Industeel TENASTEEL® Cold Work Tool Steel

Description: TENASTEEL is a cold work tool steel, combining a high wear resistance together with a very high toughness. Its other advantages are a good machinability in the as-delivery condition and a particularly high resistance to thermal softening. The steel is delivered in the soft annealed condition with a maximum hardness of 250 HB. TENASTEEL is specially designed to replace D2 type steels widely used by toolmakers but suffering from an excessive brittleness. Thanks to its chemistry increasing resistance to softening during tempering, TENASTEEL is especially suited for all processes of surface treatment and coatings commonly used in the market, including nitriding processes involving high temperatures.Information provided by manufacturer.