V AIS1A2 A2

Virat Special Steels

DIN 2363
X100CrMoV5 C1.02 Si0 35 Mn0.60 Cr5.10 Mo1.00 V0.25
A2 is equivalent of DIN 2363 provides high hardness after heat treatment with good dimensional
Steel properties stability. It is heat treatable and will offer hardness in the range 53-63 HRC.
Standards AISI A2 AFNOR Z100CDV5

Physical properties T hermal conductivity

at °C 20 350 700
W/(m • K) 15.9 26.8 29.2

Applications This tool steel is used for cutting tools, rolls, shear blades, cold mandrels, cold stamping tools, moulds for
plastics processing, blanking tools, punch dies, trim dies, forming dies, stamping dies etc

Heat treatment Soft annealing °C Cooling Hardness HB

810- 850 Furnace max. 232

Stress-relief annealing 0
c Cooling
approx. 650 Furnace
Quenching
Hardening °C Air, oil or Hardness after quenching HRC
940- 980 64
saltbath, 500- 550 °C
Tempering °C 100 200 300 400 500 600
HRC 64 63 60 58 59 53

T ime-temperature­
transformation
diagram

�
800

& 700
=:r:: 1

500

400 - --
300
200 ..
WIS

100 - Hardness
QHV10
0
100 101 102 103 104 1()5 106
Time in sec
100 101 102 1(Jl 104
Time in min 1 I I 111111 I 1 111111 I
100 101 102
Time in hr

Tempering diagram
70 I
66
- 1

--� -1---·-, ·-
62
.......
58
\ I
---
� 54
:c
.!a
� 50 ----·-- -e- -

la 46
I
42

38 I
I
34
I
30 I
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Tempering temperature in °C

www.viratsteels.com (8) i nfo@viratsteels.com