Found the following chart from the Internet. I thought it is a good idea to share this piece of information with my Blog readers. This chart comparing the toughness and wear resistance of some common tool steels such as A-2, D-2, L-6, O-1, S-7 and H-13. It provides a guide to the tool designers...
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Some readers wrote to me asking what is the best, recommended bend radius for cold rolled steel after reading my previous post, entitled “Good way bend and the bad way bend” while some engineering students from India asked for formulas for tooling design. P.S: It is highly recommended that, readers put their questions and...
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Heat treating is the thermal process that improves steel properties such as hardness, toughness and wears resistance. The chemical composition of the steel determines the level of each of these properties and type of heat treating process applied. Every heat-treating process requires specific temperature and time. Steel must be passes through each step of...
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Some readers from my Tool design site wrote to me, asking what is Aluminum 5052-H32? What are all the numbers representing? The first 4 digits are representing the grade or the type of Aluminum. The Capital H is representing the type of tempering the material undergoes and the last digit is the hardness of the Aluminum. In this example,...
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