Toolox 44 - AT A GLANCE
What kind of steel is Toolox 44?
Toolox 44 comes with a lot of plus points like the very low residual stresses, high impact toughness and fatigue resistance. Due to its low carbon and alloy content, this tool steel material is suitable for both welding and thermal-cutting.
With the ability to nitrate this material the surface hardness can be additionally increased and service life extended. The combination of those characteristics makes Toolox 44 suitable for demanding engineering and is especially suited for plastic molds as it has excellent polishing and photo-etching properties due to the cleanliness of the material.
Properties
The quenched and tempered Toolox 44 material can optimize the manufacturing process and therefore costs. Toolox 44 also has properties such as good wear resistance, good dimensional stability and good machinability, which make machining this material grade a good choice for many applications where precise dimensions and tolerances, durable performance in abrasive environments and a good balance between wear resistance and ease of processing are required.
Practically, this means:
- Good wear resistance
- Good machinability
- Good dimensional stability
- High strength
- Excellent polishing and photo-etching properties
- No further heat treatment is required as it is supplied in the hardened and tempered condition
- Nitridable / gas nitriding possible
- Can be eroded
- Working hardness, as supplied and without nitriding, is 45 HRC
- Post-oxidation protects against corrosion
Applications
Thanks to its high strength, good toughness and good mechanical properties the Toolox 44 can be used in a wide variety of industries. Toolox 44 can be used for engineering and tooling due to its wear resistance, durability, dimensional stability (as well under high temperatures) and toughness for
- Moulds
- Die casting
- Stamping
- Forging
Due to its surface hardness, impact strength and wear resistance it can be used for machine components like
- Ball bearings
- Cylinders
- Pins
- Bushings
The previously mentioned properties make the Toolox 44 a material that finds its uses in
- Mining equipment
- Wear plates
- Pump parts
- Wind turbines
- Gears
- Armor plates
- Shredder
- For manufaturing agricultural equipment like plough shears
Next to all the aforementioned applications Toolox 44 can be generally used for mechanical engineering, machine components, guide rails, base plates, assembling parts, press brake tools, plate forming tools, wear parts, plastic moulds, moulding frames, forming tools, rubber moulds and die casting moulds.
