A-2 has great dimensional stability during heat treatment and high wear resistance and strength. A-2 is used Blanking dies, rolls, shear blades & more.
A-2 Similar/Equivalent Steel Grades :
| CHINA | BRAZIL | GERMANY | SLOVANIA | JAPAN |
| TG | VILLARES | DEW | RAVNE | NIPPON |
| A2 | VA2 | 1.2363 | OA2 | KD12 |
Steel Properties : Low change in size on heat treatment. High wear-resistance and toughness.
Applications : Blanking dies, rolls, shear blades, cold pilger mandrels, cold coining dies. Moulds for the processing of plastics.
Chemical Composition: (%)
Production Process :
Round Bar :
Flat Bar :
| UT Standard : | Reduction Ratio : | Delivery Status : |
| SEP 1921, (DEC.84)E/e | As 1:4 or 1:5 | in annealed condition. |
Sizes of Round Bars :
| Cold Drawn/Centreless Ground Bar | Hot Rolled Annealed & Peeled Bar | Forged + Annealed + Turned Bar |
| Φ 2.0 - 14.4mm | Φ 14.5 - 80.0mm | Φ 81.0 - 610.0mm |
Sizes of Hot Rolled Flat Bars / Sand Blasted & Machined Straight :
| Thickness | Width |
| 14mm - 100mm | 200mm - 710mm |
HEAT TREATMENT :
| Soft annealing °C | Cooling | Hardness HB |
| 800 - 840 | Furnace | max. 250 |
| Hardening form °C | in | Hardness after quenching HRC |
| 930-970 | air, oil or hot bath 500 - 550 °C | 63 |
| Tempering°C | 100°C | 200°C | 300°C |
| HRC | 63 | 62 | 59 |
| 400°C | 500°C | 600°C |
| 57 | 59 | 52 |