? for the Mete

[Mark Williams]

What alloy would be best suited for using as a mold dies in hot pressing metal?

Thanks Robert

 

[mete]

The hot work die steel series H is designed for that .H13 is a common version...What are you going to make now Mark ??

 

[Mark Williams]

It's a secret If this works out I'll send you a sample to play with Mr C.

 

[Pete Allan]

I think Mete hit it right on the nose.

A near by foundry makes the dies for an outfit here in town that makes 200K or more horse shoes every year and they use H13. I have been to the factory and they really pound the he-- out of them.

 

[Mark Williams]

Would the .H13 be a good candidate for EDM ya think?

 

[J. Shorter]

Would the .H13 be a good candidate for EDM ya think?

Yep we do it where I work all of the time.
Jerry

 

[mete]

You can use EDM for any steel but make sure it's tempered after EDM. EDM actually vaporizes the steel and leaves a thin layer of untempered martensite .If this is not tempered it will crack.In the early days of EDM we had a big education job to explain this to people .

 

[Nowicki]

You going to have any of that secrete stuff left when I come down on the 15th.