Powder-Metallurgic Tooling Steels
Micro Melt© technology

Powder-metallurgical steels offer:
- Optimum hardness
- Greatest durability
- Good level of toughness
- Optimum homogeneity
- Outstanding dimensional stability
- High pressure loading capacity


Typical Range of Steel Products and Heat Treatment 

Brand Name Mat.-No AISI /BS Typical Analyses % Annealed Hardness Hardening Hardness in HRC after tempering °C data sheet
  (Ident. No.)   C Si Mn Cr Mo W V Co HB max. °C in* 180 480--520 540-570  
LO-QPM A11 2397.02 A-11 2,4 0,9   5,2 1,3   9,8   270 1140 G; O 62 60 - 63   data sheet
LO-QPM 23 3391.02 M-3/2 1,25     4,1 5,0 6,4 3,1   260 1160 G; O; Wb 62   63 - 64 data sheet
TLO-QPM 30 3393.02 T-42 1,3 0,6   4,2 5,0 6,4 3,1 8,5 300 1180 G; O; Wb 65   64 - 66 data sheet
LO-QPM 15 3394.02 T-15 1,6     4,6   12,5 5,0 5,0 285 1220 G; O; Wb 65   64 - 66 data sheet
LO-QPM M4 1.3395 M-4 1,3 0,3 0,3 4,5 4,5 5,5 4,0   270 1160 G; O; Wb 63   63-65 data sheet