1.2358
- EN1.2358
- EN60CrMoV18-5
Cold work tool steel suited to surface hardening, developed for sheet-forming (body panel) dies.
01Material Properties
- High toughness
- Very good through-hardenability
- Suitable for surface hardening (laser, induction, flame)
- Easy to weld
- Easy to repair and maintain
- Polishable
- Hardenable up to 58 HRC
- Simple heat treatment
- Suited to fast tool manufacturing
02Applications
- Automotive body panel dies
- Drawing and deep-drawing dies and tools
- Cutting and drawing segments, sectional dies
- Complex punches, shear blades, cutting knives
- Plastic injection molds
03Delivery Condition
- 240 HB, soft annealed
04Heat Treatment
Typical values
- Soft annealing
- 680–720 °C; max. 230 HB
- Stress relieving
- 600–650 °C
- Preheating
- 650 °C and 850 °C
- Hardening
- 980–1030 °C; 15–30 min
- Quenching medium
- Oil, pressurised gas or air
- As-quenched hardness
- ≈ 60–62 HRC
- Tempering
- 180–250 °C → 58–60 HRC or 500–550 °C (secondary) → 56–58 HRC
- Working hardness
- 56–60 HRC
- Coating
- High-temperature tempering for PVD
Heat treatment cycle (schematic)
Tempering diagram (approximate)
Values are approximate and for information only; they vary with section size, heat and furnace conditions. Binding values are determined from the manufacturer’s data under laboratory conditions.
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