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Product Description

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.

Property Features

  • Toughness & Ductility: high
  • Wear Resistance: high
  • Compressive strength: high
  • Dimensional stability: very high

Technical Specifications

Compressive strength Toughness Wear resistance abrasive Wear resistance adhesive

Chemical Composition

Chemical composition (average %)
1.40 6.40 1.50 3.70 3.50 +

Available product shapes

  • 6-Side Machining
  • Flat Bar
  • Ground Flat
  • Long Products
  • Plates
  • Ready Pieces
  • Round Bar
  • Round Ground Bar
  • Standard Bar

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