General Company Presentation

March 2023

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 Company
Key Dates

2009 2016
1977 STM Stahl becomes Distribution Development of the
Partner for Germany, Austria NEW High Thermal
Foundation as a Tool Steel 2006 and Switzerland Conductivity Steels
Trading company for the Development of the High (FASTCOOL® grades)
Spanish market Thermal Conductivity Steels
(HTCS® grades) New production
1994 2013-2016 factory north of
Barcelona
Inauguration of Material Distribution partners in South
Development Department Korea, Turkey, India , Slovenia &
The Balkans, Italy and China

New Distribution Center for

First tool steel development Southern Europe.
for the shaping of AHSS Internationalization starts
(HWS® grades) after successful field tests New In-house production
2001 2003 facilities for advanced tool
steels.
First tool steel 2012 2017-2020
production technology Distribution partners in Russia,
Exports > Domestic Sales; Czech Republic & Slovakia, Canada
development
Sales of own products > Conventional and Poland
2002 2010
2021
Distribution Partner in
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Global Supply
Network of Distribution Partners

Distributor Distributorship Network Expansion Service through HQ

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Our Business
Core Activities

❑ Design and Development of ❑ Distribution, stocking, cutting & milling

▪ tool steels and special alloys services for our materials
▪ steel manufacturing equipment and technology
▪ melting and thermo-mechanical processing technology ❑ Supporting customers in:
▪ advanced test equipment and methodologies ▪ tool steel selection
▪ Metal powders for additive manufacturing ▪ tool design
▪ 3D printing technology for large dies and moulds ▪ surface treatments
▪ process optimization
❑ Production of high quality & advanced tool steels and ▪ key points relating the tool and its usage
special alloys

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Portfolio - Applications Overview
FASTCOOL® & HTCS®

COLD HOT PLASTIC DIE FORGING

WORK STAMPING INJECTION CASTING & AL Extrusion

HWS® FASTCOOL®-20 LP & GRAVITY DC

EWRA FASTCOOL®-70 HPDC-MS-Block FASTCOOL®-55

WOV FASTCOOL®-50 FASTCOOL®-35

HPDC-BS-Block
FASTCOOL®-10
UNIVERSAL

HTCS®-130DC
ICO

EFICAST®

FECRONI®

ICO

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 ROVALMA Materials
High Performance Solutions
High thermal conductivity, high toughness,
HTCS® good wear resistance, developed by Rovalma
for hot forming applications. Different grades
optimizing mechanical and thermal properties
for different applications.
Cost-effective Fast-Cooling Tool Steels
FASTCOOL® developed by Rovalma for hot forming
applications, with reduced material cost and
easy hardening or in pre-hardened condition.
Family of improved standard hot work tool
EFICAST steels modified by Rovalma to provide
highest tool steel quality and performance at
competitive cost.
Stainless Tool Steels providing high
Fecroni®
mechanical resistance and corrosion
resistance, together with good thermal
conductivity.
Standard Rovalma also provides high quality standard hot and cold work tool steels (1.2344/H13, 1.2343/H11, 1.2367, 1.2379/D2, 1.2767,
Grades 1.2312/P20, 1.2738, 1.2316, 1.2510/O1 etc.)
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Tool steels for the shaping of high-strength
HWS® and ultra-high strength sheets. HWS grades
feature high hardness with exceptional levels
of wear resistance and toughness for
stamping, trimming and fine blanking.
Tool Steels for high-load applications, with
ICO exceptional levels of mechanical resistance
and toughness. Designed for applications
requiring high levels of toughness and plastic
deformation resistance.
Extreme wear resistance tool steels, WOV®
WOV®
and EWRA® provide high hardness and
EWRA®
exceptional resistance to adhesive and
abrasive wear.
Low thermal conductivity materials with
GTCS® good hardenability and wear resistance.
Designed for producing components with
tailored properties, by combining GTCS® with
other steels in the tool.
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 Plastic injection
THANK
mouldingYOU!

Head Quarters: C/. Collita, 1-3 Pol. Ind. Molí de la Bastida, 08191 Rubí, Spain, Tel. +34 935 86 29 49, www.rovalma.com

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Plastic Injection Moulding
Decisive Factors for High Performance Process

ROVALMA

Tool Steel for

Plastic Injection Moulding 2X Higher Thermal
Conductivity

COMPONENT

INTERFACE

COOLING CHANNELS

MOULD

ENVIRONMENT

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 ROVALMA grades for Plastic Injection
FASTCOOL® - HTCS® - FECRONI® families

FASTCOOL HTCS® Fecroni®

Thermal Corrosion Hardness

Polishing Wear Resistance Heat Treatment
Conductivity Resistance Max.
1.2344 (H13) NOT STAINLESS STEEL 54 HRc Quench + Temper
FASTCOOL®-50 NOT STAINLESS STEEL 53 HRc Quench + Temper
HTCS®-130 DC NOT STAINLESS STEEL 52 HRc Quench + Temper
FASTCOOL®-70 NOT STAINLESS STEEL 52 HRc Aging

1.2311 / P20 NOT STAINLESS STEEL 325 HB Prehardened

FASTCOOL®-10 NOT STAINLESS STEEL 330 HB Prehardened
FASTCOOL®-20 NOT STAINLESS STEEL 420 HB Prehardened

1.2083 / AISI420 52 HRc Quench + Temper

FECRONI®-1800 54 HRc Quench + Temper
FECRONI®-2700 60 HRc Quench + Temper

FECRONI®-1000S 32 HRc Prehardened

FECRONI®-1400 44 HRc Prehardened
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FASTCOOL® Case Study
Production of a Shifter Bracket FASTCOOL®
Saves Time
FASTCOOL®-50 to Buy
Future
Disruptive innovation in plastic injection moulding.
Plastic processing for structural parts
● Thermoplastic: PA66+35GF
● Challenges: Excessive cooling time, hot spots, scraps
● Advantages: Outstanding temperature distribution and improved productivity

100% 28%
REDUCED
90%
80%
70%
60% 110 s
50% cycle time
40% before 79 s
cycle time now
30%
20%
10%
0%
1,2344 / H13 FASTCOOL®-50

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FASTCOOL® Case Study
Production of Fridge Drawer FASTCOOL®
Saves Time
FASTCOOL®-20 to Buy
Future
Disruptive innovation in plastic injection moulding.
High thermal conductivity required
● Thermoplastic: PS/ABS
● Challenges: Heterogeneous temperature distribution, hot spots, and flow lines
● Advantages: Reduced overheating, improved part quality and prevent warpage

33%
100%
REDUCED
90%
80%
70%
60% 54 s
50% cycle time
40% before 36 s
30% cycle time now
20%
10%
0%
1.2738 HH FASTCOOL®-20

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 Die Casting
THANK YOU!

Head Quarters: C/. Collita, 1-3 Pol. Ind. Molí de la Bastida, 08191 Rubí, Spain, Tel. +34 935 86 29 49, www.rovalma.com

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 ROVALMA grades for Die Casting
FASTCOOL® - HTCS® families

FASTCOOL HTCS®

Thermal Hardness
Wear Resistance Heat Treatment
Conductivity Max.
1.2344 (H13) 54 HRc Quench + Temper

FASTCOOL®-35 43 HRc Aging

FASTCOOL®-55 53 HRc Quench + Temper

HTCS®-130 DC 52 HRc Quench + Temper

FASTCOOL®-20
420 HB Prehardened
(Mainly for LPDC and Gravity Casting)

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FASTCOOL® Case Study
Production of an alternator case FASTCOOL®
Saves Time
FASTCOOL®55 to Buy
● Application: HPDC
● Cooling: oil
Future
● Advantages: Enhanced part quality and productivity

40
17%
REDUCED
35
30
CYCLE TIME (S)

25
20
34 s
15 cycle time before 28 s
cycle time now
10
5
0
DIN 1.2343 / H11 FASTCOOL®-55

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 Hot stamping
THANK YOU!

Head Quarters: C/. Collita, 1-3 Pol. Ind. Molí de la Bastida, 08191 Rubí, Spain, Tel. +34 935 86 29 49, www.rovalma.com

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Hot Stamping / Press hardening
How to Increase Productivity?

❑ Cycle time = Productivity Determines the output of the process

Austenitization: 2-8 min Transfer to tool: Closed die: Open die:

5-10 s 3-26 s 5-20 s

Reduce closed die time!

▪ OPTIMIZE the contact at blank-tool interface Blank

▪ USE High Thermal Conductivity Tool Material INTERFACE

▪ OPTIMIZE the cooling system

COOLING CHANNELS

Reduce open die time!

Tool
▪ USE High Thermal Conductivity Tool Material
▪ OPTIMIZE the cooling system

Environment

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 ROVALMA grades for Hot Stamping
FASTCOOL® - HTCS® families

FASTCOOL HTCS®

Thermal Hardness
Wear Resistance Heat Treatment
Conductivity Max.

1.2344 (H13) 54 HRc Quench + Temper

FASTCOOL®-50 53 HRc Quench + Temper

HTCS®-130 DC 52 HRc Quench + Temper

FASTCOOL®-70 52 HRc Aging

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 FASTCOOL® Case Study
Production of a Bumper Front. 3,2 mm thickness FASTCOOL®
Saves Time
FASTCOOL®-50 Simulations, savings calculations
and serial production carried to Buy
● Sheet: Usibor 1500
● Sheet Thickness: 3,2 mm
out by ROVALMA customer
Future
Closed die time (s)
14
12
10 Target time : 9,4 sec
8
13,5
6 11,5
4 9 8
2
0
CR7V - QR090 - FASTCOOL®-50 - FASTCOOL®-50 -
simulated simulated simulated REAL
Simulation results with same working conditions

Savings €/part: Yearly production 220.000 cars:

1,3 €/part compared to CR7V 285.000 €/year → 1,7 M€/project compared to CR7V
0,7 €/part compared to QRO90 160.000 €/year → 1,0 M€/project compared to QRO90

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 Cold work
THANK YOU!

Head Quarters: C/. Collita, 1-3 Pol. Ind. Molí de la Bastida, 08191 Rubí, Spain, Tel. +34 935 86 29 49, www.rovalma.com

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Tool Steels for Cold Work
Typical Processes & Application Requirements

❑ When cold working a metal, the former is subjected to enough mechanical stress to cause plastic
deformation at temperatures below the metal's recrystallization point, altering the metal's structure
through mechanical stress.
❑ The market introduction of AHSS and UHSS resulted in higher requirements on tool steel properties.

Some Cold Work Forming Processes

Stress in tools (MPa)

Squeezing Shearing

USIBOR DP1000 TRIP800 ST-12

Bending Drawing

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Tool Steels for Cold Work
Influence on Tool Performance

Tool performance has an important impact on the

cost-effectiveness of cold work operations through:

● Component cost:
● Tool durability
● Tool cost HWS®

Adhesive wear resistance (Rov_coefficient)

● Maintenance and Reparability UNIVERSAL®
● Component quality:
● Burr
● Delayed fracture 4% V PM steel

7% Cr Minimum resilience for

UHSS cold work
applications

Impact Toughness (J/cm2)

Original bar dimension: Ø 100 mm, samples are taken from the center,
heat treated and tested unnotched

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 ROVALMA grades for Cold Work
HWS® - Universal – WOV® - EWRA® - ICO
HWS® WOV®
ICO
Universal® EWRA®

Impact Toughness Wear Resistance Hardness Max. Heat Treatment

1.2379 (D2) 56-62 HRc Quench + Temper

1.2363 (A2) 57-62 HRc Quench + Temper

HWS® Isotropic 56-64 HRc Quench + Temper

HWS® Premium 56-64 HRc Quench + Temper

UNIVERSAL 56-64 HRc Quench + Temper

EWRA® 62-67 HRc Quench + Temper

WOV®-555 62-67 HRc Quench + Temper

ICO-2800 58-60 HRc Aging

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HWS® Case Study
Production of Hinge for Furniture Industry HWS®
Premium
HWS® Premium
● Sheet: HC380LA (550 MPa)
● Sheet thickness: 2 mm
● Challenges: Toughness | Stability on the edge | Burr avoided
● Advantages:
● Durability: from 100.000 to 400.000 pieces
● Productivity: from 120 to 160 strokes/min

Durability (nº of produced pieces)

400000

300000
400.000 pieces
200000
until resharpening

100000
100.000 pieces
until regrinding
0
3,7%-V PM Tool Steel HWS® Premium
TiCN coated TiCN coated
61 HRc 61 HRc
In spite of increasing the punching speed from 120 to 160 strokes/min. HWS®-Premium worked
without problem, whereas materials 3,7%-V PM Tool Steel and 6,4%-W PM Tool Steel broke directly.
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 ROVALMA
MAM
THANK YOU!

Head Quarters: C/. Collita, 1-3 Pol. Ind. Molí de la Bastida, 08191 Rubí, Spain, Tel. +34 935 86 29 49, www.rovalma.com

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 ROVALMA MAM (Metal Additive Manufacturing)
Comparison vs conventional & other MAM

Thermal Conductivity ENVIRONMENTAL Friendliness

SLM
ROVALMA - MAM
CONVENTIONAL
Mechanical Properties

Cost
DED & WAAM
SLM

CONVENTIONAL ROVALMA - MAM

DED & WAAM

Conformal Cooling & Conformal Cooling &

Weight Reduction Weight Reduction

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 ROVALMA MAM
Design flexibility & Environmental Impact Study Case

Environmental Impact

Bio-mimetic design:

Conventional
ROVALMA MAM
Compressive Machining
Loading
Quantity of steel needed 3.500 kg (melted)
323 kg
for tool manufacturing 1.103 kg (forged)
Final weight of
586 kg 309 kg
manufactured die

Energy Savings and Environmental Impact Reduction with ROVALMA MAM:

7.000 KWh spared
2 Tn CO2 not released into the atmospehere

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 Advanced
hardening
technology
THANK YOU!

Head Quarters: C/. Collita, 1-3 Pol. Ind. Molí de la Bastida, 08191 Rubí, Spain, Tel. +34 935 86 29 49, www.rovalma.com

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 Precipitation Hardening Tool Steels
The Beauty of Aging - Advantages

Conventional Quench & Tempering

Hardening operations
2/3
Cutting First Final
Quenching Tempering Spotting
Blocks Milling Milling
Cycles

FASTCOOL®
FASTCOOL®-70 / FASTCOOL®-35
Reducing costs and time to production:

Hardening operations
Cutting First Time & Cost
Aging Spotting
Blocks Milling Reduction ( > 2 weeks)

- cost ↓ ↓
- lead time ↓↓
Only a low temperature heat treatment is - thermal conductivity ↑
needed for full hardening - hardness ↑
- homogeneous properties distribution ↑ ↑

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 Advanced Hot Work Tool Steels
FASTCOOL®-35 for Die Casting

FASTCOOL

Thin Cross-section of the Die Thick Cross-section of the Die

Conventional Tool Conventional Tool

< 50 mm FASTCOOL®-35 FASTCOOL®-35 > 250 mm
Steel Steel

Microstructure
Microstructure

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 Machining,
Welding,
THANK YOU!
Surface Treatments

Head Quarters: C/. Collita, 1-3 Pol. Ind. Molí de la Bastida, 08191 Rubí, Spain, Tel. +34 935 86 29 49, www.rovalma.com

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FASTCOOL® / HTCS® Processing
Machining, Welding, Surface Treatments

HTCS®
MACHINING
● Similar to H11/H13 in annealed and hardened states FASTCOOL®
● Easier than copper alloys commonly used in PIM and die casting
FASTCOOL® rods
● Detailed machining guidelines are available for TIG welding: Ø 1,2 or Ø 2,0 mm
FASTCOOL® wire
WELDING Wire for laser welding Ø 0.6 mm

● As for other tool steels

● When welding a working zone where high thermal conductivity and high
toughness is required, the usage of FASTCOOL® / HTCS® welding
consumables is recommended
● Detailed welding guidelines are available

SURFACE TREATMENTS
● FASTCOOL® / HTCS® tools steels can be nitrided.
● FASTCOOL® / HTCS® tool steels provide a good support for PVD coatings. For further details or any other
● Texturization is possible as in other tool steels technical questions call us or email us:
ae-fast@rovalma.com

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 THANK YOU!

Head Quarters: C/. Collita, 1-3 Pol. Ind. Molí de la Bastida, 08191 Rubí, Spain, Tel. +34 935 86 29 49, www.rovalma.com

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