Hard steel, usually crucible steel, capable of being tempered so as to be suitable for tools.
This term covers a wide range of high-carbon and alloy steels used to make various types of tools. Tool steels are easy to machine before heat-treating but get very hard after that. Grinding and lapping are the only ways to machine tool steels after heat-treating. Common classifications of tool steels are A steels (air hardening) and O steels (oil hardening)
A generic term covering a whole range of both carbon and alloy steels commonly used to make tools. This therefore includes steels used to make cutting tools, press tools, dies, moulds for both plastics and die-casting, hand-tools, in fact any tool used to shape metals or other materials.
An incredibly tough steel with outstanding levels of edge retention and overall sharpness. Will rust if not cared for properly, and can be difficult to resharpen without the right professional sharpening equipment.
alloy steel that is suitable for making tools; is hard a tough and can retain a cutting edge
The steel containing a high proportion of chrome and carbon from which rotary tooling is made.
high carbon steel that can be harden and tempered; often it contains several elements for enhanced properties
iron based alloy with a higher carbon and alloy content. Used to make tools
A generic term applied to a wide range of steels, both plain carbon and alloy. It includes steels suitable for various types of cutting tools, press tools, hot and cold heading dies, moulds for plastics and die- casting, extrusion tools, hand tools, etc.
Any high carbon or alloy steel capable of being suitable tempered for use in the manufacture of tools.
Any high-carbon or alloy steel used to make a cutting tool for machining metals and for metal-casting dies.
High carbon steel used for making cutting tools.
Multi-component alloys of iron, carbon (high), molybdenum, chromium, vanadium, cobalt, and tungsten. An infinite amount of combinations using these and other elements yield a wide variety of metals available to be used as tools.
Tool steel refers to a variety of carbon and alloy steels that are particularly well-suited to be made into tools. Their suitability comes from their distinctive toughness, resistance to abrasion, their ability to hold a cutting edge, and/or their resistance to deformation at elevated temperatures (red-hardness).