UTOPMO4
  
Identification

 

Designation by Standards
Brand Name Ravne No. Mat. No. DIN EN AISI
UTOPMO4 859 1.2345 X50CrVMo51 - Approx. H11

 

Chemical Composition

 

Chemical Composition in Weight %
C Si Mn Cr Mo Ni V W Others
0.51 0.95 0.30 5.00 1.35 - 0.90 - -

 

General Information

Description
UTOPMO4 is a 5% chromium hot work tool steel designed particularly for applications requiring extreme toughness combined with good red hardness. It provides an extra margin of safest in tools subject to heavy hammer blows, and those tools containing deep recesses or sharp corners. While UTOPMO4 has been designed primarily as a hot work tool steel, it has been used in many cold work applications where extra toughness is required at the sacrifice of some wear resistance.

Applications
UTOPMO4 has been used primarily for tools requiring resistance to softening at elevated temperatures. Such tools include forging dies and punches, die-casting dies, aluminum extrusion dies, hot heading dies, piercing and forming punches, etc.

 

Properties

Physical properties (avarage values) at ambient temperature:
Modulus of elasticity [103 x N/mm2]: 215
Density [g/cm3]: 7.70
Thermal conductivity [W/m.K]: 25.0
Electric resistivity [Ohm mm2/m]: 0.52
Specific heat capacity[J/g.K]: 0.46

Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion 10-6 oC-1
20-100 'C 20-200 'C 20-300 'C 20-400 'C 20-500 'C 20-600 'C 20-700 'C
11.7 12.5 12.7 13.2 13.4 13.6 13.8

Continuous Cooling Transformation (CCT) Diagram



Time-Temperature Transformation (TTT) Diagram


 

Heat Treatment

Soft Annealing
Heat to 760-820 'C, cool slowly in furnace. This will produce a maximum Brinell hardness of 250.

Stress Relieving
To relieve machining strains for greater accuracy in hardening, first rough machine, then anneal below the critical 649/677 'C a minimum of one hour at temperature, and cool very slowly, followed by finish machining.

Hardening
Harden from a temperature of 1000-1040 'C followed by air, oil warm bath (450-550 'C) quenching. Hardness after quenching is 54-58 HRC.

Tempering
Tempering temperature: See the diagram bellow.

Tempering Temperature ( 'C) vs. Hardness (HRC) vs. Tensile Stregth (N/mm2)
100 'C 200 'C 300 'C 400 'C 500 'C 550 'C 600 'C 650 'C 700 'C
56 55 53 54 56 54 49 40 31
2050 1980 1845 1910 2050 1910 1620 1260 995

Effect of Tempering Temperature on Hardness

 

Workability

Forging
Heat slowly and uniformly to a temperature of between 1093/1135 'C and forge. Do not work the steel below 927 'C. Reheat as often as necessary.

Machinability
The machinability of UTOPMO4 may be rated between 55% and 65% of a 1% carbon water hardening tool steel, or about 40% to 50% of B1112.
 
Other Information


Weldability: To salvage tools and dies by welding, preheat to 538 'C in a furnace and weld with uncoated arc equipment (atomic hydrogen or heliarc). Keep the temperature of the die above 316 'C at all times by reheating until the welding is completed. Upon completion of the weld, return the work piece to the preheating furnace, equalize, and cool in the furnace. Welding should be performed in the annealed condition. However, if welding is performed in the hardened condition, the tool should be retempered at 538 'C after hardening. The electrode material used in the weld rod should be of similar analysis to the base material.