Hot Work Tool Steel: Grades, Properties, Hardness, Heat Treatment & Applications
Hot work tool steel is designed for one purpose – to resist heat that would ruin common steel. It is the material behind the dies, molds, punches and blades that are hammered and squeezed and repeatedly heated and cooled – in die casting, forging, extrusion, hot stamping and hot shearing. And what makes it different […]
Hardness Ratings HRC in Tool Steel and Die Steel
Virat Steels | India’s Leading Tool and Die Steel Supplier If you’re comparing H13 vs H11 Tool Steel or reviewing a tool steel datasheet, you’ve probably come across hardness values such as 44 HRC, 48 HRC, or 52 HRC and wondered what they actually mean. In tool steel applications, HRC (Rockwell Hardness C Scale) is […]
Exploring High Carbon, Chromium tool steel for cold work applications!
High Carbon and High Chromium tool steel HCHCR-D2 and HCHCR-D3! Excellent toughness and high hardness at elevated temperatures. HCHCR D2 & D3 are commonly used tool steel grades in the Indian steel industry. These grades are similar to the international standards AISI D2 and AISI D3, respectively. Both HCHCR D2 & D3 steels are primarily […]