Material No.

Code:

DE - Brand:

1.2344 X40CrMoV5-1
Chemical composition:
(Typical analysis in %)

WP5V

Cr

Mo

0,40

5,30

1,40

1,00

Steel properties:

High strength at elevated temperatures, high hot wear

resistance, good toughness, thermal conductivity and
resistant to hot cracking, limited water cooling possible.
Similar to AISI H13.

Applications:

Standard material for hot forming tools, extrusion tools,

forging dies, pressure casting tools, hot shear knives,
tools for plastic industry. Also available in EFS and ESR
condition where better properties are required.

Condition of delivery:

Soft annealed to max. 229 HB

Physical properties:
Thermal expansion coefficient

Thermal conductivity

10-6 m

20-100C 20-300C 20-500C 20-700C

m K

10,8

12,3

13,0

13,5

20C

350C

700C

m K

25,6

28,4

29,4

Heat treatment:
Soft annealing

Stress relief annealing

09/04

Hardening

Temperature

Cooling

Hardness

750 - 800C

furnace

max. 229 HB

Temperature

Cooling

600 - 650C

furnace

Temperature

Cooling

Tempering

1020 - 1060C

oil, pressure gas (N2),

air or hot bath
500 - 550C

see tempering
diagram

Drrenberg Edelstahl GmbH Hammerweg 7 D-51766 Engelskirchen

Tel.: +49 22 63 / 79 1 Fax: +49 22 63 / 79 20 5 www.doerrenberg.de

A company of the
GESCO group

(1.2344) Thermal Cycle Diagram

Cooling slowly
in furnace

Tempering

Hardening temperature
3rd preheating
step
Min. / mm
~850C
Cooling
2nd preheating
oil, air, preasure
step
gas (N2)
Min. / mm
~650C

600-650C

Hot bath
500-550C

Finish
machining

Hardening

Intermediate
machining

Rough
machining

1st tempering
1h / 20 mm
at least 2 h

3rd tempering
1h / 20 mm
at least 2 h

2nd tempering
1h / 20 mm
at least 2 h

1st preheating
step
Min. / mm
~400C

Equalisation
1 h / 100 mm

Time

Continuous Cooling Transformation Diagram (CCT)

70
65

Hardness [HRc]

60
55
50
45
40 Test specimen:

= 30 mm, h = 40 mm

35 quenched from 1020C

in oil

30
0

100

200
300
400
500
Tempering temperature [C]

600

700

Tempering Diagram
Austenitizing temperature: 1040C

1200
1000
Temperature [C]

Temperature

Stress relief annealing

Ac1e

800
3 48 98

600

Ac1b

100

A+C

400 Ms
200

40

586

0
0,1

10

10

92 87

536
3

10
Time [s]

B
470 536 200

10

Remarks: All technical information is for reference only.

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188 HV
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