Introduction:
D2 steel is a high carbon – high chromium air hardening tool steel, heat treatable to 60-62 HRC. D2 offers excellent wear and abrasion resistance, due to large volumes of carbides in the micro-structure. D2 steel is widely used in long production cold work applications requiring very high wear resistance and high compression strength. It is machinable in the annealed condition, and, like other air hardening tool steels, exhibits minimal distortion in heat treat. D2 steel is available in de-carb free rounds, flats, and squares, as well as ground flat stock and drill rod.
Applications:
Typical applications for D2 steel are blanking, forming, and trim dies, gages, slitting cutters, wear parts, lamination dies,
thread rolling dies, drawing dies, rotary cutting dies, knurls, bending dies, gages, shear blades, burnishing tools, rolls,
machine parts, master parts, injection screw and tip components, seaming rolls, extrusion dies, tire shredders, scrap choppers, Stamping dies, Forming Dies, Punches, Forming Rolls, Knives, slitters, shear blades, Tools, Scrap choppers, Tyre shredders, etc.
Quality Standard:
ASTM A681 – 08 Standard Specification for Tool Steels Alloy.