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Default What are thread forming flat dies made of
On Monday, January 30, 2017 at 6:00:27 PM UTC-5, Ignoramus31819 wrote:
I have a steel bin with junk, and a big part of it are thread forming
dies that are rectangle shaped. I am curious what are they usually
made of. A2/D2 or HSS?

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If you're talking about cylindrical thread-forming dies, they're high-end HSS (usually M4 or above). If they're flat dies for cold-rolling, D2. Hot-rolling dies are other tool steels; I forget which.

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