1.2550 (60WCrV8) Tool Steel
1.2550 (60WCrV8)
Cold work steel with very good toughness, dimensionally stable, impact resistant, high hardening capacity. Similar to AISI S1.
Manufactured by Dörrenberg Edelstahl.
Area of Applications
Cold shear knives, paper and wood cutting knives, cutting tools for plates up to 10 mm, ejector pins, air hammers.
Chemical Composition
Code: 1.2550, Hidalgo I, 60WCrV8, 60WCrV7
Carbon |
Chromium |
Wolfram |
Vanadium |
C |
Cr |
W |
V |
0,60 |
1,00 |
2,00 |
0,15 |
Heat Treatment
|
|
Temperature |
Cooling |
Hardness |
Soft annealing |
720 - 760 °C |
Furnace |
229 HB |
Stress relief annealing |
600 - 650°C |
Furnace |
|
Hardening |
860 - 900°C |
oil or hot bath 180 - 220°C |
See Tempering Diagram |
Mechanical Properties
Hardness |
56 - 58 |
HRC |
Physical Properties
Coefficient of thermal expansion |
10,9 - 12,4 |
1/K * 10-6 |
Thermal conductivity (20°C) |
31,9 |
W/mK |
Density |
7,85 |
g/cm3 |
