BÖHLER S600

HIGH SPEED STEELS

Available Product Shapes

Flat Bar Ground Flat Long Products Plates Round Bar

Round Ground Bar

Product Description

BÖHLER S600 – "The high-speed steel"

Ideal for mills, spiral bits, and taps, broaches, cold-work tools. BÖHLER S600 is the most commonly used high-speed steel and is the
starting material for our customers who deal with high-speed steel.
Properties

High Toughness & Ductility

High Wear Resistance

High Compressive strength

High high Edge Stability

High Grindability

High Hot Hardness

Applications

Broaches and Reamers Cold Forming / Coining Fine Blanking, Stamping, Blanking
Gear Cutting, Shaving and Shaping Injection Components Oth. Automotive components
Tools (Turbochargers, Piston Rings, Sensors, etc.)
Powder Pressing Rolling Shearing / Machine Knives
Special Cutting Tools Standard Parts (Molds, Plates, Pins, Twist Drills and Taps
Punches)
Wear parts Thread rolling Blades for Sawing Machines

Material designation Standards

1.3343 SEL 4957 EN ISO
HS6-5-2C EN

Chemical composition

C Cr Mo V W
0.90 4.10 5.00 1.80 6.20

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Material characteristics

Compressive Grindability Red hardness Toughness Wear resistance Edge Stability

strength
BÖHLER S600

BÖHLER S200

BÖHLER S400

BÖHLER S401

BÖHLER S500

BÖHLER S607

BÖHLER S630

BÖHLER S705

Delivery condition

Annealed
Hardness max. 280 HB
Tensile Strenght max. 950 / 137.781 N/mm² / KSI

Hardened and Tempered

Hardness 63 - 65 HRC | bars hardened and tempered (BHT)

Heat treatment

Annealing
Temperature (°C / 820 / 1508 - Controlled slow cooling in furnace (10 - 20°C / h (50 - 68°F / h)) to approx. 600°C (1110°F), air
°F) 850 / 1562 cooling.

Stress relieving
Temperature (°C / 600 / 1112 - Slow cooling furnace. To relieve stresses set up by extensive machining or in tools of intricate
°F) 650 / 1202 shape. After through heating, hold in neutral atmosphere for 1 to 2 hours.

Hardening and Tempering

Temperature (°C / 1100 / 2012 - Oil, salt bath (500 - 550°C (932 - 1022°F)), gas.
°F) 1210 / 2210

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Physical Properties

Temperature (°C / °F) 20 / 68

Density (kg/dm³ / lb/in³) 8.07 / 0.29
Thermal conductivity (W/(m.K) / BTU (IT) ft/hr/ft²/F) 21.8 / 12.6
Specific heat (J/(kg.K) / BTU (IT) lb/F) 433 / 103.42
Spec. electrical resistance (Ohm.mm²/m / Ohm.inch²/ft) 0.47 / 0
Modulus of elasticity (10³N/mm² / 10³ksi) 219 / 31.7

Thermal Expansions

Temperature (°C / °F) 100 / 212 200 / 392 300 / 572 400 / 752 500 / 932 600 / 1112 700 / 1292
Thermal expansion (10⁻⁶ m/(m.K) / 10.75 / 11.17 / 11.57 / 11.92 / 12.31 / 12.66 / 13.1 /
10⁻⁶ inch/(inch.F)) 5.972 6.206 6.428 6.622 6.839 7.033 7.278

For more information see www.voestalpine.com/bohler-edelstahl

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S600 EN – 08.2021