Main characteristics and applications Pre-hardened plastic mould steel with hardening penetration up to 400mm, with good polishing and texturing properties. This steel is suitable for nitriding (around 800 HV), chrome and nickel PVD plating.Used for plastic moulds with excellent surface finishing properties. It is also used for mould frames, plates, dies box, etc.

Main characteristics and applications Pre-hardened Sulphur alloyed plastic mold steel with excellent machinability, also in hardened and tempered condition, thanks to the Manganese-sulfide. The main application is for core-parts and underbodies of plastic moulds also in large sizes; steel not to be used for polishing and texturing.It is also used for plates, mould frames, die boxes. It is suitable for nitriding (around 800 HV).

Main characteristics and applications Pre-hardened plastic mould steel with excellent hardening penetration, good machinability, polishing and texturing properties.This steel is used for plastic moulds of medium and big size. It can be subject to a nitriding or PVD treatment to improve its wear resistance.Main applications: thermoplastic injections and extrusion moulds, rubber moulds, large moulds, frames, containers.

Main characteristics and applications VR400 is a high hard tool steel ideal to produce block with thickness up to 1300mm in large size with an high performance of trough hardening homogeneity. To be used for plastic injection moulds, compression moulds, big sizes moulds for automotive industry with texturing.VR400 is designed to provide improved performance and offers the following advantages: uniform hardness across the full thickness up to 1300mm. high polishability. high machinability. excellent suitability for texturing. greatly increased thermal conductivity. improved weldability as W W.NR. 1.2738. good toughness.

Main characteristics and applications Martensitic stainless steel with a high hardenability, good polishing properties, excellent resistance to corrosion and rust.Its applications are plastic moulds, high wear resistance cavities particularly for processing of acid aggressive plastics (i.e. acetate and PVC), or plastics containing abrasive fillers. Suited for the manufacture of transparent plastics such as moulds for optical and medical products.

Main characteristics and applications Martensitic stainless steel with a high hardenability, good polishing properties, excellent resistance to corrosion and rust.Its applications are plastic moulds, high wear resistance cavities particularly for processing of acid aggressive plastics (i.e. acetate and PVC), or plastics containing abrasive fillers. Suited for the manufacture of transparent plastics such as moulds for optical and medical products.

Main characteristics and applications Pre-hardened Martensitic stainless chromium steel with excellent corrosion resistance, higher than similar Cr grades (i.e. WW.NR. 1.2083) characterized by special alloying with the addition of Sulphur.WW.NR. 1.2085 is used for core parts and mould bases of corrosion resistance plastic moulds or where equipment needs to be made with excellent workability and excellent corrosion resistance.

Main characteristics and applications Pre-hardened stainless martensitic chrome- molybdenum steel with excellent resistance to corrosion, higher than similar Cr grades (i.e. WW.NR. 1.2083), good polishing and photoengraving properties.Its applications are equipments and plastic moulds, particularly for corrosive plastic as PVD.

Characteristics Medium alloyed cold work steel with good hardening capacity, high wear resistance, dimensionally stable during heat treatment. Its applications are small tools for cutting and punching, shear knives, thread rolling tools, measuring tools, wood working tools. Suitability Tools for cold cutting, i.e. all kinds of tools with the long durability for cutting on presses and punching of materials of smaller thicknesses and materials of high hardness (especially difficult-shape tools for cutting, e.g. transformer metal sheets and metal sheets from stainless steels), knives for plate shears for the sheet and strip steel up to thickness of 10 mm of sheared material, knives for wire cutting etc. Tools for mechanical working such as e.g. smaller girders and tools for drawing, all kinds of tools for transformation and punching of materials. Further the steel is suitable for simple and symmetric tools for pressing and pushing, tools for thread rolling, plain and profile rolls, swages and also for cold work. Cutting tools such as broaching thorns, profile knives and difficult-shape milling machines for lower cutting speeds and for treatment of nonmetallic abrasive materials. Further the steel is applied in the production of highly stressed molds and their components for working of plastic and powder substances, glass, porcelain and ceramic materials. By tools for crushing and grinding it is used for hammers of crushers and jaws for mild grinding and crushing.

Main characteristics and applications VR300 is a pre-hardened steel with excellent hardening penetration up to thickness 600mm. To be used for plastic dies with excellent surface finishing properties, compression moulding, plastic injection moulds, moulds for automotive industry with texturing.VR300 is designed to provide improved performance and offers the following advantages: uniform hardness across the full thickness up to 600mm. high polishability. high machinability. excellent suitability for texturing. greatly increased thermal conductivity. good toughness.