Tool Steel L6 is one of the Cold Work, Medium Air Hardening type tool steels. It contains chromium, molybdenum, vanadium and manganese to promote deep hardening without quenching. This keeps distortion at a minimum upon hardening.
Carbon | 1.25 - 1.5 |
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Iron | Balance |
Manganese | 1.6 - 2.1 |
Molybdenum | 1.25 - 1.75 |
Nickel | 1.55 - 2.05 |
Phosphorus | 0.03 max |
Silicon | 1 - 1.5 |
Sulphur | 0.03 max |
Principal Design Features | This alloy is one of the Cold Work, Medium Air Hardening type tool steels. It contains chromium, molybdenum, vanadium and manganese to promote deep hardening without quenching. This keeps distortion at a minimum upon hardening. |
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Tool Steel L6 Applications | Typically used for thread rolling dies and other intricate die shapes. |
Tool Steel L6 Machinability | As with all of the tool steel alloys the machinability of L6 is medium, similar to the low alloy steels. It has a machinability rating of about 85% that of the simple alloy water hardening tool steels (W group) which are rated at 100% for reference. |
Tool Steel L6 Forming | Forming is done by means of machining or hot forging. |
Tool Steel L6 Welding | L6 is an alloy steel and thus capable of being welded. Consult the alloy supplier for details. |
Tool Steel L6 Heat Treatment | Preheat slowly to 1200 F then raise the temperature to 1475 F and hold for 45 to 60 minutes. Remove and air cool (the alloy is air hardening as the quench medium). |
Tool Steel L6 Forging | The forging temperature range is rather narrow of A10. Forge at 1875 F down to 1650 F. Do not forge below 1600 F. |
Tool Steel L6 Hot Working | Other than forging it is not usual practice to hot work this alloy. Consult the alloy supplier regarding hot working. |
Tool Steel L6 Cold Working | The alloy may be cold worked in the annealed condition by conventional methods. |
Tool Steel L6 Annealing | Anneal at 1425 F and very slow furnace cool at a rate of 25 F per hour or less. |
Tool Steel L6 Aging | Not applicable to this alloy. |
Tool Steel L6 Tempering | Temper at 400 F to 800 F. This will result in developing a hardness of approximately Rockwell C 62 for the low temperature to Rockwell C 55 for the 800 F temper. |
Tool Steel L6 Hardening | This alloy hardens by heat treatment. See "Heat Treatment" and "Tempering". |
Other Comments | L6 alloy has high wear resistance and medium toughness. |
Density (lb / cu. in.) | 0.284 |
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Specific Gravity | 7.85 |
Melting Point (Deg F) | 2590 |
Modulus of Elasticity Tension | 28 |
Tool Steel L6 Sheets & Plates | Tool Steel L6 Olets |
Tool Steel L6 Globe valves | Tool Steel L6 Strips & Coils |
Tool Steel L6 Nippolets | Tool Steel L6 Check valves |
Tool Steel L6 Round bars | Tool Steel L6 Sockolet |
Tool Steel L6 Ball valves | Tool Steel L6 Hexagonal Bars |
Tool Steel L6 Threadolet | Tool Steel L6 forged valves |
Tool Steel L6 Flat bars | Tool Steel L6 Union fittings |
Tool Steel L6 Butterfly valves | Tool Steel L6 forged bars |
Tool Steel L6 Socket weld fittings | Tool Steel L6 needle valves |
Tool Steel L6 Seamless Pipes | Tool Steel L6 Forged Threaded fittings |
Tool Steel L6 Plug valves | Tool Steel L6 Welded pipes |
Tool Steel L6 Plugs and Bushings | Tool Steel L6 Bleed valves |
Tool Steel L6 Seamless Tubes | Tool Steel L6 Weld neck flanges |
Tool Steel L6 custom valves | Tool Steel L6 Welded tubes |
Tool Steel L6 slip on flanges | Tool Steel L6 Wires |
Tool Steel L6 Large diameter pipe & Tube | Tool Steel L6 Blind flanges |
Tool Steel L6 Reducer | Tool Steel L6 flanges |
Tool Steel L6 Lap joint flanges | Tool Steel L6 Cap |
Tool Steel L6 Valves | Tool Steel L6 Threaded flanges |
Tool Steel L6 Concentric reducer | Tool Steel L6 forged fittings |
Tool Steel L6 large diameter flanges | Tool Steel L6 Eccentric reducer |
Tool Steel L6 Buttweld fittings | Tool Steel L6 custom flanges |
Tool Steel L6 stubend | Tool Steel L6 Forged components |
Tool Steel L6 forged flanges | Tool Steel L6 blank flanges |
Tool Steel L6 CNC components | Tool Steel L6 buttweld flanges |
Tool Steel L6 spectacle flanges | Tool Steel L6 elbow & tee |
Tool Steel L6 plate flanges | Tool Steel L6 welded flanges |
Tool Steel L6 gate valves | Tool Steel L6 bends | Tool Steel L6 Nipples |
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