FOD Cold Work tool Steel are mainly used for cutting and pressing tools, for dies and knives, for stamping and drawing tools, hobs, thread rolling tools and in many other applications due to their typical properties – high hardness, good toughness and compressive strength and high wear resistance. High availability, cost efficiency and a long tool life are the most important factors in choosing a material.

The appropriate coordination of the content of alloying elements Si, Mn, Cr, Mo, Ni, V and W with the carbon content allows the production of steels with various properties. High-alloyed cold-work tool steels combined with a high carbon content offer a high level of wear resistance and high compressive strength, while the low-alloyed steels and steels with a low carbon content demonstrate a significantly greater toughness and adequate compressive strength with a reduced level of wear resistance. The steel must therefore be selected according to the most important stress criteria.

We can help the tool user to choose the right steel and heat treatment for the application. This usually results in lower tooling costs, lower maintenance costs and longer tools life.