Uddeholm devoted a week to study sustainable development opportunities, reducing their carbon emissions and analyzing ways to produce tool steels more sustainably.

Researchers at the Center for Heat Treating Excellence (CHTE) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are working with CHTE members to develop post-processing parameters to enhance the mechanical properties of additively manufactured (AM) steels. This article reports preliminary results based on characterization of AISI 8620 and 20MnCr5 powder, selective laser melted parts, and wrought parts.

Modern society has evolved and progressed in no small part due to the availability of cutting tools made of high-speed steel. This article details advances in tool materials from World War I through the middle of the twentieth century.

Simple tools were first devised for hunting purposes, followed by more complex ones for agriculture and construction, and always included efforts to make better weapons for war. Finally, with the Industrial Revolution, humans began to invent mass-produced machine tools. this article describes the early development of the tool steel industry in the United States.