Hot Work Tool Steel
Hot work is one of the most challenging areas of manufacturing with demands on the die and tool steel always increasing. Most of the application areas share similar problems of such as:
- Hot wear
- Thermal fatigue
- Cracking
- Plastic deformation
Uddeholm Alvar 14
25%
Hot wear resistance
25%
Plastic deformation resistance
35%
Heat checking resistance
45%
Premature cracking resistance
Uddeholm Caldie
35%
Abrasive wear resistance
60%
Adhesive wear resistance
75%
Ductility/edge chipping resistance
50%
Toughness/gross cracking resistance
62%
Hardness (HRC) max
Uddeholm Dievar
45%
Hot wear resistance
80%
Plastic deformation resistance
75%
Heat checking resistance
85%
Premature cracking resistance
Uddeholm Formvar
45%
Hot wear resistance
45%
Plastic deformation resistance
70%
Heat checking resistance
45%
Premature cracking resistance
Uddeholm Impax Supreme
50%
Machinability
30%
Wear resistance
60%
90%
Toughness
Uddeholm Orvar 2 Microdized
40%
Hot wear resistance
40%
Plastic deformation resistance
40%
Heat checking resistance
35%
Premature cracking resistance
Uddeholm Orvar Superior
40%
Hot wear resistance
40%
Plastic deformation resistance
60%
Heat checking resistance
55%
Premature cracking resistance
Uddeholm Orvar Supreme
40%
Hot wear resistance
40%
Plastic deformation resistance
60%
Heat checking resistance
50%
Premature cracking resistance
Uddeholm QRO 90 HT
55%
Hot wear resistance
60%
Plastic deformation resistance
80%
Heat checking resistance
35%
Premature cracking resistance
Uddeholm QRO 90 Supreme
55%
Hot wear resistance
60%
Plastic deformation resistance
80%
Heat checking resistance
35%
Premature cracking resistance
Uddeholm Unimax
60%
Hot wear resistance
60%
Plastic deformation resistance
70%
Heat checking resistance
40%
Premature cracking resistance
Uddeholm Vidar 1
40%
Hot wear resistance
40%
Plastic deformation resistance
40%
Heat checking resistance
40%
Premature cracking resistance
Uddeholm Vidar Superior
40%
Hot wear resistance
50%
Plastic deformation resistance
60%
Heat checking resistance
85%
Premature cracking resistance
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