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Tool steels are wear-resistant, ferrous alloys based on iron and carbon with high levels of alloying (hardenability and property modifying) elements such as chromium, molybdenum, tungsten and vanadium. Specific tool steel grades are available for die or cold work, hot work, high-speed and shock-resistance applications. Tool steels are difficult to fabricate in their hardened form and are usually electro-discharge machined (EDM) or ground to achieve the tolerances required for tooling applications. Tool steels are categorized by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), a non-profit association of North American producers, suppliers, and users of steel.
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Tool Steel | Machine Design Tool steels are metallurgically "clean," high-alloy steels that are melted in relatively small heats in electric furnaces and produced with careful |
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Steels for strength and machinability | Machine Design Steels for strength and machinability February 19, 2004 |
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Steel tool moves mountains | Machine Design A new tool for building ski slopes and advanced ski jumps is made of high-strength steel from SSAB Swedish Steel Inc. The MultiCat tool was built to |
