COMPARISON OF DIE STEEL BY MANUFACTURERS

Symbols in foreign standards Type JIS Carbon tool steels Alloy tool steel SK105 (formerly SK3) SKS93 SKS3 SKD1 SKD11 SKD11 (modified) Matrix group CrSKD SKD12 Pre-hardened 40 HRC Pre-hardened 50 HRC or more Flame-hardened steel Low temperature air-cooled steel Impact resistant steel Others High-speed tool steel SKH51 SKH55 group SKH57 group Matrix group Powdered high-speed tool steel SKH40 Matrix group Others HS6-5 -3 -8 M2 H6.5.2 S6.2.5 S10 -4-3-10 HS6-5-2 HS6-5 -2 -5 HS10-4-3-10 A2 X100CrMoV5 D3 D2 X210Cr12 X210Cr12 X210Cr12W12 AISI W1-10 DIN ISO TC105

Reference material: Special Steels Nov.2001 edition

Nippon Daido Steel Koshuha Steel Group YK3 K3

Type

JIS

Hitachi Metals

Aichi Steel

Kobe Steel

Sanyo Special Steel QK3

NachiFujikoshi Corp

Riken Seiko

Uddeholm (Sweden)

Bohler (Germany)

Carbon tool steels

SK105 (formerly YC3 SK3) YCS3 SGT CRD

SK3

K990

Alloy tool steel SKS93 SKS3 SKD1

SK301 SKS3 SKD1

QKSM QKS3 QC1

YK30 GOA DC1

K3M KS3 KD1

SK3M SKS3 RS3 ARNE K460

SVERKER3 K100 K107

SKD11

SLD

SKD11

QC11

DC11

KD11

CDS11

RD11

SVERKER21 K105 K110

SKD11 (modified) Matrix group CrSKD CrSKD SKD12

SLD8 SLD10 ARK1

AUD15

QCM8 QCM10

DC53

KD11 SKD21

MDS9

SLEIPNER

K340

SXACE

QCM7

DCX

SCD

SKD12

DC12

KD12

RIGOR IMPAX

K305

Pre-hardened 40 HPM2T HRC 40HRC Pre-hardened 50 PRE2 HRC or more Flame-hardened HMD5 steel HMD1 SX105V SX4 AKS3 QF3

GO40F KAP65

CX1

RC55

GO5

FH5

FERNO

Low temperature ACD37 air-cooled steel Impact resistant YSM steel Others ACD8

GO4

KSM

AKS4

QF1

GS5

KTV5

SRS6

PREGA COMPAX

K630

AUD11 SX5 SX44

ICS22 MCR1

CALMAX VIKING ELMAX VANADIS4 VANADIS6 VANADIS10

K190

High-speed tool SKH51 steel SKH55 group

YXM1 YXM4

QH51

MH51 MH55

H51 HM35

SKH9 HM35 HS53M

RHM1 RHM5

S600 S705

SKH57 group

XVC5

MH8

MV10

HS93R HS98M FM38V

RHM7

S700

Matrix group

YXR33 YXR3 YXR7

QHZ

MH85 MH88

KXM KMX2 KMX3

MDS1 MDS3 MDS7 MATRIX2 ATM3

Powdered high- SKH40 speed tool steel Matrix group

HAP40 HAP5R

KHA30 KHA3VN

DEX40 DEX-M1 DEX-M3

FAX38

ASP30

S590

Others

HAP10 KHA32 HAP50 SPM23 DEX21 DEX60 DEX61 HAP72 KHA60 SPM60 DEX80 FAX55 FAXG1 ASP60 FAX31 ASP23

S690 S790 S390

KHA77

FAX18 FAXG2

KHA30N KHA33N KHA3NH KHA5NH

Matrix group: Tool steels which reduce the amount of large carbides, a cause of accelerated tool wear and reduced toughness during cutting, in order to improve cutting performance and increase tool toughness These are materials constituting molds and are the materials used in the main parts mainly of punches, dies, strippers, and packing plates, etc. (1) Carbon steels for tools (SK materials) The amount of carbon content of SK materials is 0.6 to 1.5%. The SK materials are available in various types, from Type 1 to Type 7. SK1 has a carbon content ratio of 1.3 to 1.5% while SK7 has a carbon content ratio of 0.6 to 0.7%. The carbon content ratio of the material decreases from SK1 to SK7. By the way, when the carbon content ratio becomes less than or equal to 0.6%, the material becomes a material for machine structures (SC material). In press dies, SK3 and SK5 are used very often. The method of their use in press dies is for punches and dies for small production volumes. Since the hardness of SK materials is weak towards heat, even after sufficient hardening, it is not possible to expect long life when used for items that generate machining heat such as in press blanking operations. Because of this, rather than using these materials for punches and dies, it is very common to use these materials as supplementary part such as packing plates, etc. (2) Alloy tool steels (SKS, SKD) Alloy tool steels are SK materials whose characteristics have been modified by adding special elements such as tungsten (W), chromium (Cr), molybdenum (Mo), and vanadium (V), etc. 1) SKS Materials SKS3 is used in press molds. These are materials obtained by adding Cr and W to SK materials. The amount of deformation due to hardening is about 1/2 of that of SK materials. Although at present deformation due to heat treatment is no longer of any concern since their machining is done by wire cutting electric discharge machining after hardening, this was of great concern earlier. These materials are used in the punches and dies for medium to small production volumes. Apart from that, these materials are also used in strippers or punch plates that require hardening. 2) SKD Materials These materials are called die steels. These are materials obtained by adding Cr, Mo, and V to SK materials. The material SKD11 is used very frequently in press molds. These materials can also be said to be the mainstream materials for punches and dies. These materials are used in the molds for medium to large production volumes. The deformation due to heat treatment is still smaller than the SKS materials. The deformation is small during wire cutting electric discharge machining, and ease of machining is also a reason why these materials have become the mainstream materials for molds. Since the deformation during wire cutting electric discharge machining is still smaller when high temperature tempering is done (at about 500 to 550 ) rather than the normal tempering (about 180 to 200 ),

high temperature tempering has come to be used more often. However, since the hardness decreases (to about 58HRC), there was also the drawback that the tool life becomes poor. Manufacturers of steel materials are developing materials in which a hardness of 60HRC can be maintained even after high temperature tempering. However, since the heat treatment conditions of these materials have changed finely, unless care is taken, the expected heat treatment characteristics may not be obtained. #087 Fundamentals of Steel Materials for Dies (6) Steel Materials Used in Dies (High Speed Tool Steels) Category : Die Materials July22, 2011 High speed tool steels are frequently abbreviated in Japanese as "Hice". The symbol for these materials is SKH. High speed tool steels can be based on Tungsten (W) or on Molybdenum (Mo). These are specified in JIS G 4403. About 18% of tungsten is added in tungsten-based high speed tool steels, and they do not contain any molybdenum. These steels come in the types of SKH2, SKH3, SKH4, and SKH10. Since steels of this series have high wear resistance, they are used very frequently in cutting tools, etc. About 5% of molybdenum and about 6% of tungsten are added in molybdenum - based high speed tool steels. These steels come in the nine types of SKH51 to SKH59. Since steels of this series have a high toughness, they are ideally suitable for press dies that are subject to shock. SKH51 (old symbol SKH9) is the type used most frequently. The tempered hardness of high speed steels is more than 63 HRC. The tempered hardness of the die steel SKD11 is about 62 HRC. High speed steel is used very frequently for small diameter punches, etc., in which case the wear resistance and toughness of die steels are somewhat insufficient. Powdered high speed tool steel Similar to the method of manufacturing ordinary tool steel, high speed tool steel is manufactured by solidifying molten material. A uniform and fine structure of powdered high speed tool steel is prepared by first finely powdering the molten material, and solidifying that powder. By doing this, the wear resistance, toughness, and fatigue resistance all are increased. A sintered hardness of about 64 to 70 HRC is obtained. These steels are used when using high speed die steels are not satisfactory. JIS has standardized powdered high speed tool steel in SKH40 (molybdenum based). A large number of manufacturers use originally developed steels.