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A-6 AIR HARDENING FLAT GROUND STOCK INFO DOC

A-6 Tool Steel ia a medium alloyed air hardening steel. A-6 prvides an excellent balance of machinability, toughness and wear resistance. It has a low heat treating tempurature resulting in deep hardness and minimum distortion.
Great for bending and forming tools, mandrels, dowel pins, gauges, shear knives, blanking and forming dies, chuck jaws, trim dies and tooling for plastic injection molding.
Our sources for A-6 Flat Stock is unmatched in the industry. 18" & 36" lengths standard and oversize are available in many fractional sizes. Please contact our Metal Technicians and let us go to work for you on any of your flat stock needs.

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A-6 Typical Analysis

  • Carbon:-----------------------------------.70
  • Chromium:-------------------------------1.00
  • Manganese:-----------------------------2.00
  • Molybdenun:----------------------------1.25

Tolerances

  • Thickness:--------------------------------+/- .001"
  • Width:-----------------------------.000" to + .005"
  • Squareness Edge:-----------------.003" per inch
  • Squareness End:------------------.004" per inch

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