International Mold Steel DC53 General-Purpose Cold Work Die and Mold Steel
Subcategory: Tool Steel; Cold Work Steel; Mold Steel; Metal
Material Notes: Description: DC53 is a general-purpose cold work die and mold steel whose strength and toughness approach those of high-speed steels. Unique Characteristics: - Higher hardness (62-63 HRc) than D2 after heat treatment.
- Twice the toughness of D2 with superior wear resistance.
- 20% higher fatigue strength than D2.
- Smaller primary carbides than D2 protect the die from chipping and cracking
- Secondary refining process (DLF) reduces impurities.
- Machines and grinds up to 40% faster than D2.
- Less residual stress after wire EDMing.
Applications: - Plastic Molds
- Stepped punch and press-punching dies
- Concrete sprayer parts, rotor plates
- Swaging dies and backers
- Dies for cold forging
- Thread-rolling circular dies
- Piercing punch
- Thread-rolling dies for heat-treated bolts
- Forming dies
- Stripper plates for lead frame blanking
- Gauges
- Screws for injection molding machines
Information provided by International Mold Steel.
Available Properties |
- Specific Gravity
- Hardness, Rockwell C
- Tensile Strength, Ultimate
- Modulus of Elasticity
- Poissons Ratio
- Fatigue Strength
- Shear Modulus
- CTE, linear -100°C
- CTE, linear 250°C
- CTE, linear 500°C
- Thermal Conductivity
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