Features and Uses of  O1  Cold Work Tool Steel

This moderately priced oil hardening tool steel hardens in oil from a low temperature, offers pronounced non-deforming characteristics and retains its original dimensions after oil hardening and tempering. It gives excellent wear resistance, holds a good cutting edge and is relatively easy to machine. Due to these properties, O1 is an excellent general-purpose tool steel often used where the expense of a high carbon high chromium steel would not be justified.


Typical applications of O1 include medium run dies, intricate press tools, drawing punches, broaches, bushings, lathe centres, chuck jaws, master cavity sinking hobs, paper cutting machine knives, plug gauges, thread gauges and precision measuring tools generally, cams, cloth cutting knives, cold taps, reamers, collets, cutting hobs, strip slitting cutters, trimmer dies, tube expander rolls, plastic moulds and woodworking knives.

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