1.1730 Carbon Tool Steel | Reliable Global Supplier – Nifty Alloys

If you require a versatile, budget-friendly, and multi-purpose tool steel, you desire 1.1730 Carbon Tool Steel. This grade finds its maximum popularity due to its adequate toughness, machinability, and hardenability. Automotive, engineering, and tool industries employ this grade for producing parts demanding strength, precision, and toughness.

At Nifty Alloys, we sell 1.1730 Carbon Tool Steel in a variety of forms, including round bar, plates, and cut-to-size profiles. Adhering to international quality standards, we ensure that you will be provided with tested material that is traceable and ready to use for your applications.

What is 1.1730 Carbon Tool Steel?

1.1730, also known as C45U, C45, CK45, or AISI 1045, is a carbon tool steel with a moderate carbon composition of approximately 0.45%. It is a general purpose engineering and tool steel and is one of the most widely used carbon steels in the world.

This steel combines strength, machinability, and wear resistance balance. When properly heat-treated, it has good hardness and durability and is a material of choice for dies, jigs, gauges, and parts of machines.
 

Key Features & Characteristics of 1.1730

By choosing 1.1730 Carbon Tool Steel, you can benefit from a wide range of positive characteristics:

• High machinability – easy to process and shape
• Good toughness – resistant to cracking under stress
• Suitable for hardening – excellent after heat treatment
• Economic – cheap tool steel for mass applications
• Diverse uses – suitable for dies, tools, and mechanical parts
• Polishable – offers excellent surface finish upon machining