General
Uddeholm Vancron 40 is a Cr-Mo-W-V-N alloyed cold work tool steel, which is characterized by

• Very high adhesive wear resistance

• Very high galling resistance

• Good chipping and cracking resistance

• High compressive strength

• Good through hardening properties

• Good dimensional stability in hardening

• Very good resistance to tempering back

• Good WEDM properties

Applications
Uddeholm Vancron 40 is a cold work tool steel with an excellent galling/adhesive wear profile, which makes the steel ideal for severe production conditions and/or long run production in applications where surface coated tool steel is needed. The work materials in these applications are often soft/adherent materials such as austenitic and ferritic stainless steel, mild steel, copper, aluminium, etc.
Uddeholm Vancron 40 should be used in cold work applications where the predominant failure mechanisms are adhesive wear or galling.
Typical applications are:

• Blanking and forming

• Cold extrusion

• Deep drawing

• Powder pressing

• An alternative to tooling when coatings and cemented carbide used to be the only solution