Cold Work Steel

Cold Work Steel

Category: Tool Steels

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 Product Features

  • High Hardness: Cold work steel maintains exceptional hardness even at low temperatures, ensuring durability and wear resistance during tough operations.

  • Excellent Wear Resistance: Ideal for tools that are subjected to high friction, providing long-lasting performance with minimal degradation.

  • Good Toughness: Despite its hardness, cold work steel offers balanced toughness to withstand impact and shock loading without cracking.

  • High Dimensional Stability: With superior stability under pressure, cold work steel maintains its shape and size, even in demanding conditions.

  • Excellent Machinability: Can be easily machined to precise specifications, making it ideal for producing intricate tooling and dies.

  • Corrosion Resistance: Offers resistance to corrosion and oxidation, ensuring that tools and dies remain reliable in varied environments.

  • Cost-Effective: Provides a cost-efficient solution for high-performance tooling, offering a balance of toughness and wear resistance at a competitive price.

  • Customizable Grades: Available in different grades and specifications to meet the requirements of various industrial applications.

 Applications

  • Cutting Tools: Used in the production of cutting tools that are subjected to high wear and stress, such as drills, taps, and milling cutters.

  • Punches and Dies: Essential for manufacturing punches, dies, and stamps used in cold forging and stamping processes.

  • Tooling for Automotive Industry: Ideal for producing automotive parts that require precision and durability under heavy-duty use.

  • Metalworking Tools: Perfect for tooling used in metalworking operations where precision and wear resistance are critical.

  • Moulding Tools: Used for making tools and dies used in plastic injection moulding and forming operations.

  • Manufacturing Components: Suitable for the production of durable industrial components that need to perform under extreme conditions.

 Cold Work Tool Steel – Equivalency Chart

Common Name AISI JIS DIN W.-Nr BS
XW41/2 D2 SKD11 X153CrMoV12 1.2379 BD2
DF2/DF3 O1 SKS3 100MnCrW4 1.2510 B01
SKH51 M2 1.3343 BM2
ASP23 M3-2 SKH54
Silver Steel O1 100MnCrW4 1.2510 B01

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