BÖHLER K490 MICROCLEAN
BÖHLER K490 MICROCLEAN is a high-performance cold work tool steel with a balanced property profile, manufactured using powder metallurgy. This powder metallurgical tool steel offers an outstanding combination of high wear resistance, compressive strength, toughness and very good machinability. Thanks to the resulting flexibility, BÖHLER K490 MICROCLEAN is used in virtually all cold work applications, and in many cases this material is the first choice for newly developed tools. The commonly used hardening temperatures of BÖHLER K490 MICROCLEAN also enable shared heat treatment with popular cold work tool steels (1.2379, D2), making it very economical in terms of heat treatment.
Available Product Shapes
Long Products: Presented data refer exclusivly to long products. Please observe the detailed explanations at the end of the data sheet (pdf).
Melting Route
Powder metallurgy
Property Features
- Toughness & Ductility: high
- Wear Resistance: high
- Compressive strength: high
- Dimensional stability: very high
Technical Specifications
Chemical Composition
* Chemical Composition (Average %)
- C
- 1.40
- Cr
- 6.40
- Mo
- 1.50
- V
- 3.70
- W
- 3.50
- Nb
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