Tools Steel

tools steelTool steels are used to fabricate tooling exposed to stress that cannot always be defined precisely in the design phase. Tool steels include cold work tool steels, hot work tool steels and plastics mould steels.

Cold work tool steels are used for cutting and pressing tools, for dies and knives, for stamping and drawing tools, hobs, thread rolling tools and in many other applications due to their typical properties C high hardness, good toughness and compressive strength and high wear resistance.

Hot work tool steels are required in tools for forging, die casting and the extrusion of metals. It includes tool steels which adopt a constant temperature about 200°C during application. 
They are helpful for the design of non cutting tools. They are used for die casting, continuous casting and die forging.

Plastic mould steels are used for making the molds and dies that are needed to manufacture plastic products. For the manufacture of plastic parts, steels are required which have a high wear resistance and good polishability, which can be easily machined, grained have adequate corrosion resistance. Depending on the properties required, case-hardening steels, heat treatable steels, corrosion resistant steels, nitriding steels and martensite hardening steels or high performance powder metallurgical materials are used. For Plastic Mold steel grades, these are delivered in pre-hardened condition with hardness ranging from 180HB to 400HB. 

Dimensions:
Round bar: OD 3mm~1,200mm, Cold-drawing, Hot-rolled, Hot-forged.
Flat: Thickness 10~90mm X Width 60~550mm X Length 2,500~5,800mm.
Block: Thickness 100~800mm X Width 100~1,600mm X Length 500~5,800mm.
Sheet: Thickness 1.0~10mm X Width 700~1,000mm X Length 1,200~2,000mm.

Tool Steel
GB JIS DIN (W-Nr) AISI/SAE
Cold Work Tool Steel
Cr12 SKD1 X210Cr12 (1.2080) D3
Cr12MoV   X165CrMoV12 (1.2601)  
Cr12Mo1V1 SKD11 X155CrVMo12-1 (1.2379) D2
9Mn2V   90MnV8 (1.2842) O2
MnCrWV   100MnCrW4 (1.2510) O1
  SKD2 X210CrW12 (1.2436) D7
Cr8Mo1VSi DC53    
 Hot Work Tool Steel
SCrNiMo SKT4 55NiCrMoV6 (1.2713) 6F2
5CrNiMo   56NiCrMoV7 (1.2714)  
5CrNi4Mo   X45NiCrMo4 (1.2767)  
3Cr2W8V SKD5 X30WCrV9-3 (1.2581) H21
4Cr5MoVSi SKD6 X38CrMoV51 (1.2343) H11
  SKD61 X40CrMoV51 (1.2344) H13
Plastic Mould Steel
3Cr2Mo HPM7 40CrMnMo7 (1.2311)  
    40CrMnMoS8-6 (1.2312)  
3Cr2MnNiMo HPM1 40CrMnNiMo8-6-4 (1.2738)  
4Cr13 SUS420J2 X40Cr14 (1.2083)  
10Ni3MnCuAl NAK80    
3Cr17Mo   X38CrMo16 (1.2316)