Hot Work Steel

DESCRIPTION
A balanced alloy composition ensuring high toughness even in large tools and an improved thermal stability opts for an optimal hardness/strength-toughness/ductility ratio (elongation after fracture and percentage reduction of area after fracture) tailor-fit to every application.

Property Features

• Very high toughness & ductility
• High wear resistance
• Very good machinability
• High hot hardness
• Very good polishability
• Very high thermal conductivity
• High micro-cleanliness
• High resistance to fire cracking
• Excellent homogeneity and isotropy
• Coatable
• Lowest levels of unwanted trace elements
• Can be nitrated
• Very high thermal stability

Specification

High temperture strength	High temperature toughness	High_ temperature wear resistance	Machinability supplied
★★★☆☆	★★★★★	★★★☆☆	★★★★★

Chemical Composition

C	Si	Mn	Cr	Mo	V
0.38	0.20	0.55	5.00	1.80	0.55

Chemical composition (average %)

Applications

• Consumer Goods - General
• Extrusion
• Forging (Hot / Semi-hot)
• General Components for Mechanical Engineering
• Gravity / Low Pressure Die-Casting
• High Pressure Die-Casting
• Injection Molding
• Mechanical Engineering / Machine Building General
• Press Hardening / Hot Forming
• Press Hardening / Hot Stamping
• Progressive Forging (Hatebur)