What is KE672 tool steel?
What is KE672 tool steel?
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This may be an older UK spec. It's listed by some suppliers, but I can't find any composition or hardness, etc.
Can anyone help?
Can anyone help?
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What is KE672 tool steel?
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RE: What is KE672 tool steel?
An old catalogue I have shows:
KE 672 is (was) a Non-Shrinking Oil Hardening Tool steel to BS 4659:1971:BO1
Composition:
0.85-1.00 % Carbon
0.4% max Silicon
1.10-1.35 % Manganese
0.4-0.6% Chromium
0.4-0.6 % Tungsten
0.25% max Vanadium
Used for press tolls, knives, punches, dies gauges, moulds etc.
RE: What is KE672 tool steel?
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