CarTech® A6 Tool Steel

Generic Family: Steel - Wrought - Tool Steel • Supplied by: Carpenter Technology Corporation

CarTech A6 tool steel combines the deep hardening and minimum size change characteristics of air hardening tool steels with the simplicity of low temperature heat treatment possible in many oil hardening tool steels.

This tool steel has been used in applications where optimum freedom from size change is desired, or when the sections are very large.

Vega tool steel is available as a DeCarb-Free product. DCF bars have been cold finished in the mill, eliminating the need for bar bark removal.

Applications:
Typical applications for CarTech A6 tool steel have included:

Large blanking dies
Large forming dies
Trimming dies
Notching dies
Feed fingers
Heavy duty punches
Coining dies
Retaining rings
Rim rolls
Master hubs
Shear blades
Precision tools
Spindles
Bending tools
Mandrels
Stripper plates
Plastic molds

General Properties

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Material Status

Commercial: Active

Documents

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Availability

North America

Other Properties

Applicable Specifications, Forms Available, Metal Type, Alloy Identification, Type Analysis, Density, Tensile Modulus, Mean CTE

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Processing

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