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Cold Work Tool Steel Alloy Comparison


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  ASTM Grade Name Description MI1 HRC   Toughness
  Wear Resistance
  Grindability
  O1  LSS™ O1  An oil hardening, non-shrinking tool steel with good toughness and moderate dimensional stability in heat treatment.  95  60 





  O6  Graph-Mo®  An oil hardening, graphitic tool steel with excellent non-seizing properties. The graphite particles provide self-lubricity and hold applied lubricants.  125  60 





  L6  LSS™ L6  An oil hardening, general purpose tool and die steel. The nickel content provides enhanced impact toughness.  75  57 





  A2  LSS™ A2  A general purpose, air hardening tool and die steel.  70  60 





    LSS™ A7 Mod.  An air hardening, highly abrasion resistant tool steel. Used in severe wear applications such as brick molds and shot-blast liners.   40  61 





  A8  LSS™ MGR™  An air hardening steel with good toughness which can be used in cold work and some limited hot work tooling applications.  75  59 





  A9  LSS™ A9  An air hardening steel with enhanced toughness which can be used in both cold work and hot work tooling applications.  70  56 





  A10  Graph-Air®  An air hardening graphitic tool steel. More dimensionally stable during heat treatment than O6 graphitic tool steel.  85  60 





  D2  LSS™ D2  A general purpose, 12% chromium, air hardening, wear resistant tool steel. Good dimensional stability during heat treatment.   50  62 





  D3  LSS™ D3  An air hardening, high carbon, 12% chromium tool steel with improved wear resistance.  45  63 





  D7  LSS™ D7  An air-hardening tool steel with maximum wear resistance for an ingot cast steel. Large, hard carbides resist wear from abrasive particles.  35  63 





    LSS™ Vertex  A versatile, air hardening die steel with a unique combination of high strength, high toughness and very good wear resistance.  65  62 





    Lescowear™ and PGK™  Two very similar air hardening tool steels with a unique combination of toughness and wear resistance.  55  60 





  S1  LSS™ S1  An oil hardening, shock resistant tool steel designed for applications involving high impact or sudden shock loading.  70  57 





  S7  LSS™ S7  An air hardening, shock resistant tool steel with better dimensional stability in heat treatment.  70  57 





  H13  LSS™ H13  A 5% chromium hot work steel which is often used in cold work tooling applications which need high toughness but not high strength.  65  48 





  H13S  Viscount 44®  Resulfurized (machinable) prehardened H13 which can be used for a variety of tooling and maintenance applications.   40  44 





  M2  Double Six™  A general-purpose, high speed steel which is sometimes used in cold work applications which require high strength but not high toughness.  50  64 





    CPM® 1V®  A powder metal tool steel with a unique combination of high toughness and high strength for both cold and hot work applications.  60  57 





  M4  CPM® Rex M4 HC  A powder metal tool steel with a unique combination of high strength, toughness and wear resistance for both cold and hot work tools.  55  63 





    CPM® 9V®  A powder metal tool steel which provides high toughness and wear resistance at a moderate strength level.   50  53 





    CPM® 10V®  A powder metal tool steel which provides extremely high wear resistance in combination with high strength and good toughness.  50  63 





Machinability Index: Relative machinability, as a percentage, compared to machining a 1% carbon tool steel.