UDDEHOLM HOTVAR (Hot Work Tool Steel)
Hotvar® is a premium hot work steel developed by Uddeholm to provide very good performance in tooling up to 1200°F (650°C). The alloying elements in Hotvar® are balanced to give high hot wear resistance and good high temperature properties. Manufactured by special techniques, Hotvar® is suitable for applications where hot wear and/or plastic deformation are the dominating failure mechanisms.
Applications and tools of special interest: • Warm forging, dies and punches • Roll forging, rolling segments • Rock orbital forging, punches and dies • Upset forging, clamping tools • Progressive forging dies • Axial closed die rolling, top and bottom dies • Cross-forming segments • Hot bending tools • Hot calibration tools • Zinc die casting dies • Al-tube extrusion
Recommended hardness level is 54–58 HRC. For improving the wear resistance the tools can be plasma nitrided or nitrocarburized.
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