Introduction to Mold Steel
Mold steel is a type of steel used to manufacture molds such as cold stamping molds, hot forging molds, and die-casting molds.
Mold is the main processing tool for manufacturing parts in industrial sectors such as mechanical manufacturing, radio instruments, motors, and electrical appliances.
The quality of the mold directly affects the quality of the pressure processing process, the precision output of the product, and the production cost. In addition to relying on reasonable structural design and processing accuracy, the quality and service life of the mold are mainly influenced by the mold material and heat treatment.
Mold steel can be roughly divided into three categories: cold rolled mold steel, hot rolled mold steel, and plastic mold steel, used for forging, stamping, cutting, die-casting, etc.
Due to the different uses and complex working conditions of various molds, the steel used for molds should have high hardness, strength, wear resistance, sufficient toughness, as well as high hardenability, hardenability, and other process properties according to the working conditions of the molds manufactured.
Due to the different uses and complex working conditions of this type of steel, the performance requirements for mold steel are also different.