STEEL FOR HOT WORK: STEEL ASTM H13 / DIN - EN 1.2344 / X40CrMoV5-1

• Chromium-molybdenum-vanadium steel for hot work, excellent toughness, and ductility, with high resistance to hot wear, adequate resistance to heating cracks.
• Admits water cooling, in addition good deep of quenching properties. Such as tools that work in hot in the transformation of light metals, pipe matrices, profiles, tubular bars, blades for hot cuts, tools for the manufacture of nuts, screws, rivets etc. Wear resistant parts with options for nitriding. Supply hardness between 170 and 180 HB.