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Cold Work Tool Steel

TOOL STEEL
Cold Work Applications

Cold work steel is a special type of steel that is known for its high hardness and wear resistance. Unlike other types of steel, cold work steel is not used at high temperatures, but at room temperature or even at lower temperatures. (up to 250C)

When it comes to cold work, Common failure mechanisms are wearing galling, chipping and cracking. cold work tool steel engineered to counter any failure mechanism that may arise when performing heavy-duty cold work, such as cold forming, blanking and coining.

Cold Work tool steel covers the following:

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Cold Work Tool Steel

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Uddeholm

Cold Work Tool Steel

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All Tool Steel For Cold Work Applications

Uddeholm Arne
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Uddeholm Caldie
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Uddeholm Calmax
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Uddeholm Carmo
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Uddeholm Formax
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Uddeholm Rigor
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Uddeholm Sleipner
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Uddeholm Sverker 21
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Uddeholm Sverker 3
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Uddeholm UHB 11
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Uddeholm Unimax
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Uddeholm Vanadis 23 SuperClean
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Uddeholm Vanadis 30 SuperClean
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Uddeholm Vanadis 4 Extra SuperClean
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Uddeholm Vanadis 60 SuperClean
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Uddeholm Vanadis 8 SuperClean
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Uddeholm Vancron SuperClean
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Uddeholm Viking
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Uddeholm Arne

General purpose oil hardening tool steel for short to medium production runs.

In East/South East Asian countries served by ASSAB, Arne is sold as DF-2.

Properties

  • Easy to machine
  • Good toughness
  • Adequate wear resistance

Application

  • Suited for a wide variety of cold work tooling.

Uddeholm Caldie

Caldie is a medium alloyed tool steel suitable for short and medium run tooling in applications where a combination of very high chipping resistance and compressive strength is required. The property profile makes Uddeholm Caldie a robust cold work tool steel for heavy duty blanking and forming of AHSS (Advanced High Strength Steel).

Properties

  • High toughness and ductility
  • Good wear resistance (adhesive-mixed wear profile)
  • Very suitable for all types of surface treatments
  • Very good polishability, can achieve high surface finish
  • Good through hardening properties
  • Good dimensional stability in heat treatment and in service
  • Good weldability
  • Good flame-, induction- and laser hardenability

Application

Tooling applications

  • General blanking and forming
  • Heavy duty blanking and forming
  • Car body dies for AHSS (Advanced High Strength Steel)
  • Coining
  • Cold extrusion dies with complicated geometries
  • Rolls for embossing
  • Shear blades
  • Tablet pressing

Components

  • Breakfast cereal flaking rolls
  • Pellet dies or rolls for animal feed
  • Aluminium recycling
  • Paper recycling
  • General purpose high wear components
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Uddeholm Calmax

Uddeholm Calmax is a medium alloyed tool steel suitable for short and medium run tooling in applications where a very high chipping resistance is required. The property profile makes Uddeholm Calmax a robust cold work tool steel for heavy duty blanking and forming.

Properties

  • High toughness and ductility
  • Good wear resistance (adhesive-mixed wear profile)
  • Good through hardening properties
  • Good stability in hardening
  • Good weldability
  • Good flame-, induction- and laser hardenability

Application

  • General blanking and forming
  • Heavy duty blanking and forming
  • Coining
  • Cold extrusion dies with complicated geometries
  • Rolls for embossing
  • Shear blades
  • Tablet pressing
  • Prototype tooling
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Uddeholm Carmo

Uddeholm Carmo is a prehardened medium alloyed tool steel suitable for short and medium run tooling in applications where a very high chipping resistance is required. The property profile makes Uddeholm Carmo a robust cold work tool steel for heavy duty blanking and forming. It is delivered prehardened to 240-270 HB.

Properties

  • High toughness and ductility
  • Good wear resistance (adhesive-mixed wear profile)
  • Good through hardening properties
  • Good stability in hardening
  • Good weldability
  • Very good flame-, induction- and laser hardenability

Application

  • Main application area is for car body dies
  • General type tooling for flame-, induction and laser hardening
  • Prototype tooling
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Uddeholm Formax

A bolster steel with low carbon content suitable for large top and bottom plates and medium strength supports.

Properties

  • Good machinability
  • Easy to flame-cut
  • Good mechanical strength
  • Can be case hardened
  • Good weldability

Application

  • Bolsters
  • Punch holders
  • Die holders
  • Backing plates
  • Guide plates
  • Support plates
  • Jigs
  • Fixtures
  • Constructional parts
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Uddeholm Rigor

Medium alloyed tool steel with a good resistance to both the abrasive and adhesive types of wear as well as good resistance to cracking. This combination makes Rigor an all purpose tool steel for medium run cold work applications.

Properties

  • Medium wear resistance (mixed type of wear profile)
  • High hardness and compressive strength
  • Good hardenability
  • Good machinability and grind-ability
  • Good resistance to chipping and cracking

Application

Tooling applications

  • Tools for cutting (punching, piercing, cropping, shearing, trimming etc.)
  • Tools for forming (bending, drawing, tube-and section forming rolls etc.)
  • Short cold shears, granulator blades for plastic waste etc.
  • Clipping and trimming tools for forgings
  • Gauges, measuring tools, guide rails, bushes etc.

Components

  • Breakfast cereal flaking rolls
  • General purpose high wear components
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Uddeholm Sleipner

Uddeholm Sleipner is a high alloyed tool steel with a very broad property profile. It is also a very good steel for all types of surface treatments. This combination means that Uddeholm Sleipner is an extremely versatile conventional tool steel for medium run cold work tooling.

In East/South East Asian countries served by ASSAB, Sleipner is sold as ASSAB 88.

Properties

  • Good wear resistance
  • Good chipping resistance
  • High hardness (> 63 HRC) after high temperature tempering
  • Good through hardening properties
  • Good dimensional consistency in heat treatment
  • Very good dimensional stability in service
  • Good machinability and grindability
  • Good surface treatment properties
  • Reduced risk of cracking during wire EDM

Application

Tooling applications

  • Tools for cutting (punching, piercing, cropping, shearing, trimming etc.)
  • Fine blanking tools
  • Tools for forming (bending, drawing, tube- and section forming rolls etc.)
  • Cold shears, rotary shears, granulator blades for plastic waste etc.
  • Cold extrusion dies
  • Thread rolling dies
  • Powder compacting
  • Gauges, measuring tools, guide rails, bushes etc.
  • Swaging tools

Components

  • Rubber recycling
  • Tyre recycling
  • Wood recycling
  • General purpose high wear components
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Uddeholm Sverker 21

High alloyed tool steel suitable for medium run tooling in applications where primarily a good resistance to abrasive wear is required. The 12-% chromium steel is the most common tool steel type used for cold work tooling.

In East/South East Asian countries served by ASSAB, Uddeholm Sverker 21 is sold as ASSAB XW-41 or ASSAB XW-42.

Properties

  • High wear resistance (mixed-abrasive type wear profile)
  • Good compressive strength
  • Good through hardening properties
  • Good stability in hardening
  • Good resistance to tempering back

Application

Cold Work Tooling

  • Tools for cutting (punching, piercing, cropping, shearing, trimming etc.)
  • Tools for forming (bending, drawing, tube-and section forming rolls etc.)
  • Cold shears, rotary shears, granulator blades for plastic waste etc.
  • Cold extrusion dies
  • Powder compacting
  • Gauges, measuring tools, guide rails, bushes etc.
  • Swaging tools
  • Dies for moulding bricks, tiles, grinding wheels etc.

Components

  • Plastic recycling
  • Paper recycling
  • Tyre recycling
  • Food extrusion liners
  • General purpose high wear components
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Uddeholm Sverker 3

High alloyed tool steel suitable for medium and long run tooling in applications where a very good abrasive wear resistance is needed. Uddeholm Sverker 3 contains large carbides which are advantageous for abrasive wear resistance but which red

Properties

  • Very high wear resistance (abrasive type wear profile)
  • High hardness and compressive strength
  • Good hardenability
  • Good stability in hardening
  • Good resistance to tempering back

Application

Tooling applications

  • Blanking of thin, hard, abrasive materials such as electrical sheet
  • Paper and foil slitting
  • Powder compacting of ceramics
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Uddeholm UHB 11

UHB 11 is a low alloyed carbon steel to be used in as-delivered condition as bolster or holder steel for tools and dies or other machine parts. The steel can also be used in hardened and tempered condition for simpler tools.

Properties

  • Good machinability
  • Good mechanical strength

Application

  • Punch holders
  • Die holders
  • Guide plates
  • Jigs
  • Fixtures
  • Simple bending dies
  • Simple structural components
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Uddeholm Unimax

Uddeholm Unimax is a high hardness hot work tool steel which provides great wear resistance even over extended time at elevated temperatures. It performs very well in precision forging and hot stamping.

Properties

  • Excellent toughness and ductility in all directions
  • Good wear resistance
  • Good dimension stability at heat treatment and in service
  • Excellent through-hardening properties
  • Good resistance to tempering back
  • Good hot strength
  • Good thermal fatigue resistance
  • Excellent polishability

Application

Tooling applications

  • Long run plastic moulds – injection moulding, compression moulding, extrusion moulding
  • Moulds for reinforced plastics
  • Moulds for bigger parts
  • Heavy duty blanking
  • Cold forging
  • Thread rolling
  • Hot work applications requiring high hardness and toughness

Components

  • Engineering applications requiring high hardness and toughness
  • Wood pellet dies
  • Household waste recycling
  • Metal recycling
  • Tyre recycling
  • Wood recycling
  • Refrigerator recycling
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Uddeholm Vanadis 23 SuperClean

A high alloyed powder metallurgical high speed steel with a good abrasive wear resistance in combination with a high compressive strength. It is suitable for demanding cold work applications like blanking of harder materials such as carbon steel or cold rolled strip steel and for cutting tools. The machinability and grindability are superior to conventional high speed steel and so is the dimensional stability after heat treatment.

In East/South East Asian countries served by ASSAB, Uddeholm Vanadis 23 is sold as ASSAB PM 23.

Properties

  • High hardness
  • Good dimensional stability
  • Good temper back resistance

Application

Tooling applications

  • General blanking and forming
  • Cutting tools
  • Fine blanking
  • Rolls for cold rolling

Components

  • General purpose high wear components
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Uddeholm Vanadis 30 SuperClean

A Cobolt alloyed powder metallurgy high speed steel with excellent compressive strength, and good abrasive wear resistance. Uddeholm Vanadis 30 / ASSAB PM 30 is suitable for demanding cold work applications and for cutting tools as an alternative to AISI M42 or other Co-alloyed HSS. The PM process gives a good machinability and grindability as well as a good dimension stability during heat treatment.

In East/South East Asian countries served by ASSAB, Uddeholm Vanadis 30 is sold as ASSAB PM 30 SuperClean.

Properties

  • High hardness
  • Good dimensional stability
  • Good temper back resistance

Application

Tooling applications

  • High speed blanking and forming
  • Cutting tools
  • Fine blanking
  • Rolls for cold rolling

Components

  • General purpose high wear components
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Uddeholm Vanadis 4 Extra SuperClean

The most versatile PM tool steel on the market today, combining high wear resistance with very good ductility and resistance to chipping of edges. Excellent machinability in both soft and hard condition ensures advantages in both tool making and tool maintenance.

Properties

  • Highest ductility of all the PM grades
  • High hardness, 58-64 HRc
  • Good wear resistance
  • Excellent soft and hard machinability
  • Good dimensional stability
  • Good temper back resistance

Application

Tooling applications

  • General blanking and forming
  • Powder compaction
  • Fine blanking
  • Coining
  • Cold extrusion
  • Trimming tools
  • Rolls for cold rolling
  • Rolls for embossing
  • Shear blades

Components

  • Food extrusion liners
  • Food extrusion screws
  • Fuel injection nozzles
  • Knives for recycling of:
    • Metals, i.e. titanium
    • Plastics
    • Tyres
  • General purpose high wear components
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Uddeholm Vanadis 60 SuperClean

This is a high alloyed high performance PM high speed steel with an addition of cobalt. Uddeholm Vanadis 60 SuperClean is particularly suitable for cold work tooling where highest wear resistance and highest compressive strength are required at the same time.

In East/South East Asian countries served by ASSAB, Uddeholm Vanadis 60 SuperClean is sold as ASSAB PM 60 SuperClean.

Properties

  • Highest hardness 68-70 HRC
  • Good dimensional stability
  • Good temper back resistance

Application

  • High speed blanking and forming
  • Cutting tools
  • Fine blanking
  • Rolls for cold rolling
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Uddeholm Vanadis 8 SuperClean

A highly alloyed PM cold work tool steel, suitable for long run tooling of work materials where mixed abrasive–adhesive wear profile or plastic deformation are the dominating failure mechanisms.

Properties

  • Highest wear resistance
  • Very high chipping resistance
  • High compressive strength
  • Good machinability

Application

Tooling applications

  • General blanking and forming
  • Powder compaction
  • Fine blanking
  • Coining
  • Cold extrusion
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Uddeholm Vancron SuperClean

The most innovative PM tool steel on the market today. Solid state nitriding of the powder particles enables extremely high nitrogen alloy content, giving the tool an “internal surface coating”, and the best resistance to galling and adhesive wear. The machinability in hard condition is the best of all the PM grades, ensuring benefits in tool making, as well as tool maintenance.

Properties

  • Best galling and adhesive wear resistance
  • Best machinability in hard condition
  • High hardness, 58-64 HRc
  • High compressive strength

Application

Tooling applications

  • General blanking and forming of sticky materials
  • Powder compaction
  • Rolls for cold rolling
  • Forming of stainless steel
  • Forming of duplex and high strength steel

Components

  • General purpose low friction components
  • General purpose high wear components
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Uddeholm Chipper/Viking

A versatile, high alloyed tool steel characterized by the excellent combination of toughness and wear resistance required for chipper-knives and heavy duty blanking and forming.

Properties

  • Good dimensional stability during heat treatment
  • Good machinability and grindability
  • Excellent combination of toughness and wear resistance
  • Normal hardness in the range 52 – 58 HRC

Application

Tooling applications

  • Uddeholm Chipper knives
  • Blanking and piercing of thick materials up to 25 mm.
  • Fine blanking Shear blades
  • Deep drawing
  • Cold forging
  • Swaging dies
  • Rolls
  • Cold extrusion dies with complicated geometry
  • Tools for tube drawing

Components

  • Wood recycling knives