• High wear resistance (abrasive profile)
• High compressive strength
• Very good through-hardening properties
• Good toughness
• Very good dimensional stability on heat treatment
• Very good temper resistance

ASP 23 is especially suitable for blanking and forming of thinner work materials where a mixed (abrasive-adhesive) or abrasive type of wear is encountered and where the risk for plastic deformation of the working surfaces of the tool is high, e.g.:

• Blanking of medium to high carbon steels
• Blanking of harder materials such as hardened or cold-rolled strip steels
• Plastics mold tooling subjected to abrasive wear condition
• Plastics processing parts, e.g. feed screws, barrel liners, nozzles, screw tips, non-return check ring valves, pellitizer blades, granulator knives.

AISI M3:2/W.-Nr. 1.3344