| MAGNADIE is an AOD refined, air hardenable 5% chromium die steel. It is a good choice for both hot and cold work applications. Magnadie steel possesses improved toughness as compared to standard H-13 while maintaining comparable elevated temperature hardness and strength characteristics. It is also easily machined as it can be annealed to a hardness of approximately 200 BHN. Some typical hot work applications for Magnadie steel include dummy blocks and mandrels for brass and aluminum extrusion, extrusion dies for aluminum and magnesium, hot press dies, punches and dies for shell piercing, die inserts for forging dies, knock out pins, heavy duty shears, slitters and other applications requiring maximum toughness. Information Provided by Timken Latrobe Steel. Timken sold Latrobe in December 2006. They are now Latrobe Specialty Steels Co. |
