CarTech R.D.S. tool steel is an oil hardening tool and die steel which combines extreme toughness with minimal size change when heat treated. This tool steel is available as a DeCarb-Free product. DCF bars have been cold finished in the mill, thereby eliminating the need for bar bark removal.

Applications:
Because of its unusual combination of properties, CarTech R.D.S. tool steel has been used in several types of applications:

1. It displays the supertoughness often required for tools such as:

Hobs
Collets
Punches
Forming tolls
Blanking or forming dies
Thread roller dies
Embossing dies

2. Where hardening accuracy or cracking hazards make an oil hardening steel necessary, CarTech R.D.S. tool steel has been used successfully in:

Shear blades
Punches
Stamps
Swaging dies
Slitting shears
Slitting cutters

3. For machine parts requiring high strength and toughness combined with hardness and wear resistance, CarTech R.D.S. tool steel has found applications in:

Clutch parts
Pawls
Dogs
Stops
Knuckle pins
Spindles
Fingers
Indexing pins
Clutch pins