SLIDESHOW: Technology Showcase – Mold Materials
Tool steel, aluminum, copper and alloys are some of the materials used to manufacturing molds, and the choice of materials to use is critical to the overall performance of the mold.
Bohler-Uddeholm's Buderus Thruhard Supreme tool steel is designed for increased wear resistance, higher thermal conductivity for reduced cycle times, and greater texturing reliability and polishability over conventional P20 steel.
Alro Steel's Super Square pre-squared materials are precision-milled as two-, four- or six-side bars.
Ellwood Specialty Steel supplies of a full line of mold and die steels, including P20, HH, LQ, H13, S7 and stainless grades stocked in a range of sizes.
PCP Canada produces and supplies high-quality cast aluminum blocks and tooling plate for the mold and tooling industry, specializing in AA5083 cast plate and block; AA2000 series blocks and plates; and aa1370 bus plate, block and bar products.
Vista Metals' Duramax-10 is a forged, heat-treated and stress-relieved aluminum mold plate of high strength and high hardness in thickness ranging from 10" to 16".
Diehl Tool Steel says its Accu-Square process enables it to custom-machine steel blocks and plates with speed and accuracy to customers’ specific size tolerances.
Edro Specialty Steels has introduced two sister products to RoyAlloy, its low-carbon stainless holder steel.
Tool steel, aluminum, copper and alloys are some of the materials used to manufacturing molds, and the choice of materials to use is critical to the overall performance of the mold. The choices available are many, and today we bring you a review of some new or advanced mold materials that you may have missed previously in the pages or website of MMT.
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