Crucible Materials Corporation

Carl J Dorsch

Kenneth E Pinnow

William Stasko

Edward J Dulis

A powder-metallurgy-produced, essentially titanium-free, nickel-containing maraging steel article such as for use in the manufacture of die casting die components and other hot work tooling components. The article preferably contains an intentional addition of niobium. The article may be produced as a hot-isostatically-compacted, solution annealed, fully dense mass of prealloyed particles, or alternately, as a hot-isostatically-compacted, plastically deformed and solution annealed, fully dense mass of prealloyed particles.

Titanium-free, nickel-containing maraging steel die block article and

A martensitic hot work tool steel die block for use in the manufacture of die casting die components and other hot work tooling components and a method for manufacturing the same. The article has a hardness within the range of 35 to 50 HRC and a minimum transverse Charpy V-notch impact toughness of 5 foot pounds when heat treated to a hardness of 44 to 46 HRC and when tested at both 72.degree. F. and 600.degree. F. The article is a hot worked, heat treated and fully dense consolidated mass of prealloyed particles of the composition, in weight percent, 0.32 to 0.45 carbon, 0.20 to 2.00 manganese, 0.05 to 0.30 sulfur, up to 0.03 phosphorous, 0.80 to 1.20 silicon, 4.75 to 5.70 chromium, 1.10 to 1.75 molybdenum, 0.80 to 1.20 vanadium, and balance iron. The alloy may be any conventional wrought AISI hot work tool steel or wrought maraging or precipitation-hardening steel having 0.05 to 0.30 percent sulfur, and having sulfide particles which exhibit a maximum size of 50 microns in their longest dimension. The article is manufactured by compacting of prealloyed particles of the aforementioned composition followed by hot working, annealing, hardening and tempering.

Martensitic hot work tool steel die block article and method of

A martensitic hot work tool steel mold and die block article for use in the manufacture for molds for plastic injection molding, die casting die components, and other hot work tooling components. The article has a hardness within the range of 35 to 50 HRC, a minimum Charpy V-notch impact toughness of 3 foot pounds when heat treated to a hardness of 44 to 46 HRC and when tested both at 72.degree. F. and 600.degree. F. The article is an as hot-isostatically-compacted, fully dense, heat-treated mass of prealloyed particles which contain sulfur within the range of 0.05 to 0.30 weight percent. The hot work tool steel includes maraging and precipitation-hardening steels of this type.

Hot-isostatically-compacted martensitic mold and die block article and

A powder metallurgy produced high speed tool steel article comprising a mixture of prealloyed high speed tool steel particles coated with a hard, wear resistant material, such as a carbide or nitride, mixed with prealloyed high speed tool steel uncoated particles; the particles are compacted to essentially full density and the hard, wear resistant material is at the boundaries of the coated particles and contained in a continuous matrix of the high speed tool steel. The article is produced by hot compacting a particle charge to essentially full density of a mixture of the coated and uncoated particles.

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Carl J Dorsch