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Source: International Mold Steel, Inc.
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DC53 Steel, a general purpose cold work mold and die steel with exceptional strength and resistance qualities, is nonetheless “only as good as the heat treatment it receives,” according to our Best of the Web resource today. Not surprisingly, manufacturers find these excellent characteristics for machining applications.
The folks at International Mold Steel, Inc., a steel distributor in Florence, Kentucky, have compiled a primer on heat treating DC53, which is known not only for its strength and resistance, as mentioned, but also for have a higher hardness than D2 after heat treatment. This is critical for machining shops where die and mold life expectancy is dependent upon proper high-temperature tempering and high hardness.
Read more: “DC53 Heat Treat”
