International Mold Steel Premium H13 Hot Work Die and Mold Steel

Description: International Mold Steel's Premium H-13 is a chromium-based, hot work die and plastic mold steel designed for increased production rates and longer tool life. It meets the restrictive standards of the North American Die Casting Association and other industrial specifications such as Chrysler's NP2080 for die casting applications. International Mold Steel's Premium H-13 is used for extended production runs that focus on reliability and consistency in the die or mold steel to minimize costly downtime. The manufacture of this die and mold steel begins with exacting chemistry control including very low sulfur level to increase toughness properties and resistance to heat checking. It is remelted to optimize steel integrity followed by special thermal processing for the development of homogeneous microstructure with uniformly distributed carbides. This provides the die caster or molder with outstanding ductility throughout large sections, which is essential to resist cleavage cracking under more demanding operating conditions.Unique Characteristics: Thermal shock and fatigue resistantMeets NADCA, Chrysler and Mold Quality specificationsSuperior machinability and polishability.Applications: Aluminum extrusion , Die-casting inserts, Bending , Ejector pins, Die casting , Extrusion rams, Forging , Extrusion press liners, Gripper , Hot piercers, Hot heading , Hot shears, Hot press , Hot work mandrels, Hot trimmer , Hot work punches, Plastic mold , Plungers, Rivet Swaging , Sleeves slidesInformation provided by International Mold Steel.