ASP 2030 ®

Powder metallurgy HSS

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
C Cr Mo W Co V
1.28 4. 20 5.00 6.40 8.50 3.10

STANDARDS GUIDELINES FOR HARDENING

 Europe: HS 6-5-3-8 HRC °C
 Germany: 1.3294 70
68
DELIVERY HARDNESS 66
Soft annealed max. 300 HB 64
Cold drawn max. 320 HB 1180
62
1150
60
DESCRIPTION 1100
58
ASP®2030 is a cobalt grade for high
performance cutting and cold work tools. 56 1050

54 1000

APPLICATIONS 52
520 540 560 580 600
 End mills  Taps
Tempering temperature in °C
 Hobs  Drills Hardness after hardening, quenching and tempering 3x1 hour
 Shaper cutters  Cold work tools
 Broaches  Fine blanking
 Bi-metal saws  Dies PROCESSING
ASP®2030 can be worked as follows:
FORM SUPPLIED  Machining (grinding, turning, milling)
 Coils  Forged blanks  Polishing
 Round bars  Sheets  Plastic forming
 Flat & square bars  Electrical discharge machining
Available surface conditions: drawn,  Welding (special procedure including
ground, hot worked, peeled, rough preheating and filler materials of base
machined. material composition)

GRINDING
HEAT TREATMENT During grinding, local heating of the
 Soft annealing in a protective surface, which may alter the temper, must
atmosphere at 850-900°C for 3 hours, be avoided. Grinding wheel manufacturers
followed by slow cooling at 10°C/h down can furnish advice on the choice of grinding
to 700°C, then air cooling. wheels.
 Stress-relieving at 600-700°C for
approximately 2 hours, slow cooling SURFACE TREATMENT
down to 500°C. The steel grade is a good substrate material
 Hardening in a protective atmosphere at for PVD and CVD coating. If nitriding is
a temperature suitable for chosen requested a small zone of 2-15 µm is
working hardness. Pre-heating in 2 or 3 recommended. The steel grade can also be
steps depending on tool dimension- steam-tempered if so desired.
design and austenetising temperature,
last step 50°C below chosen austenitising
temperature. Cooling down to 40-50°C.
 Tempering at 560°C three times for at
least 1 hour each time. Cooling to room
temperature (25°C) between temperings.
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PROPERTIES ASP®2030
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 4-POINT BEND STRENGTH
kN/mm2 Nm
Temperature 20°C 400°C 600°C 6 18
Density g /cm3 (1) 8.1 7.9 7.9 Rmb
5 15
Modulus of elasticity
240 214 192
kN/mm2 (2)
Thermal expansion coefficient 4 12
- 11.8x10-6 12.3x10-6
from 20°C per °C (2)
Reb
Thermal conductivity
24 28 27
3 9
W/m°C (2) Tot.work

Specific heat J/kg °C (2) 420 510 600 2 6

(1)=Soft annealed 1 3
(2)=Hardened 1180°C and tempered 560°C, 3x1 hour

0 0
950 1000 1050 1100 1150 1200
Hardening Temperature in °C
Original dimensions Ø 6 mm
Tempering 3 x 1 hour at 560°C
Dimensions of test piece Ø 4.7 mm
IMPACT ENERGY
Rmb = Ultimate bend strength in kN/mm²
Nm HRC
Reb = Bend yield strength in kN/mm²
50 68 Tot. work = Total work in Nm

Impact energy
40 66 COMPRESSION YIELD STRESS

30 64

20 62
Hardness

10 60

0 58
950 1000 1050 1100 1150 1200

Hardening temperature in °C 0
Original dimensions 9 x 12 mm
Tempering 3 x 1 hour at 560° C
Unnotched test piece 7 x 10 x 55 mm Test piece with 10 mm waist diameter

COMPARATIVE PROPERTIES
Machinability Wear resistance Toughness Hot hardness Grindability
E M2
E M35
E M42
C8
E M3:2
E M7
WKE 42
WKE 45
E MAT II

ASP 2005
ASP 2015
ASP 2017
ASP 2023
ASP 2030
ASP 2052
ASP 2053
ASP 2060

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MACHINING DATA ASP®2030

Recommendations for machining in soft annealed condition, 260-300 HB

CEMENTED CARBIDE
TURNING HSS
Medium turning Finishing turning

Cutting speed, vc (m/min) 80-110 110-140 10-15

Feed, f (mm/rev) 0.2–0.4 0.05-0.2 0.05-0.3

Cutting depth, ap(mm) 2–4 0.5-2 0.5-3

coated carbide coated carbide

Tools according to ISO coated
P10-P20 P10

Use a wear resistant coated cemented carbide e.g Coromant 4015 or Seco TP 100.
Black ceramics are usually the best tools at finish turning, e.g. Coromant 650 or Feldmühle SH20.

END MILLING DIAMETER (mm)

SLOT MILLING 3-5 5-10 10-20 20-30 30-40

Cutting speed, vc (m/min) 14-16 14-16 14-16 14-16 14-16

Coated HSS
Feed, fz (mm/tooth) 0.015-0.03 0.03-0.04 0.04-0.05 0.05-0.06 0.06-0.07

Coated solid Cutting speed, vc (m/min) 35-40 35-40 35-40 - -

cemented carbide Feed, fz (mm/tooth) 0.006-0.01 0.01-0.02 0.02-0.04 - -

Cutting speed, vc (m/min) 70-90 70-90 70-90

Indexable carbide tips - -
Feed, fz (mm/tooth) 0.06-0.10 0.10-0.12 0.15-0.20

Suitable tools - coated carbide, K15, P25

SIDE MILLING
Correction coefficient, Cf

The same cutting speed can be used in side

milling as in slot milling. However, the feed
has to be adjusted to produce an adequate
chip thickness.
The diameter of the mill (D) over the radial
depth of cut (ae) is used as a parameter. Read Diameter of the end mill/radial depth of cut, D/a e
the correction coefficient (Cf) from the
diagram and multiply by the feed for slot
milling from the table above. Example
Tool End mill with indexable tips
Comments (slot and side milling)
Diameter of the end mill D=40 mm
1. Coated tools are always recommended for
end milling both with HSS tools and cemented Radial depth or cut ae=2mm
carbide tools.TiCN, TiAlN or multilayer
D/ae 40/2=20
(Futura) is preferred.
2. The cutting speed must be decreased Correction coefficient cf=2.8
considerably if uncoated tools are used.
Feed fz=2.8x0.17=0.48mm/tooth
Cutting speed vc=80m/min

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MACHINING DATA ASP®2030

CEMENTED CARBIDE TOOL

FACE MILLING
Rough machining Finishing machining

Cutting speed, vc (m/min) 60-80 80-110

Feed, fz (mm/tooth) 0.2–0.3 0.1-0.2

Cutting depth, ap(mm) 2–4 1-2

Tools according to ISO coated cemented carbide K15, P25

SQUARE RADIAL DEPTH OF CUT, ae

SHOULDER
MILLING ae=0.1 x D ae=0.5 x D ae=1 x D

Cutting speed, vc (m/min) 100-130 90-120 80-100

Feed, fz (mm/tooth) 0.25 0.15 0.10

Tools according to ISO coated cemented carbide K15, P25

Use a wear resistant coated cemented carbide e.g Coromant 3150 or Seco T15M.

DRILL DIAMETER (mm)

DRILLING
1-5 5-10 10-20 20-30 30-40

Cutting speed, vc (m/min) 10-12 10-12 10-12 10-12 10-12

HSS
Feed, fz (mm/rev) 0.05-0.15 0.15-0.25 0.25-0.35 0.35-0.40 0.40-0.45

Cutting speed, vc (m/min) 15-20 15-20 15-20 15-20 15-20

Coated HSS
Feed, fz (mm/rev) 0.05-0.15 0.15-0.25 0.25-0.35 0.35-0.40 0.40-0.45

Short hole drill indexable Cutting speed, vc (m/min) 120-130 120-130

- - -
(cemented carbide) Feed, fz (mm/rev) 0.08-0.12 0.10-0.14

Solid Cutting speed, vc (m/min) 45-50 45-50 45-50

- -
cemented carbide Feed, fz (mm/rev) 0.1-0.15 0.1-0.15 0.1-0.15

Brazed Cutting speed, vc (m/min) 32 32 32

- -
cemented carbide Feed, fz (mm/rev) 0.1-0.2 0.1-0.2 0.1-0.2

TiCN or TiAlN multi layer are recommended coatings for HSS drilling.

MACHINING IN HARDENED CONDITION

ASP®2030 has been machined in hardened condition up to 67 HRC. CBN tools are recommended. Whisker
reinforced ceramics (Coromant 670 or Kennametal 4300) can be used in turning, but the tool life is shorter and
more difficult to predict.

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