non-eutectic alloy and melts through a temperature range of 281-338 F. It provides scientists and engineers with an easily castable material that is ready for use soon after it freezes; in addition, it can be recovered readily and recycled into new uses any number of times. Among its many uses are fusible mandrels for electroforming, proof casting in foundries, low-temperature solder, holding jet engine blades for machining and dies for wax patterns for investment casting. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on casting, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: Sn-10. Producer or source: Indium Corporation of America.

OSTALLOY 281-338 is a non-eutectic alloy with a melting range of 281-338 F (138-170 C). It provides scientists, engineers, manufacturers and technicians with an easily castable material that is ready for use soon after it freezes. It has the advantage that it can be recovered easily and used again many times. Among its many uses are proof castings in foundries, lost-wax pattern dies, holding or anchoring parts for machining and fusible mandrels for electroforming. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Sn-11. Producer or source: Arconium Corporation of America, A.J Oster Company.

CARPENTER HI SHOCK 60 is an air-hardening steel for tools and dies that require extreme shock resistance. Its benefits, in addition to exceptional toughness, include good machinability and a low hardening temperature. Recommended applications include hobs, heavy-duty punches, mandrels and other tools and dies subject to high shock. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness, and deformation. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-397. Producer or source: Carpenter.

Tin-Bismuth 60-40 is a tin-base alloy that can be melted easily. It is a non-eutectic alloy and melts through the temperature range 281-338 F (138-170 C). It provides scientists, engineers and technicians with an easily castable material that is ready for use soon after it freezes; in addition, it can be recovered readily an recycled into new uses any number of times. Among its many uses are fusible mandrels for electroforming, low-temperature solder, holding parts for machining, dies for a wax patterns for investments casting and liquid scals for furnaces. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on casting, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Sn-12. Producer or source: Low-melting alloy producers.

GUTERL H-11 is a 5% chromium hot-work tool steel with an excellent combination of red hardness, shock resistance (toughness) and resistance to abrasion; these are the properties needed for good hot-work characteristics. It will withstand drastic cooling from maximum operating temperatures. Among the many uses for this steel are hot-die applications, structural parts for jet engines and missiles, extrusion mandrels and forging dies. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-412. Producer or source: Guterl Special Steel Corporation.

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.

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.

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.

Swissmetal alloy CuNi1P is age-hardenable for strength but retains good electrical/thermal properties with good formability. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming. Filing Code: CU-651. Producer or source: Swissmetal Metalworks Ltd, Plant Boillat.