1.2842 / 1.2510 - AT A GLANCE
What kind of steel is the 1.2842 / 1.2510?
The 1.2842 / 1.2510 (O2 / O1) tool steel meets a wide range of characteristics including good machinability, good dimensional stability when hardened, good cutting edge retention as well as a good combination of high surface hardness and toughness after hardening and tempering.
Properties
Tool steel 1.2842 1.2510 has many advantages like high hardness, high degree of dimensional stability, good cutting power and good toughness. As an oil hardening steel with a focus on cold work it can be used for a wide range of applications.
The combination of the formentioned properties make this tool steel a great choice for manufacturing tools, which need to have a good tool life and production economy. The high manganese content provides good dimensional stability when quenched from the proper hardening temperature.
- Universally applicable
- Medium alloyed oil hardener
- High hardness acceptance
- High dimensional stability
- Good edge retention
- Good toughness
- Forgeable
- Weldable
- Magnetizable
- Also popular as a knife steel due to its combination of good properties
Applications
The applications for this steel grade include:
- Blanking and stamping tools up to 6 mm thickness
- Shear knives
- Threading tools
- Thread dies
- Reamers
- Chasers
- Measuring tools
- Plastic molds
- Rubber molds
- Calibres
- Guide rails
- Dies
- Punches
- Woodworking tools
- Machine knives
- Punches
- Shear blades
- Threading tools
- Tap-cutting dies
- Chasers
- Reamers
- Measuring tools
- Gauges
- Guide bars
- Dies
