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1.2436 Tool Steel
1.2436 tool steel suppliers and stockholders delivering to the whole of the Middle East. Nifty Alloys LLC are suppliers this high carbon high chromium tool steel in flat and round bar. This is a tool steel grade offering very high wear resistance with edge holding quality. It is an air hardening alloy tool steel with excellent resistance to wear and abrasion. As a high carbon high chromium tool steel 1.2436 has good through hardening properties and dimensional stability combined with high resistance to tempering.
Applications
Analysis
Forging
Annealing
Stress Relieving
Hardening
Applications
Typical applications for 1.2436 tool steel include blanking and shearing tools, drawing tools, drawing dies, mandrels, press tools, forming tools and shear blades. It is suited to applications where maximum wear resistance is required.
Analysis
| Carbon | 2.00-2.30% | Chromium | 11.00-13.00% |
| Manganese | 0.30-0.60% | Tungsten | 0.60-0.80% |
| Silicon | 0.10-0.40% | Phosphorous | 0.03% max |
| Sulphur | 0.03% max |
Forging
Heat slowly and uniformly to 700°C then more rapidly to 900-1050°C. After forging cool the steel slowly, preferably in a furnace.
Annealing
Anneal at 800-840°C and slow furnace cool. Hardness after annealing will be approximately 225 brinell.
Stress Relieving
If machining operations have been heavy or if the tool has an unbalanced section, remove stresses before hardening by heating up to 650-700°C, equalise, then cool slowly.
Hardening
Pre heat slowly to 750-800°C and thoroughly soak. Continue heating to the final hardening temperature of 950-980°C and allow the component to be heated through. Cool in air or quench in oil. 1.2436 is suitable for vacuum (high speed gas) hardening.
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