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Forged Cr12Mo1V1 Cold Work Mold Steel Sleeve

 
The core of forging Cr12Mo1V1 (D2/SKD11) sleeve is: multi-directional upsetting, temperature controlled forging, punching and hole expansion preheating, post forging slow cooling+spheroidization annealing, with a focus on crushing the pearlite eutectic carbides and avoiding internal cracking and segregation.
 
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Product Advantage

  • Dense organization and uniform carbides: Forging shatters the cast network carbides, eliminates looseness/holes, disperses the carbides, avoids band segregation, and significantly improves strength and toughness.

  • High hardness, wear resistance, and long service life: With a quenching hardness of 58-65HRC, it has excellent wear resistance and is suitable for high load stamping/cold heading conditions. Its service life is increased by more than 30% compared to ordinary processes.

  • High hardenability and uniform performance: Large cross-section (≤ 300mm) can be uniformly hardened, with stable core hardness, suitable for large/deep cavity sleeves.

  • Good toughness and resistance to cracking: Molybdenum vanadium refines grain size, improves toughness, and has strong bending/impact resistance, making it less prone to corner cracking.

  • Stable size and high precision: heat treatment deformation rate ≤ 0.05%, easy control of inner hole/outer diameter accuracy, suitable for precision mold requirements.

  • High material utilization rate and excellent cost: forging near net shape, reducing cutting allowance, saving material and machining costs.

Technical Parameters

1. Grade

GB

JIS

ASTM

UNS

DIN

W-Nr.

ГOCT

SS

Cr12Mo1V1

一

D2

T30402

X155CrVMo12-1

1.2379

一

一

2. Chemical Composition

element

C

Si

Mn

Cr

V

Mo

S,P

scope

1.40~1.60

≤0.60

≤0.60

11.0~13.0

0.50~1.10

0.70~1.20

≤0.03

3. Quenching+Low Temperature Tempering (Final Use State, 1020 ℃ Quenching+200 ℃ Tempering)

Hardness (HRC)

Tensile strength (MPa)

Yield strength (MPa)

Elongation ( δ₅ )

Reduction of area (ψ)

Impact AKV  (J)

60~64

≥1470

≥1080

≥12%

≥40%

30-50

4. Forging Heating (Key To Crack Prevention)
  • Preheating: 500-600 ℃ for 1-2 hours to eliminate thermal stress and prevent cracking caused by poor thermal conductivity.

  • Heating: 1080-1120 ℃, through burning insulation (insulation for 1 hour per 100mm diameter), to avoid overheating/overburning.

  • Tool preheating: Preheat the forging hammer, core rod, and anvil to 200-250 ℃ to prevent cracking due to contact quenching.

5. Forging Process (Core: Three Upsetting And Three Pulling+Punching And Expanding Holes)

Adopting "two light and one heavy"+six sided forging, crushing mesh/strip carbides to improve lateral toughness.

  • Forging (2-3 times):

    Initial forging: Lightly strike at 1050-1100 ℃, with a pressing amount of ≤ 15%/time, to prevent end face cracking.

    Heavy impact: 980-1020 ℃, total upsetting ratio ≥ 2.5, crushing eutectic carbides.

  • Pull out (2-3 times):

    Pull in multiple directions, rotate 90 ° each time, forging ratio ≥ 2, eliminate anisotropy.

    Final forging: Lightly strike at ≥ 850 ℃ to avoid low-temperature cracking, and prevent grain coarsening when the final forging temperature is ≤ 900 ℃.

  • Punching (inner hole of sleeve):

    Temperature: 900-950 ℃, preheat the punch to 250 ℃, clean the burrs promptly after punching to prevent crack propagation.

  • Hole enlargement (core rod):

    Expand the hole 2-3 times, lightly strike with a small hammer at high frequency, and finally forge at ≥ 850 ℃ to ensure the roundness and uniform wall thickness of the inner hole.

    Cooling after forging: furnace cooling/sand cooling to below 500 ℃ and air cooling, rapid cooling is strictly prohibited to prevent cracking.

6. Preliminary Heat Treatment (Spheroidization Annealing To Improve Machinability)
  • Process: Insulation at 850-870 ℃ for 3-4 hours → Furnace cooling to 740-760 ℃ and isothermal for 4-5 hours → Air cooling.

  • Goal: Hardness ≤ 255HB, uniform carbide spheroidization (≤ level 3), easy to machine.

7. Mechanical Processing
  • Coarse car: Leave a grinding allowance of 0.3-0.5mm per surface to avoid cutting overheating.

  • Stress relief: 600-650 ℃ x 2h furnace cooling to eliminate processing stress and prevent heat treatment deformation.

  • Precision machining/drilling: Ensure size and coaxiality, leaving a grinding allowance of 0.1-0.2mm.

8. Final heat treatment (quenching+tempering, controlling deformation+stabilizing structure)
  • Quenching (one-time hardening method)

    Secondary preheating: 600 ℃× 20min → 850 ℃× 30min, anti cracking.

    Austenitization: 1020-1040 ℃ × 25-40 minutes (based on effective thickness), oil/air cooling, hardness 60-65HRC.

  • Tempering (must be done at least twice)

    High wear resistance: 180-230 ℃ × 2-3 times/2h, hardness 60-64HRC.

    High toughness/stable size: 500-540 ℃ x 2 times/2h, hardness 58-62HRC (secondary hardening).

    Cryogenic treatment (optional, high precision): After quenching at -70~-80 ℃ for 3-4 hours, residual austenite is transformed, hardness is increased by 1-3 HRC, and the size is more stable.

9. Precision Machining And Inspection
  • Grinding: Grind the inner/outer circle to the drawing accuracy, with a surface roughness Ra ≤ 0.4 μ m.

  • Inspection: Hardness (HRC), metallography (carbide ≤ 3 level), dimensional accuracy, non-destructive testing (MT/UT).

Product Uses

  • Automobile: stamping/extrusion molds, transmission parts, bearing components

  • Electronics: silicon steel sheet punching, precision terminals, injection mold inserts

  • Hardware: wire drawing die, thread rolling die, cold heading die sleeve

  • Plastic: Fiberglass reinforced plastic molding, extrusion die sleeve

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