Cold Work Steel

Cold Work Steel

Cold Works Steel is used where the product material being processed is in an unheated or cold condition, such as, used for cutting and pressing tools, for dies and knives, for stamping and drawing tools, hobs, thread rolling tools and in many other applications – high hardness, good toughness and compressive strength and high wear resistance are the most important factors in choosing this cold works tool steel material.

1. Shape and Size Range

Round Bar: diameter 8mm – 350m
Steel Plate: thickness 2-250mm x width 200-800mm

2. Common Steel Grades

3. Advantage of cold work tool steel

Cold works steel comprise the family of tool steels having a good combination of wear, toughness and compressive strength permitting relatively heavy forming and cutting operations at room temperature.

4. Features of cold works tool steel.

• Uniform distribution of fine carbides
• Excellent galling & wear resistance
• Exceptional toughness & fatigue resistance
• High temper resistance to support PVD & nitride surface treatments
• Machining & grinding characteristics superior to most other tool steels

5. Applications of cold works steel

• stamping
• bending
• roll roller
• thread wheel
• cold forging
• pounch mold
• knife mold
• screw mold
• other applications