GUTERL D-7 is a high-carbon, high-chromium, high-vanadium tool and die steel. It is air hardening and therefore offers an extremely high degree of dimensional stability in heat treatment. In the hardened condition it has extremely high resistance to abrasion and wear. Its many applications include blanking and cold-drawing dies, punches, burnishing tools, slitter knives and gages. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-361. Producer or source: Guterl Special Steel Corporation.

COBALT CHROME is an air-hardening,high-carbon, high-chromium die steel. The addition of approximately 3% to this steel gives it extra resistance to galling and pick-up and additional red hardness which is useful on semi-hot-work applications. It also is recommended when it is desirable to nitride specialized tools. Its many uses include dies, gages, punches, rolls and slitter knives. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-427. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Corporation.

Roltec SF is a spray formed cold-work tool steel offering a combination of high wear resistance and very good resistance to chipping and cracking. Roltec SF is suitable for the production of rolls and slitter knives. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and compressive strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on wear resistance as well as forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-644. Producer or source: Böhler-Uddeholm North America.

Weartec SF is a spray formed cold-work tool steel offering a combination of high wear resistance and very good resistance to chipping, along with good toughness and ductility. Weartec SF is suitable for the production of cutting rolls and slitter knives. 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-646. Producer or source: Böhler-Uddeholm North America.

VERSASTEEL is a tool steel designed to provide an unusual combination of fine grain structure, high secondary hardness, and compressive yield strength together with good toughness and high wear resistance. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and compressive strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-188. Producer or source: Crucible Steel Company of America.

AISI Type A8 is a medium-carbon, high-hardenability tool and die steel for cold-work applications. It has an excellent combination of high hardenability, toughness and wear resistance that makes it useful for special tools. Among its many applications are heavy-duty blanking and heading dies, rotary slitters, shear knives and cold-forming rolls. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-390. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

ATMODIE 4 is an air-hardening steel containing high percentages of carbon and chromium. It possesses exceptional wear resistance which makes it ideally suited to long-run production requirements. Its strength is very high and its toughness is good when properly heat treated. Its wide range of applications includes can dies, coining dies, extrusion dies, slitters, roofing knives, burnishing tools 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-451. Producer or source: Columbia Tool Steel Company.

CYCLOPS SCK is a cold-work tool steel with a balanced composition to provide air hardening and an optimum combination of toughness, wear resistance and minimum distortion during heat treatment. Typical applications are shear blades, trimming dies and forming rolls, including grade rolls for cutlery and flatware. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-346. Producer or source: Cyclops Corporation.

Carpenter Micro-Melt CD#1 alloy is a powder metallurgically processed, shock-resistant, cold-work die steel with excellent polishability. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on heat treating. Filing Code: TS-593. Producer or source: Carpenter.

Micro-Melt PD#1 alloy is a powder metallurgically processed air hardening die steel with wear resistance better than AISI D2 while maintaining good toughness. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as forming and heat treating. Filing Code: TS-602. Producer or source: Carpenter Specialty Alloys.

VASCO DIE was developed to provide a highly wear-resitant, air-hardening die steel for long production runs or applications where good toughness is a primary requirement. 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, machining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-271. Producer or source: Teledyne Vasco.

VASCO WEAR is an air-hardening, cold-work die steel developed to provide high resistance to wear at exceptionally good levels of toughness. It also has the high compressive strength necessary for maximum resistance to upsetting. Its many uses include such applications as thread-rolling dies, punches and blanking dies. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, elasticity, and compressive strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on wear resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-320. Producer or source: Teledyne Vasco.

Micro-Melt 23 is a general-purpose alloy with a good combination of properties. This high-speed tool steel is made from powder with all its inherent values. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on corrosion and wear resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and powder metal forms. Filing Code: TS-627. Producer or source: Carpenter Powder Technologies.

BETHLEHEM A HT is a tool steel for cold-work applications. It is characterized by high resistance to wear, low distortion in heat treatment and air hardening; in fact, it is superior to AISI Type A2 for wearability and shock resistance. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-272. Producer or source: Bethlehem Steel Corporation.

CPM 15V is an upgrade from CPM 10V (Alloy Digest TS-340, February 1987) providing even longer tool life. It offers an alternative tooling material for high-wear applications where carbide is failing by fracture or where intricate tool design makes carbide difficult to fabricate. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on heat treating and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-601. Producer or source: Crucible Service Centers.

LSS H13 HC is a hot work tool steel that is a high-carbon modification of LSS H13 (Alloy Digest TS-708, October 2012). This version has improved wear resistance. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on wear resistance as well as forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-715. Producer or source: Latrobe Specialty Steel Company.

CRUCIBLE VERSASTEEL is a type of tool steel with its composition carefully balanced to provide an unusual combination of fine grain structure, high secondary hardness and compressive yield strength, good toughness and exceptional wear resistance. Its resistance to tempering approaches that of high-speed steels. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-256. Producer or source: Crucible Specialty Metals Division, Colt Industries.

UNS No. T30402 is an air-hardening high-carbon, high-chromium cold-work die steel that offers excellent wear resistance. It is a deep-hardening steel but hardens with a minimum change in size and volume. Typical uses are cold-work dies, slitting cutters, shear blades and wood-working tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and bend strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-341. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

Truwear is a high-carbon high-chromium cold work tool steel having extremely high resistance to abrasion and wear. It is recommended for deep drawing dies, brick mold liners, valve seats, master gages, etc. This datasheet provides information on composition and hardness as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-215. Producer or source: Jessop Steel Company.

Böhler (or Boehler) S692 Microclean is a high sulfur, high carbon PM M4, with higher manganese and 0.22 sulfur for improved machining characteristics, and is available in rounds greater than or equal to 64.16 mm (2.562 in.) diameter. S693 Microclean is the low sulfur version of high carbon PM M4, available in flats and small diameter rounds. PM refers to powder metallurgy. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on surface qualities as well as heat treating and powder metal forms. Filing Code: TS-739. Producer or source: Böhler Edelstahl GmbH & Company KG.