COLD WORKING TOOL STEELS

Properties Ledeburitic high-carbon, high-chromium tool steel, very high wear resistance, outstanding for lack of distortion during hardening.
Applications Cutting tools for sheets in thickness up to 4 mm., shear blades, impact extrusion punches and die rings, cutting dies and punches, drawing and deep drawing tools, woodworking tools, measuring tools, tube profile tools, blanking dies for paper and plastics, press tools, slitting cutters.
Chemical analysis:
CSiMnCr
0,00 %0,20 %0,30 %11,5 %
 Heat treatment:
Soft annealing:800 – 840 °C
Hardening:930 – 960 °COil
950 – 980 °CAir

Tempering:°C100200300400500600
HRC646259575446


Properties High-carbon, high-chromium, molybdenum, vanadium tool steel which offers good wear resistance, high surface hardness, through hardening properties, dimensional stability and high resistanceto tempering effect. It is also suitable for vacuum hardening and bath nitriding.
Applications High performance cutting tools as dies and punches, shear blades for sheets up to 6 mm thickness, drawing, deep drawing and extrusion tools, woodworking tools, blanking tools, rolling dies, pressing tools, plastic moulds.
Chemical analysis:
CSiMnCrMoV
1,55 %0,30 %0,30 %11,5 %0,7 %1,0 %
 Heat treatment:
Soft annealing:800 – 840 °C
Hardening:1000 – 1050 °COil or hot bath

Tempering:°C100200300400500600
HRC646159585850

Quality DIN No.
C Cr Mo Ni


Quality DIN No.
Cold Working Tools Steels 90 MnCrV 8 WN 1.2842 (K720)
C Mn Cr V
%0,9 %2,0 %0,3 %0,1


Quality DIN No.
Cold Working Tools Steels X 45 NiCrMo 4 WN 1.2767 (K600)
C Cr Mo Ni
%0,45 %1,3 %0,2 %4,0


Quality DIN No.
C Cr Mo Ni

Wear resistance Toughness Machinability Dimensional stability
during heat treatment		 DIN AISI
ArC 2080  WN 1.2080   D3 
ArC 2379  WN 1.2379   D2 
ArC 2436  WN 1.2436   D6 
ArC 2842  WN 1.2842   (O2) 
ArC 2767  WN 1.2767   -- 
ArC 2550  WN 1.2550   (S1)