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Toolox® prehardened steel stands up to wear and tear

Making a hard steel is easy, if you’re only looking for hardness. The tricky part is to make a steel that is both hard and tough. A steel such as Toolox®. With hardness that gives a long lifetime even with highly abrasive applications, and toughness that enables it to withstand cracks and fatigue.

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Hardness and toughness

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Toolox® steel is hard to the core

All Toolox® steel grades have the same hardness all the way through. You can machine Toolox® plates and round bars to any complex shape, knowing that all surfaces are equally hard.

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Impact toughness, Charpy-V (J) at 20°C

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The table shows the toughness of Toolox® 44 compared to some standard steels that are heat treated to 45-55 HRC. Toughness values for Toolox® at -20°C are stated in the productcertificates.

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Learn more about Toolox® tool and engineering steel

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