C 1.02 | Si 0.35 | Mn 0.60 | Cr 5.10 | Mo 0.1 | V 0.25 |
Virat Special Steels is the largest Supplier & Stockiest of A2 Steel in India.
A2 Steel is having high dimensional stability during heat treatment & High wear resistance and strength
Mainly utilized as cutting instruments, moves, shear razor sharp edges, cold pilger mandrels, cold stamping devices, molds for plastics handling.
A2 is equivalent of DIN 2363 provides high hardness after heat treatment with good dimensional stability. It is heat treatable and will offer hardness in the range 53-63 HRC.
Thermal Conductivity at °C | 20 | 350 | 700 |
W/(m*K) | 15.9 | 26.8 | 29.2 |
This tool steel is used for cutting tools, rolls, shear blades, cold mandrels, cold stamping tools, moulds for plastics processing, blanking tools, punch dies, trim dies, forming dies, stamping dies etc
Soft annealing °C | Cooling | Hardness HB |
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810-850 | Furnace | max. 232 |
Stress-relief annealing °C | Cooling |
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approx. 650 | Furnace |
Hardening °C | Quenching | Hardness after quenching HRC |
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930 - 970 | Air, oil or saltbath, 500-550 °C | 63 |
Tempering °C after quenching | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 |
HRC | 64 | 63 | 60 | 58 | 59 | 53 |