AISI Type H19 is a hot-work tool and die steel that is characterized by excellent resistance to shock and abrasion at elevated temperatures. This steel provides relatively high toughness and outstanding resistance to heat checking and softening at elevated temperatures. Among its many applications are hot-punch tools, forging dies and inserts, brass extrusion dies, permanent molds for brass casting and hot-extrusion die inserts for steel. This datasheet provides information on composition, hardness, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-401. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

UNS T20819 is a hot-work tool and die steel that is characterized by excellent resistance to shock and abrasion at elevated temperatures. This steel provides relatively high toughness and outstanding resistance to heat checking and softening at elevated temperatures. Among its many applications are hot-punch tools, forging dies and inserts, brass extrusion dies, permanent molds for brass casting and hot-extrusion die inserts for steel. This datasheet provides information on composition, hardness, 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-496. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

UNS No. G86500 is a triple-alloy steel designed for highly efficient utilization of the alloying elements to increase hardenability and strength. It is an oil-hardening type and is suitable for many machine and tool components. Specific applications include gears, shafts, bolts, wrenches, studs and tool forgings. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SA-407. Producer or source: Alloy steel mills and foundries.

UHB QRO 80 MICRODIZED is a chromium-molybdenum-vanadium tool steel with improved performance for tooling used at elevated temperature as in forging, extrusion and die casting. It is electro-slag refined. 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-486. Producer or source: Uddeholm Aktiebolag.

Uddeholm QRO 90 Supreme is a high-performance chromium-molybdenum-vanadium alloy hot-work tool steel. The combination of high temperature strength, temper resistance and thermal conductivity exhibited by Uddeholm QRO 90 Supreme is unparalleled. Thus Uddeholm QRO 90 Supreme exhibits improved service life in die casting and extrusion of nonferrous metals, and in forging and extrusion of steel. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-825. Producer or source: Uddeholms AB.

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.

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.

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.

AISI Type H12 is a general-purpose, low-carbon, chromium-molybdenum-tungsten hot-work steel for tools and dies that require high toughness. It has high hardenability and offers high resistance to softening in service at elevated temperatures. It also offers good resistance to heat checking and may be water cooled in service. It is suitable for hot-work applications involving severe conditions of shock and sudden temperature changes. Its many applications include hot shear blades, forging dies, extrusion dies, punches and other types of hot-work tools. 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-381. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

AISI Type 1.2 is a chromium-vanadium tool steel of modest hardenability and variable carbon content (nominally 0.50-1.10% carbon). At its lower carbon levels, it is used for tools requiring toughness and resistance to shock and vibration. At its higher carbon levels, it is recommended for resistance to abrasion, fatigue and wear. It is used for both hot-work and cold-work applications. Among its many uses are automotive gears, forgings, gun barrels, shafts, wrenches, chisels, punches, lathe spindles, axes, shear blades, dies, files, reamers and drills. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-416. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

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.

UNS No. T20812 is a low-carbon chromium-molybdenum-tungsten hot-work steel for general purposers. It is used for dies and tools that require high toughness. It has high hardenability and offers high resistance to softening in service at elevated temperatures. It also offers good resistance to heat checking and may be water cooled in service. It is suitable for hot-work applications involving severe conditions of shock and sudden temperature changes. Its many applications include hot shear blades, forging dies, extrusion dies, punches and other types of hot-work tools. 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-453. Producer or source: Tool steel mills.

CROMO-W is a general purpose hot work tool and die steel having excellent resistance to wear, shock, and drastic changes in temperature. It is recommended for hot shear blades, forging and bolt heading dies, punches and other types of hot work tools. 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-211. Producer or source: Bethlehem Steel Corporation.

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.

Daido DRM2 is a high-speed tool steel with both high hardness (62 HRC maximum) and toughness for improved life in dies. The alloy is a matrix type for warm and cold forging tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity as well as fatigue. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as heat treating. Filing Code: TS-618. Producer or source: International Mold Steel Inc., Daido Steel.

Böhler (or Boehler) W360 Isobloc is a hot work tool steel developed as a tool steel for dies and punches in warm and hot forging. The steel can be used for a variety of applications where hardness and toughness are required. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming and heat treating. Filing Code: TS-727. Producer or source: Böhler Edelstahl GmbH & Company KG.

Uddeholm Unimax is a high-hardness chromium-molybdenum-vanadium alloy hot-work tool steel that provides high wear resistance at elevated temperatures. It performs very well in precision forging and hot stamping. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on heat treating and machining. Filing Code: TS-826. Producer or source: Uddeholms AB.

Crusible CCS is an air-hardening hot work steel having high temperature properties and heat resistance. It is recommended for die casting dies, forging and extrusion tools. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-182. Producer or source: Crucible Steel Company of America.

PRESSURDIE-1 is an air-hardening hot work tool and die steel having high heat resistance and good high temperature strength properties. It is recommended for die casting dies, extrusion and forging 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, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-191. Producer or source: Continental Copper & Steel Industries Inc..

Jessop-Saville JO. Special is a basic hot work tool steel exhibiting good red-hardness and abrasion resistance at elevated temperatures. It is recommended for forging and extrusion dies. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on high temperature performance as well as heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-195. Producer or source: Jessop-Saville Ltd, Brightside Works.