H43
Download H43 Spec sheetH-43 is a high vanadium-moly chrome premium hot work steel having excellent heat and abrasion resistance. This grade is recommended for severe hot work applications such as forming punches, dies and rolls where wash and abrasion resistance is required.
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
| Carbon | 0.60 |
| Manganese | 0.30 |
| Silicon | 0.30 |
| Molybdenum | 8.00 |
| Chromium | 4.00 |
| Vanadium | 2.00 |
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
Hot Forming tooling punches and extrusion dies.
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Critical temperature – (on heating) 1525°F
Specific gravity – 7.89
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
| 100 – 500°F | 5.17 x 10-6 in/in/°F |
| 100 – 800°F | 6.10 |
| 100 – 1000°F | 6.62 |
| 100 – 1200°F | 6.88 |
| 100 – 1500°F | 7.00 |
FORGING
Heating for forging must be done slowly and uniformly, with care being taken not to put cold steel into a hot furnace. Soak through at 1700-1800°F and then heat to 1900-2050°F for initial forging. Do not forge below 1600-1700°F, and when forging is completed, cool slowly in lime, mica, dry ashes or furnace.
ANNEALING
Heat slowly to 1500-1550°F, hold until the entire mass is heated through, and cool slowly in the furnace (30°F per hour) to about 1000°F, after which the cooling rate may be increased. Suitable precautions must be taken to prevent excessive carburization or decarburization.
STRAIN RELIEVING
When desirable to relieve the strains of machining, heat slowly to 1150-1250°F, allow to equalize, and then cool in still air.
PREHEAT FOR HARDENING
Warm slightly before charging into preheat furnace, which should be operating at 1350-1550°F.
HARDENING
After through preheating, transfer to the hardening furnace, operating at 2150-2200°F, depending upon the degree of hardening required for the applications, and the size of the tool.
QUENCHING
Cool in air, oil, or a molten salt bath operating at 1000-1100°F. In the case of oil quenching, it is usually good practice to interrupt the quench by removing the tool after it has reached about 1000°F, and allow the cooling to continue in still air. Where a salt bath is used, the tool should be held only long enough to equalize at the bath temperature, and then should be removed and cooled in air. Any necessary straightening should be done while cooling in the range of 850-450°F. Tools should be allowed to cool to 150°F, or to where they can be held in the bare hand, and then tempered immediately.
TEMPERING
The tempering temperature may be varied according to the desired hardness, but is usually in the range of 1000-1100°F. Double tempering is always recommended. The response to tempering is shown in the following chart.
| Double Tempered | |
|---|---|
| 900°F | |
| 950°F | |
| 1000°F | |
| 1050°F | |
| 1100°F | |
| 1150°F | |
| 1200°F |
