Comparison of Tool Steel Brands Cold Work Tool Steel Plastic Mold Steel
High-Speed Tool Steel
CategoryCarbon tool steel
High-Speed Tool Steel
Powder High-Speed Tool Steel
Alloy Tool Steel
Alloy Tool Steel
Pre-hardened Steel
Quenched & Tempered Steel
Age-treated Steel
Tungsten Steel
Molybdenum Steel
Matrix Type Steel
Powder Metallurgy High-Speed Tool Steel
Daido Steel DIN DIN
DIN
Category Daido Steel
Category Daido Steel
DINCategory Daido Steel
YK3YK30GOADC1DC11DC53
DC12
GO40F
GO5
GO4
GS5DCMXMH51
MH55MH8
DRM1DRM2DRM3DEX40
DEX-M1DEX-M3DEX20DEX60
Prepared November 2010 Prepared November 2010
Prepared November 2010
Issued by the Special Steel Association of Japan
Prepared November 2010
W1-10
D3D2
A2
M2
SKD61 (revised)
SKD7 (revised)
SKD8 (revised)
SKD4 (revised)
Other
Matrix type
Precipitation hardened steel
Medium CrSKD
Pre-hardened 40 HRC
Flame hardened steelLow-temperature air cooled steel
Shock resistant steelOther
SKH51SKH51 typeSKH55 typeSKH57 type
Matrix type
SKH40
Matrix type
Other
Pre-hardened 50 HRD & higher
Hot Work Tool Steel
Other
Other
Matrix type
50 & higher
SC type
SCM type
SCM (revised)
SUS type
P21 (rust resistant)
420
SUS type (free cutting )
DHA-WORLD
DHA-Thermo
DH31-SDH31-EX
High-Speed Tool Steel
PX5
S-STARD-STAR
NAK55NAK80
Comparison of Tool Steel Brands Cold Work Tool Steel Plastic Mold Steel
High-Speed Tool Steel
CategoryCarbon tool steel
High-Speed Tool Steel
Powder High-Speed Tool Steel
Alloy Tool Steel
Alloy Tool Steel
Pre-hardened Steel
Quenched & Tempered Steel
Age-treated Steel
Tungsten Steel
Molybdenum Steel
Matrix Type Steel
Powder Metallurgy High-Speed Tool Steel
Daido Steel DIN DIN
DIN
Category Daido Steel
Category Daido Steel
DINCategory Daido Steel
YK3YK30GOADC1DC11DC53
DC12
GO40F
GO5
GO4
GS5DCMXMH51
MH55MH8
DRM1DRM2DRM3DEX40
DEX-M1DEX-M3DEX20DEX60
Prepared November 2010 Prepared November 2010
Prepared November 2010
Issued by the Special Steel Association of Japan
Prepared November 2010
W1-10
D3D2
A2
M2
SKD61 (revised)
SKD7 (revised)
SKD8 (revised)
SKD4 (revised)
Other
Matrix type
Precipitation hardened steel
Medium CrSKD
Pre-hardened 40 HRC
Flame hardened steelLow-temperature air cooled steel
Shock resistant steelOther
SKH51SKH51 typeSKH55 typeSKH57 type
Matrix type
SKH40
Matrix type
Other
Pre-hardened 50 HRD & higher
Hot Work Tool Steel
Other
Other
Matrix type
50 & higher
SC type
SCM type
SCM (revised)
SUS type
P21 (rust resistant)
420
SUS type (free cutting )
DHA-WORLD
DHA-Thermo
DH31-SDH31-EX
High-Speed Tool Steel
PX5
S-STARD-STAR
NAK55NAK80