Powder Metallurgy Steels

Suitable for applications where abrasive and adhesive wear are the dominant requirement, and resistance to chipping is also required. Cutting tools, punches and dies. Shear blades for soft adherent materials such as austenitic stainless, mild steel, copper, aluminium and thicker gauge high strength work material Thread rolling dies. Tool for drawing, deep drawing and cold extrusion. Cold rolling dies for forming sheet metal. 

Suitable for applications where increased abrasive wear resistance is required  compared to Vanadis 4, and resistance to chipping is also required.Suitable for cutting tools, punches and dies. Shear blades for soft adherent materials such as austenitic stainless, mild steel, copper, aluminium and thicker gauge high strength work material.Thread rolling dies. Tool for drawing, deep drawing and cold extrusion. Cold rolling dies for forming sheet metal. Fine Blanking tools.

Uddeholm Elmax SuperClean can also be used in the food processing industry and for industrial and custom knives, where a combination of corrosion resistance and wear resistance is required. 

A powder metallurgy martensitic chromium steel.Exhibits high wear resistance, good corrosion resistance and very good polishability / mirror finish.

Typical applications: moulds for the processing of chemically aggressive plastics containing abrasive fillers. Moulds for the processing of duroplasts and for the production of chips for the electronic industry. Screws for injection moulding machines; non-return valves and linings for injection moulding cylinders.

Special Applications: Machine components for the paper and food processing industries and high performance knives.

Uddeholm Vanax SuperClean is the long-awaited response to the market’s need for steel that is both strong and stainless. Combining the corrosion resistance of austenitic stainless steel such as AISI 316L, with a hardness of 60 HRC and the wear resistance of a cold work tool steel, opens up new opportunities. Where no previous materials suffice, this powder metallurgical steel grade offers resistance in the most corrosive environments possible. From start to finish, its unique material properties provide reliable performance in the most extreme conditions and for the most demanding working materials.

Uddeholm Vanadis 23 SuperClean is a chromium-molybdenum-tungsten-vanadium alloyed high speed steel which is characterized by:

• High wear resistance (abrasive profile) • High compressive strength •Very good through-hardening properties • Good toughness •Very good dimensional stability on heat treatment •Very good temper resistance

Uddeholm Vanadis 30 SuperClean is a W-Mo-V-Co alloyed PM high speed steel.

Uddeholm Vanadis 60 SuperClean is a high alloyed powder metallurgical
high speed steel suitable for very demanding cold work applications and
for cutting tools. The high carbon and alloying content, Co, Mo, W and V,
gives an extremely high compressive strength, 69 HRC, combined with a
very good abrasive wear resistance.
For cutting tool applications Uddeholm Vanadis 60 SuperClean offers a
unique combination of high wear resistance, hot hardness and good
toughness compared to all other HSS.
The P/M process ensures a good machinability and grindability together
with a good dimensional stability during heat treatment.

High speed steel,produced by the powder metallurgical method for heavy-duty machining tools, e.g. tools for non ferrous metals such as Ni-base and Titanium alloys.

Similar to Bohler S290 but has lower wear resistance and better toughness.

Similar to Bohler S390 but has better compressive strength and better grindability.

High speed steel produced by the powder metallurgical method for heavy-duty machining tools and tools exposed to high compressive stresses, e.g. in fine blanking of high-strength materials.

Similar to Bohler S690 but has improved grindability.

Cutting tools(dies,punches) for normal and precision blanking.Extrusion tooling(cold and warm/semi-hot forming). Drawing and deep-drawing tools. Stamping tools.Thread rolling tools.Cold pilger rolling mandrels. Compression moulding dies for the processing of sintered parts. Knife applications. Extruder cylinders and conveyor screws. Mould inserts. Injection nozzles. Backflow check valves.

A greatly improved and more efficient cold work tool steel compared with other commonly used PM steels such as the AISI M4 (PM) types. toughness is more than doubled with a similar wear resistance. It can be used in a wide range of applications: Blanking and punching industry. Cold forming applications. Industrial knives.

For tooling which requires a high edge stability and therefore a high capacity for plastic yield and a high fatigue strength e.g. cutting and blanking,fine cutting,cold forming,cold massive forming, powder compaction,warm forging at lower temperatures.