ONTARIO is an air-hardening die steel of the high-carbon high-chromium type. It has high hardness, high resistance to abrasion and excellent nondeforming characteristics. It is suited for a wide range of applications in which high abrasion resistance must be combined with high compressive strength and safety in hardening. Typical uses are cold-forming dies, forming rolls, thread-rolling dies, slitters and gages. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and compressive strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-323. Producer or source: AL Tech Specialty Steel Corporation.

AISI Type O7 is a high-carbon, low-alloy tools designed for many types of cold-work cutting tools where the high-alloy, high-speed steels are not required. It has moderate hardenability, develops high hardness, holds a keen cutting edge and has excellent resistance to abrasion. Type O7 is used for a wide range of cold-working tools such as broaches, blanking dies, punches, thread-rolling dies, paper knives and wood-working tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-404. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

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.

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.

FAGERSTA M-7 is a molybdenum-type high-speed steel similar to AISI Type M1, but with higher percentages of carbon and vanadium than M1. The higher levels of carbon and vanadium provide an improved cutting efficiency without significantly lowering toughness. The many applications of FAGERSTA M-7 include boring tools, end mills, lathe tools, twist drills, thread-rolling dies and wood-working tools. 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-359. Producer or source: Fagersta Steels Inc..

Red Star Tungsten is a high-carbon low-alloy tool steel having high hardness, good toughness, and keen cutting edge. It is recommended for cutting tools, thread rolling dies, paper knives, etc. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as deformation. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-173. Producer or source: Vanadium Alloys Steel Company.

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.

DC53 can be hardened up to 63 HRC without losing toughness or becoming brittle. It is a long-lasting steel that reduces cracking and chipping and often replaces D2. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and shear strength as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as heat treating. Filing Code: TS-599. Producer or source: International Mold Steel Inc., Daido Steel Company Ltd.

STORA ASP 60 is a molybdenum-tungsten high-speed steel with high percentages of carbon, cobalt and vanadium. It is a powder metallurgy steel, has high hardenability and can be hardened by cooling in air or oil from the austenitizing temperature. It has an excellent combination of wear resistance, toughness, hot hardness and resistance to tempering. It is recommended for cutting tools for hard-to-machine material and high cutting speeds. 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-342. Producer or source: Stora Kopparberg, Special Steels Division.

Whitebear is an 8% Cr, cold work tool steel with lower carbon than similar grades, which improves the impact toughness. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and elasticity. It also includes information on wear resistance as well as heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-652. Producer or source: Timken Latrobe Steel.

D5 is a high-carbon high-chromium cold work steel that exhibits high resistance to softening at temperatures. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and hardness. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-532. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

Lescowear is a medium-chromium-containing air-hardening cold-work tool steel. It is a versatile alloy with a combination of toughness and 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-623. Producer or source: Timken Latrobe Steel.

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.

CRU-WEAR is an air hardening tool steel with wear resistance greater than D2 and toughness approaching A2. Applications include blades, punches and dies. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and elasticity. It also includes information on heat treating and joining. Filing Code: TS-592. Producer or source: Crucible.

THYRODUR 2379 (AISI D2) is an air hardening, high carbon chromium die steel, well suited for long run tool and die applications. It is capable of great hardness and high resistance to abrasive wear. It is non-deforming; consistent in response to all machining, heat treating and production operations; and is somewhat corrosion resistant. This datasheet provides information on composition, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-520. Producer or source: Thyssen Specialty Steels Inc.

VAIRLOY is a manganese-chromium-molybdenum tool and die steel capable of being air-hardened at low temperatures with minimum distortion and deformation. It is strong, tough and wear resistant. This datasheet provides information on composition and hardness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-6. Producer or source: Vulcan Crucible Steel Company.

BOFORS RT-1733 is an oil hardening, non-deforming tool and die steel. It has a good combination of toughness, wear and abrasion resistance. It is recommended for punches, forming rolls, master tools, blanking dies and cutters. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-174. Producer or source: Aktiebolaget Bofors.

JESSOP CNSI is a high-carbon, high-chromium tool steel possessing outstanding resistance to wear. It air hardens with a minimum amount of distortion; it also may be oil hardened. Its analysis is balanced to give maximum hardness and toughness. It is recommended for general-purpose work where high wear resistance combined with shock resistance is needed. Its many applications include dies of many types, cutters, punches, brick molds, rolls, taps, knurls, forming tools and reamers. 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-366. Producer or source: Jessop Steel Company.

BADGER is an oil hardening, non-deforming tool and die steel having good hardenability characteristics. Tungsten and chromium additions increase its wear resistance over the straight manganese oil hardening type die steel. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-107. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Company.

TLS Vertex is a versatile air-hardening tool steel that is high in chromium and therefore rich in chromium carbides for abrasive wear resistance. 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 heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-632. Producer or source: Timken Latrobe Steel.