SAE 1020 is a low-carbon steel combining good machinability, workability and weldability. It is carburized for use in case-hardened components and it is used for a wide range of applications in the hot-worked, cold-worked, normalized or quenched-and-tempered conditions. Its many uses include bolts, rods, plate applications, machinery components, case-hardened parts, spinning tools and trimming dies. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on low temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: CS-113. Producer or source: Carbon steel mills.

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.

DI-MC 460 is a weldable fine-grained thermomechanically rolled steel for structural design. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and joining. Filing Code: SA-717. Producer or source: Dillinger Hütte GTS.

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.

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.

GRAPH-M.N.S. is an air or oil hardening steel containing free graphite. In the hardened condition it has high resistance to scuffing, galling and seizing. This datasheet provides information on composition and hardness as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming and heat treating. Filing Code: TS-13. Producer or source: Timken Roller Bearing Company.

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..

MITTAL DI-FORM T780 and T980 alloys are low-carbon steels with a manganese and silicon composition. Dual-phase (DP) steels are one of the important advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) products developed for the automotive industry. Their microstructure typically consists of a soft ferrite phase with dispersed islands of a hard martensite phase. The martensite phase is substantially stronger than the ferrite phase. The DI-FORM grades exhibit low yield-to-tensile strength ratios and the name corresponds to the tensile strength. This datasheet provides information on forming. Filing Code: SA-563. Producer or source: Mittal Steel USA Flat Products.

Mustang-LC is a tungsten-molybdenum high-speed steel specially developed for hot work applications requiring long die life. It is recommended for hot forming and swaging dies, hot extrusion dies, hot punches, etc. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-192. Producer or source: Jessop Steel Company.

ULTIMO-6 is a chromium-nickel-molybdenum tool and die steel applicable where resistance to shock is important and where water cooling may be utilized with safety. It is particularly adapted to large dies where first cost is a major consideration. This datasheet provides information on composition and hardness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-31. Producer or source: Atlas Steels Company.

Dargraph is an oil-hardening, graphitic steel having excellent resistance to abrasive wear, galling, scuffing and scoring. It is recommended for drawing and forming dies, bushings, pneumatic hammers, wear plates, etc. 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-216. Producer or source: Darwin & Milner Inc..

FORMALOY is a high-strength, high-purity zinc-base alloy with excellent performance in dies for forming sheet metal. It has a fine, dense grain structure which contributes markedly to its good toughness, excellent machinability and ability to develop a high polish. 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 corrosion resistance as well as casting, forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Zn-17. Producer or source: Federated Metals Corporation, ASARCO Inc..

SUPERDIE is a superior oil-hardening cold-work die steel of the high-carbon, high-chromium type. It has outstanding wear resistance combined with high hardenability and exceptional size stability. SUPERDIE is especially suited for tools and dies where dimensional limits are close, and high strength and long runs between grinds are necessary. Among its many applications are blanking dies, burnishing tools, beading rolls, lathe centers, plug gages, spinning tools, slitters 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-482. Producer or source: Columbia Tool Steel Company.

COLUMBIA SPECIAL is the manufacturer's highest quality best grade of water-hardening tool steel. It contains small amounts of chromium and vanadium. Its manufacture is controlled closely to insure uniform predictable hardenability. When brine quenched it develops a uniform high-hardness case of medium depth with a tough shock-dampening core. It is noted for its combination of high resistance to abrasion and high toughness. COLUMBIA SPECIAL'S many applications include dies for many uses, reamers, taps, drills, punches, gages and wood 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-466. Producer or source: Columbia Tool Steel Company.

WATERDIE EXTRA is a high-quality water-hardening tool steel alloyed with chromium to give increased depth of hardened case with added resistance to abrasion. When quenched in water or brine, it develops a deep, uniform high-hardness case with a tough shock-dampening core. This steel gives outstanding performance in large-section tools and dies that demand the strength of an extra-deep hardened case backed by a tough core. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-477. Producer or source: Columbia Tool Steel Company.

Böhler (or Boehler) WPZ is a high alloy special steel designed to withstand the optimal requirements made on hot work steel. It is recommended for rod and tube extrusion dies, and for injection and compression molding 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 forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-199. Producer or source: Böhler Uddeholm N.A..

THERMOLD-H23 is a chromium-tungsten hot work tool and die steel characterized by high strength at elevated temperatures and good resistance to heat checking. It is recommend for extrusion dies and die casting 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 forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: TS-227. Producer or source: Cyclops Corporation.

ATMODIE is a high-carbon, high-chromium, air-hardening tool steel. It has a unique combination of hardness, toughness and non-deforming qualities. Its hardenability is high enough to develop full hardness through large sections; this makes it outstanding as the heavy-duty die and cold-forming tool steel, excellent for blanking heavy sheet and plate. ATMODIE is particularly useful for long-run tools and dies requiring close dimensional accuracy in hardening. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: TS-470. Producer or source: Columbia Tool Steel Company.

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.

LESCO S-7 is an air or oil-hardening die steel with a unique combination of toughness and wear-resistance properties that makes it an ideal choice for many tooling applications. The outstanding properties of Lesco S-7 are provided by an intermediate carbon level balanced with moderate amounts of chromium and molybdenum. It is used for both cold and hot tooling applications. Its many uses include shear blades, swaging dies, chisels and dies for molding plastics below 1000 F (538 C). This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and elasticity. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-437. Producer or source: Latrobe Steel Company.