Materials
The full range, by application family.
The material decides before the first chip falls.
Tool steel, cemented carbide, aluminium, engineering plastics — plus the heat treatment, coating or finish the drawing calls for. We route the combination to the partner in the qualified network who actually holds it.
Coatings · interactive
One part, seven surfaces.
The same forming insert, in real-time 3D — pick a coating and rotate the part to see how it behaves under light.
H13, polished
- Hardness
- ≈ 50–52 HRC
- Friction coeff.
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- Typical use
- Forming inserts, mirror-finish cavities
Material families at a glance
Tool steels — cold work
1.2379 · 1.2767 · 1.2842 · 1.2080
Punches, die plates, stamping
Tool steels — hot work
1.2343 · 1.2343 ESR · 1.2344
Injection moulds, cores, inserts
HSS & PM steels
1.3343 (S 6-5-2), CPM 10V, M390
Punches and high-wear parts
Cemented carbide
CTS · MG30 · WF30 · Tribo
High volumes, difficult materials, stable edges
Technical ceramics
ZrO₂ Y-PSZ
Electrical and thermal insulation, wear resistance
Aluminium
6061 · 6082 · 7075 · AlSi
Housings, heat sinks, brackets, cold plates
Stainless, brass, copper, bronze
1.4112 · 1.4125 · CuZn · CuBe
Contacts, conduction, sealing
Engineering plastics
PA · PBT · PC · POM · PPS · PEEK
Moulded parts and insulators
Treatments and finishes, on request
Anodising
Type II and Type III (hard anodising) — MIL-A-8625 / ISO 7599 · Corrosion and wear resistance · Electrically insulating layer · Where electrical continuity is needed: chemical conversion or masked areas
Heat treatment
Hardening and tempering for tool steels · Vacuum treatment, stress relieving · Plasma or gas nitriding · Typical 48–52 HRC for 1.2343 / 1.2344
PVD & electroplated coatings
TiN, TiCN, TiAlN, CrN for tooling · DLC and WC/C for moving elements · Electroless Ni, Sn, Ag, Au for connectors · Thin layers that preserve precision
Surface finishing
Surface, cylindrical and profile grinding · Sanding, polishing and buffing · Bead blasting and tumbling · Roughness as specified on the drawing
≈ 3,500HV
TiAlN · hardness
≈ 2,500HV
DLC · hardness
≈ 2,300HV
TiN · hardness
0.1 – 0.2
DLC · friction coeff.
We select the treatment based on the material, the counter-material and the working regime — no standard recipe.
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