H13 tool steel
PLM-H13 is an H13 tool steel for additive manufacturing, resistant to wear, compression and creep at high temperature, suitable for aeronautics, automotive and industry for punches, blades and hot tool repair.
Usage
Mechanical resistance, Wear, High temperature
Functional property (technical details)
High Strength, Compression Resistance, Wear Resistance, Creep Resistance
Typical applications
Hot working tools such as punches and shear blades, for resistance to abrasive wear in cutting or forming operations.Rapid repair and production of worn tools, via LPBF for functional prototypes or custom inserts.
Key benefits
Good sphericity, high fluidity, particle size homogeneity, low oxidation
Available documents
Technical sheet, Safety sheet, Particle size distribution, Material certificate
Physical characteristics
Light dispersion
ASTM B822/ISO 13320-1
Available particle sizes (µm)
MIM <22μm/BJ <25μm/LPBF 15 — 53μm
Tapped density (g/cc)
≥ 4.60
Apparent density (g/cc)
≥ 7.65
Hall Flow
Chemical composition
Carbon (C) rate%
0.32 — 0.45
Silicon (Si) rate%
0.80 — 1.25
Manganese (Mn) rate%
0.20 — 0.60
Phosphorous (P) rate%
≤ 0.030
Sulphur (S) rate%
≤ 0.030
Chromium (Cr) rate%
4.75 — 5.50
Nickel (Ni) rate%
Molybdenum (Mo) rate%
1.10 — 1.75
Cobalt (Co) rate%
Niobium (Nb) rate%
Titanium (Ti) rate%
Aluminum (Al) rate%
Copper (Cu) rate%
Boron (B) rate%
Iron (Ir) rate%
libra
Nitrogen (N) rate% (LPBF only)
≤ 0.12
Oxygen (O) rate% (LPBF only)
≤ 0.06
Vanadium (V) rate%
0.80 — 1.20
Tungsen (W) rate%
Cadium (Cd) rate%
Tantalum (Ta) rate%
Hafnium (Hf) rate%
Zirconium (Zr) rate%
Other rate%