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H13 has high hardenability and hot crack resistance because it contains higher content of carbon and vanadium, good wear resistance, relatively weakened toughness, good heat resistance, better strength and hardness at higher temperatures, high wear resistance and toughness, excellent comprehensive mechanical properties and high tempering stability.
Supply Form & Size
Form of Supply | Size(mm) | Length(mm) |
Round bar | 6.0mm-500mm | 2.5m-10m |
Chemical Composition&Related Specifications
Grade | C | Mn | Cr | Mo | V | P | S | Si |
H13 | 0.32~0.45 | 0.2-0.50 | 4.75~5.50 | 1.10~1.75 | 0.8~1.2 | ≤0.030 | ≤0.030 | 0.8~1.2 |
Brand comparison table
AISI/SAE | DIN/EN | BS | JIS/KS | China |
H13 | X40CrMoV5-1 | X40CrMoV5-1 | SKD61 | 4Cr5MoSiV1 |
4) Mechanical Properties - Mechanical Property
1. Pre-heat treatment The H13 steel steel and die blank supplied on
the market have been annealed heat treatment in the steel mill to
ensure good metallographic structure, appropriate hardness, good
processability, and no need for annealing. However, after the
manufacturer carried out the forging, the original structure and
properties were destroyed, which increased the forging stress, and
had to be reannealed.
The isothermal spheroidization annealing process is: 860~890 °C
heating and insulation for 2h, cooling to 740~760 °C isothermal 4h,
furnace cooling to about 500 °C out of the oven.
2. Quenching and tempering Mold quenching process specifications
requiring good toughness: heating temperature 1020~1050 °C, oil
cooling or air cooling, hardness 54~58HRC; It requires hot hardness
based mold quenching process specifications, heating temperature
1050~1080 °C, oil cooling, hardness 56~58HRC.
Recommended tempering temperature: 530~560°C, hardness 48~52HRC;
Tempering temperature 560~580°C; Hardness 47~49HRC.
Tempering should be performed twice. When tempering at 500 °C, the
tempering secondary hardening peak occurs, and the tempering
hardness is the highest, the peak is about 55HRC, but the toughness
is the worst. Therefore, the tempering process should avoid about
500 °C. According to the use of mold, tempering is better in the
range of 540~620 °C.
Quenching heating should be preheated twice (600~650 °C, 800~850
°C) to reduce the thermal stress generated by the heating process.
3. Chemical heat treatment H13 steel can further strengthen the
mold if it is gas nitriding or nitrocarburizing, but its nitriding
temperature should not be higher than the tempering temperature to
ensure that the core strength is not reduced, thereby improving the
service life of the mold.