The world of steel is amazingly diverse and so complex that it is not easy to keep track of in
practice. In the form of portraits of selected steels and steel groups this world of steel is
to be brought closer to the reader compact understandable informative structured with
examples from practice and suitable for reference. Hot work tool steels are a group of alloyed
steels with high hot strength suitable for tools. These can withstand surface temperatures of
more than 600 °C in use. For this purpose they are optimally adapted to the most diverse
requirements especially for tools used in hot forming and die casting. Important are the
chemical compositions methods of production and processing as well as their properties or the
material data of hot work tool steels which are briefly and clearly presented in this book.
The contents · The history of hot work tool steels · Designations chemical compositions
grades microstructure and properties · Production (melting and powder metallurgy) heat and
surface treatments The target groups Trainees in metal professions Students practitioners
engineers in steel production forming and production technology in steel metal and tool
construction and in the steel trade
