Uddeholm Tooling Aktiebolag

William Roberts

Borje Johansson

Cold work steel

The invention relates to a tool steel intended for cold working operations and having very high impact strength and good resistance to wear, said steel being made powder-metallurgically by consolidation of metal powder to a dense body. The steel has the following chemical composition expessed in weight-% 1-2.5% C, 0.1-2% Si, max 0.3% N, 0.1-2% Mn, 6.5-11% Cr, max 4% Mo, max 1% W and 3-7% V, wherein up to half the amount of vanadium can be replaced by 1.5 times as much niobium, and wherein the ratio V/C shall amount to between 2.5 and 3.7, balance essentially only iron and impurities and accessory elements in normal amounts.

Tool steel

A method for manufacturing a low-alloy steel product having a very high hardenability in relation to its alloying content is disclosed. The method includes the steps of melting the steel; adding thereto a micro-alloying ingredient selected from group consisting of aluminum, titanium, and aluminum and titanium together; superheating the melt to a temperature of at least 1625.degree. C., holding the melt at the temperature level for at least two minutes; teeming and casting the melt to form ingots and hot-working the ingots to form a low alloy steel product of the following composition:

Low-alloy steel material, die blocks and other heavy forgings made

A method for manufacturing a low-alloy steel product having a very high hardenability in relation to its alloying content is disclosed. The method includes the steps of melting the steel; adding thereto a micro-alloying ingredient selected from the group consisting of aluminum, titanium, and aluminum and titanium together; superheating the melt to a temperature of at least 1625.degree. C., holding the melt at that temperature level for at least two minutes; teeming and costing the melt to form ingots and hot-working the ingots to form a low alloy steel product.

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