Hot Work Tool Steel A Steel Portrait

Hot work tool steels are a group of alloyed steels with high hot strength suitable for tools. These can withstand surface temperatures of more than 600 °C in use. For this purpose, they are optimally adapted to the most diverse requirements, especially for tools used in hot forming and die casting. Important are the chemical compositions, methods of production and processing as well as their properties or the material data of hot work tool steels, which are briefly and clearly presented in this book.
The contents
· The history of hot work tool steels
· Designations, chemical compositions, grades, microstructure and properties
· Production (melting and powder metallurgy), heat and surface treatments
The target groups
Trainees in metal professions
Students, practitioners, engineers in steel production, forming and production technology, in steel, metal and tool construction and in the steel trade