Description: Hot work tool steel featuring excellent hot tensile properties, high retention of hardness, good toughness and resistance to heat checking, admits water cooling. BOHLER W303 is also available in the special grades ISODISC and ISOBLOC with improved homogeneity and increased toughness. Applications: Heavy duty hot work tools and dies, mainly for light alloy processing: mandrels, dies and containers for metal tube and rod extrusion; hot extrusion equipment; tools and dies for the manufacture of hollow bodies, screws, rivets, nuts and bolts. Die casting equipment, forming dies, die inserts, hot shear blades, and plastic molding dies. |