Tool Steel
May MMT Digital Edition Available
This month we take a look at how to define mold steel toughness, a new roughing strategy that helps maximize metal removal rates and reduce roughing cycle times, enhanced metrology technologies, electrode material selection, women impacting moldmaking, and much more.
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Defining Mold Steel Toughness
Consider grades that have undergone the electroslag remelting process.
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SLIDESHOW: Technology Showcase – Mold Materials
Tool steel, aluminum, copper and alloys are some of the materials used to manufacturing molds, and the choice of materials to use is critical to the overall performance of the mold.
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PVD Coatings and Tool Steel Selection
Mold users are driving an increased use of physical vapor deposition (PVD) coatings, and this has generated questions and concerns from mold builders as they select materials from which to manufacture their molds. PVD coatings are a family of very thin (approximately 2 to 5 microns) metal layers applied in a vacuum chamber using a plasma process.
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Looking for a Tool Steel Heat Treatment Source?
How does agitating a quench liquid improve quenching speed? Why do tool steels require a high austenization temperature for hardending? How thick can a P20 mold steel be through hardened into the center? These and other questions were answered during last week's webinar on heat treatment basics.
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Cutter Sets New Standard for Heavy Hogging
A recent roughing application shattered this moldmaker’s expectations about the stability of a large face mill in long-reach contouring operations.
WatchCryogenic Basics
Cryogenic machining technology milling fluid end component made of 4340 high alloy hardened steel.
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The Potential of Enhanced Venting Materials
Stop fighting venting problems with mold retrofits and prevent them by designing the original mold with an enhanced venting steel.
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Productivity Meets Precision
With machine dynamics, mechanical design and thermal stability in control, mold manufacturers can take five-axis machining to the next level.
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Get Schooled on Mold Material Selection
The evolution of pre-hardened mold steels was presented during the "Global Advances in Pre-hardened Mold Steels" webinar by International Mold Steel last month, and audience members walked away learning these five facts about mold steels.
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