Machining Hardened Steel

If a somewhat larger amount of money is available to be spent on cutting materials the evolution metal cutting saw is a fast and efficient tool that will cut through hardened steel with relative ease making clean cuts and retaining the hardness of the steel.

Machining hardened steel.

High speed milling of hardened die steels was second choice at 49 percent. Many shops have implemented hard milling through high speed machining as a way to generate intricate die and mold forms on the machining center with less need for edm and hand finishing. 1 the following observations from the engineering research center for net shape manufacturing erc nsm at the ohio state university may be useful to shops contemplating getting into high speed milling. There are several components of the process which include.

Many plants that manufacture hardened steel bearings gears and axle shafts use this process. First choice for external and internal machining of small and slender components. Typical materials that are hard turned are 5120 steel 62 rc 1050 steel 62 rc 9310 60 rc and 4320 steel 60 62 rc. High speed machining hsm of hardened die steels should not be feared but embraced.

The term hardened steel is often used for a medium or high carbon steel that has been given heat treatment and then quenching followed by tempering the quenching results in the formation of metastable martensite the fraction of which is reduced to the desired amount during tempering this is the most common state for finished articles such as tools and machine parts. However machining hard steel with small tools taking fast light cuts is not the way many shops are accustomed to machining these parts. Since then it has gained more acceptance in the industry.