1.2550

Alloy Steel

1.2550

1.2550 supplied by Shanxi Youte Steel (jlhsteel.net).

Chemical Composition (%)

C0.5
MN0.7
CR0.9
W1.7
V0.1

Chinese Standard

DIN EN ISO 4957

Equivalent Grades

60WCrV7

Available Forms

Bar, Plate, Tube, Forging, Wire

Uses

Tool and die steel for cutting, forming, punching and molding tools. Tungsten/molybdenum (≈1.9%/0%) give hot hardness and red-hardness for high-speed and hot-work tools. High chromium (≈1.05%) provides wear resistance and secondary hardening. Applied to blanks, punches, extrusion dies, shear blades, plastic-mold and cold-work tooling.

Heat Treatment

Powder/HSS: preheat 800–850 °C, austenitize 1180–1230 °C (salt or vacuum), quench, triple temper 540–570 °C to ≈64–66 HRC.

Precautions

Risk of quench cracking and distortion — use graded preheating, controlled cooling and multiple tempers. Avoid overheating the austenitizing temperature. Machine in the soft annealed condition; allow for dimensional change after heat treatment. Grind with coolant to prevent rehardening cracks.

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