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Tool Steel is a specific type of high quality steel made specifically for the production of tools and tooling components. Tool steels are produced in electric melt furnaces and stringent quality standards are upheld to produce the necessary quality. Tool steels are formulated to withstand high pressures and abrasive materials.
Typically tool steels are used for shearing, cutting, stamping, and forming of metals and plastics. Example applications include compacting of powder metal into a gear form, slitting of steel coils into strips, stamping of computer parts from metal sheets, extrusion of plastic or vinyl into window frames and formation of cutting tools from high-speed tool steels.
Tool steels are supplied in the annealed or soft condition, so that they may be machined and fabricated into a tooling component. These steels are designed to be used in the hardened condition, so after they have been fabricated into a tool, they must be heat treated to obtain the desired properties.
The properties that tool steels provide are hardness, toughness, wear resistance and red hardness. For a further explanation of these properties, see our article Properties of Tool Steels. These properties are provided in varying degrees from a wide selection of tool steel grades. These grades fall into three basic classes of tool steels. These classes are cold work tool steels, hot work tool steels and high-speed tool steels. These classes are also divided into sub-classes. Cold work tool steels are generally divided into Water-hardening, Oil-hardening, Air-hardening, Shock-resistant and special purpose tool steels. High-speed tool steels contain high levels of cobalt, tungten and/or molybdenum and are designed to be used at elevated temperatures while still providing a high level of hardness and wear resistance to facilitate cutting of metals. High-speed steels are sub-divided into tungsten and molybdenum sub-classes.
Tool steels usually contain from 0.5% to 2.5% carbon. This level of carbon is necessary to combine with the carbide forming elements in the tool steels. These carbide-forming elements, when combined with the carbon, provide the necessary hardness and wear resistance. Now that you have a basic understanding of what tool steel is, see the related link for more information.
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What tool do you use to measuring millimetres?
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82 degree countersinking stainless steel what type of countersink do you use?
For countersinking stainless steel at 82 degrees, it is recommended to use a single-flute countersink tool made from high-speed steel or cobalt. This type of tool will provide the necessary cutting force and durability to effectively countersink the stainless steel material without causing damage.
What material of steel rule?
Tool steel.
How can you use the word tool in a sentence?
for a carpenter his tool is most important thing. Without it he will starve.
What is the best tool to cut stainless steel?
The best tool to cut stainless steel is a plasma cutter.
How you name the different types of steel?
Tool steel. Mild steel. Steel construction. Stainless steel.
How do you punch a hole in a coin?
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What are the material use for producing wrench ratchet such as socket?
Depends on the manufacturer and the quality of the tool. Lower end tools will use chrome vanadium. Higher end tools will use some form of tool steel.
