Hot Work Tool Steel

H13 Steel is used to manufacture forging dies, hot extrusion dies and precision forging dies with large impact load; Die casting dies for aluminum, copper and their alloys.

1.2344 steel, as a high-quality hot work die steel, has excellent comprehensive performance. It is processed by electric slag remelting to obtain a highly pure and uniformly structured material, exhibiting excellent high-temperature strength, wear resistance, and thermal fatigue resistance. 1.2344 steel can maintain stable performance in high temperature environments above 600 ℃, making it particularly suitable for harsh working conditions such as die-casting and hot forging; 1.2344 steel has good toughness and ductility, which can effectively resist impact loads. Its excellent processing performance can achieve mirror polishing effect, and its outstanding corrosion resistance makes 1.2344 steel an ideal material for manufacturing high-end die-casting molds, plastic molds, and hot work molds. It is widely used in fields such as automotive, electronics, and aerospace.

H12 hot work tool steel has good heat resistance, good strength and hardness at high temperature, high wear resistance and toughness, and good thermal fatigue performance. H12 hot work tool steel is generally recommended for hot working applications that require most crack resistance. These applications include hot punches, die casting molds, forming molds, hot scissors, hot fixture molds and extrusion tools.

H11 steel combines high hardness and toughness, and exhibits outstanding performance under extreme working conditions. H11 steel has excellent hardenability and can be hardened by air cooling, greatly reducing the risk of mold heat treatment deformation and cracking; H11 steel has stable thermal strength and oxidation resistance under medium temperature environment, and can maintain good mechanical properties within 600 ℃. It has strong resistance to cold and hot fatigue, and is not easy to crack under frequent cold and hot cycles. H11 steel has excellent resistance to low melting point alloys such as aluminum and magnesium.

1.2581 hot work mold steel is a commonly used die-casting mold steel. 1.2581 steel has high strength and hardness, good resistance to cold and hot fatigue, and good hardenability.

1.2343 steel is a hot work die steel with high toughness and wear resistance. Its core advantages lie in excellent heat fatigue resistance and high-temperature strength. 1.2343 steel is very suitable for high-temperature working environments such as die-casting and forging.

As a Japanese JIS standard hot work die steel, SKD61 steel's core highlights include excellent high-temperature performance, outstanding wear resistance and toughness, good processing performance, corrosion resistance, and wide applicability. SKD61 steel ensures material purity through vacuum degassing and electric slag remelting processes, combined with a heat treatment process of 1020-1050 ℃ quenching+550-680 ℃ triple tempering, which increases mold life by more than 50%.

S7 steel is a kind of air or Oil hardened tool steel with high impact toughness. The combination of strength and high toughness makes it a candidate for various tool applications. S7 tool steel is often used for cold working tools that need to resist high impact and impact loads, such as shear blades, forging dies, clamping dies, chisels and punches.

As an air-cooled hardening type hot work die steel, H11 steel has excellent high-temperature strength and toughness. Its chromium molybdenum vanadium alloy system endows it with excellent heat fatigue resistance and wear resistance. H11 steel maintains high hardness under 500-600 ℃ working conditions, while also having good cutting and heat treatment stability, making it particularly suitable for the manufacturing of aluminum/magnesium alloy die-casting molds and hot forging dies.

1.2714 steel material exhibits excellent thermal fatigue resistance and corrosion resistance in die casting applications, and its microstructural stability enables it to maintain performance under long-term thermal cycling conditions. Compared to similar materials, 1.2714 steel has better resistance to softening and processing adaptability, making it the preferred material for high-end hot work molds.