1.2316 plastic mould steel is martensitic stainless chromium steel for plastic moulds, high corrosion resistance than 1.2083, resistant to chemical attack, excellent wear resitance, uniform hardness in all dimensions, etch grainable and easy to machine, high surface finish and polishability. Not suitable for nitriding and chrome plating because of the high chrome content. This grade can be produced on request by the process in hardened and tempered, soft annealed and ESR condition.
M2 is molybdenum based high-speed steel in tungsten?molybdenum series. The carbides in it are small and evenly distributed. It has high wear resistance. After heat treatment, its hardness is the same as T1, but its bending strength can reach 4700 MPa, and its toughness and thermo-plasticity are higher than T1 by 50%. It is usually used to manufacture a variety of tools, such as drill bits, taps and reamers. Its decarburization sensitivity is a little bit high.
D3/1.2080 cold work tool steel is an air hardening, high-carbon, high-chromium tool steel. It displays excellent abrasion/wear resistance and has good dimensional stability and high compressive strength. It is heat treatable and will offer a hardness in the range 58-64 HRC. Due to its abrasion resistance in the hardened condition, D3/1.2080 machining should be limited to finished grinding. Typical applications for D3/1.2080 Steel: blanking and forming dies, forming rolls, press tools, punches, bushes etc.
SKD11 Tool Steel is a high- carbon and high- chromium alloy tool steel. It has good wear resistance and size ability after heat treatment and is suitable for making long-life high-precision cold-work dies. SKD11 Tool Steel of Applications: 1) Making knife-edge mold, scissors, circular saw blades, metal stamping mold. 2) Making cold work or hot work dressing dies, sides of rollers, screw lines, lines dies, transformer core stamping dies, rolled knives, steel tube forming rollers, special molding rollers, screw heading molds, etc. 3) Making blanking dies, stamping dies, pressing dies with a thickness = 6mm 4) Making kinds of scissors, inlaid blades, thread rolling dies. 5) Making wear-resistant slider cold heading dies, deep drawing molding dies, cold extrusion dies.
DC53 tool steel is a general purpose cold work tool steel with exceptional Toughness, Wear Resistance, Compressive Strength and Temper Resistance. Applications include: Punches & dies, Draw & forum dies, Shear blades, Shredder knives, Thread & form rolls, Cold heading dies, mill rolls & slitters.
S7 tool steel is a shock-resisting tool steel with excellent impact properties. Because it is an air-hardening steel, it is safe and stable in heat treatment. S7's most important characteristic is its versatility. It is used widely for medium cold work tools and dies, for plastic-molding dies, shear blades, medium hot work dies, master hobs, and for component parts of many products. S7 is the benchmark shock resisting tool steel.
D6/1.2436 tool steel is a high-carbon, high chromium tool steel alloyed with tungsten that is characterized by high compressive strength, high wear resistance, high surface hardness and good hardening stability. Applications of D6/1.2436 tool steels: forming tools, molds for abrasive plastics and ceramics, long-run press tools, blanking and shearing tools for hard materials.
O2/1.2842 tool steel is an oil hardening tool steel type supplied in the annealed condition and characterised by its characteristics of offering good durability, excellent wear resistance and its ability to hold a good cutting edge. O2 tool steel is a good quality general purpose tool steel often used where the expense of a high carbon high chromium tool steel would not be justified. Typical applications for O2 tool steel include medium run dies, press tools, drawing punches, broaches, bushings, lathe centres, chuck jaws, master cavity sinking hobs, plug gauges, thread gauges, thread cutting tools and precision measuring tools. It is also a popular tool steel for cams, cloth cutting knives, cold taps, reamers, collets, cutting hobs, strip slitting cutters, trimmer dies, tube expander rolls, plastic moulds and woodworking knives.
Characteristics: hot work tool steel for oil or air hardening to develop high hot strength, retention of hardness, and heat checking resistance. Applications: highly stressed hot work tools, such as mandrels, dies and containers for metal tube and rod extrusion; hot extrusion tools; tools for manufacture of hollows, screws, rivets, nuts and bolts. Die casting tools, forming dies, die inserts, hot shear blades.
A2/1.2363 tool steel is a 5% chromium medium alloy cold work tool steel possessing sufficient hardenability to be air hardened to 60 HRC surface hardness level with good depth of hardening. This widely used tool steel has low distortion in heat treatment, good machinability, good toughness for severe service, high abrasion resistance, and deep hardening properties in large sections. A2 has a fully spheroidized structure and has exceptionally low inclusion levels. A2 is available in de-carb free rounds, flats and squares, as well as drill rod and ground flat stock. Typical applications for A2 tool steel are blanking, forming, and trim dies, stamping dies, coining dies, thread roller dies, knurls, knurling tools, mandrels, master hobs, cold forming tools, spindles, shear blades, slitter blades, molds, punches, block and ring gauges, punch plates, reamers, brick mold liners, forming rolls, etc.
