1.2363 - AT A GLANCE
What kind of steel is the 1.2363?
A2 is an air hardening, cold work steel. The combination of high wear resistance and good toughness makes the A2 suitable for a wide variety of applications.
Tool steel 1.2363 (X100CrMoV5-1) with a mass fraction of 5% chromium has an excellent combination of wear and chipping resistance as well as excellent machining and grinding properties.
Properties
A2 tool steel is a reliable choice as it has a good balance between wear resistance and toughness. As it has good dimensional stability during heat treatment, this material is often used for tools. Care should be taken during heat treatment to maintain the best performance of the material and prevent deformation. With proper care, this material can have a long life.
Practically, this means:
- Air-hardenable cold work steel
- Good machinability
- High wear resistance
- Improved toughness
- Low dimensional change
- Repair weldable
- Nitridable
- Erodible
- Working hardness between 58 and 62 HRC
- Very good dimensional stability
- High compressive strength
- 1.2363 is nitridable which is not a common practise
- similar to the 1.2379 or 1.2842
Applications
Steel properties like wear resistance and chipping resistance make the 1.2363 a good fit for applications requiring extreme accuracy of size, as well as for very large parts like:
- Cutting tools
- Trimming tools
- Coining dies
- Wear inserts
- Precision tools
- Blanking tools
- Stamping tools
- Dies
- Punches
- Thread rolling tools
- Thread rolling dies
- Shear knives
- Circular shear knives
- Cold pilger mandrels
- Cold stamping tools
- Plastic molds
