Uddeholm Vanadis® 6
Uddeholm Vanadis 6 is a chromium-molybdenum-vanadium alloyed PM steel which is characterized by:
- very high abrasive-adhesive wear resistance
- high compressive strength
- good toughness
- very good dimensional stability at heat treatment and in service
- very good through-hardening properties
- good resistance to tempering back
- high cleanliness.
Applications
Uddeholm Vanadis 6 is suitable for long run tooling of work materials where mixed (abrasive-adhesive) or abrasive wear and/or chipping/cracking and/or plastic deformation are dominating failure mechanisms.
Examples
- Blanking and fine blanking of harder work materials
- Forming operations where a high compressive strength is essential
- Powder compacting
- Substrate steel for surface coating
- Plastics moulds and tooling subjected to abrasive wear conditions
- Knives
General Properties
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