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8620 steel vs 1045 steel: For the different material comparisons, which one we should choose to use?

8620 steel China suppliers, wholesale, distributors, and stockholder–Dongguan Otai Special Steel Co Ltd. We Otai is a manufacturer and has a large quantity of stock in our warehouse. We supply in Round bar, gauge plate steel, pipe, tube, rod, square, hexagonal, blanks, plate, sheet, precision ground flat bar. Including precision ground bar stock, hollow bar, we provide black surface and black surface alloy steel material.

8620 is the structural steel with the hardenability guaranteed by American standard, and the standard is as follows: ASTM A29/ A29m-2015 (hot forged and cold processed carbon steel and alloy steel bar).

It has high hardenability, no tempering brittleness, good weldability, little tendency to form a cold crack, good machinability, and cold strain plasticity. Generally used in quenching and tempering or carburizing state, used for manufacturing small and medium-sized automobile, tractor engine and gear in the transmission system, oil drilling and metallurgy open mine cone bit teeth and teeth body, manufacturing steam turbine gear whole rotor internal combustion engine connecting rod valve section forgings. At the same time, the surface of 8620 steel after carburizing heat treatment has relatively high hardness, wear-resistance, and contact fatigue strength, while the core retains good toughness and can withstand high impact load. It can be used as automobile bearing, spindle, gear, mechanical parts, and other impact-resistant, wear-resistant workpieces.

1045 steel is one of the commonly used medium carbon steels with an average carbon content of 0.45%.

It has medium tensile properties, good strength, toughness, and wear resistance. It can be treated by annealing, flame treatment, or induction hardening.C1045 is also known as 1045 cold-rolled steel (cold worked), and 1045 hot rolled steel is known as 1045 HR.

1045 material is widely used in industrial applications where higher wear resistance and strength are required, typical applications including Light gears, shafts, axles, spindles, pins, guide rods, connecting rods, bolts, worms, crankshafts, machine components, etc.

Otai provides the grinding, milling, polishing, turning, drilling, and other machining services as your required tolerances and size.

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5140 steel vs 4140 steel: For the different material comparisons, which one we should choose to use?

5140 steel China suppliers, wholesale, distributors, and stockholder–Dongguan Otai Special Steel Co Ltd. We Otai is a manufacturer and has a large quantity of stock in our warehouse. We supply in Round bar, gauge plate steel, pipe, tube, rod, square, hexagonal, blanks, plate, sheet, precision ground flat bar. Including precision ground bar stock, hollow bar, we provide black surface and black surface alloy steel material.

5140 alloy Steel is a high-quality specific hardenability band alloy structural steel.

And it belongs to the high-quality low carbon, Low alloy chromium, molybdenum, nickel case hardening steel. Oil Quenched & Tempered Hardenss is 28-34 HRc. Moreover, AISI 5140 steel Annealing delivery hardenss less than 250HB.

AISI 5140 Alloy structural steel properties is a Nickel chromium molybdenum alloy steel specification. Furthermore, AISI 5140 With a lower carbon content range, so AISI 5140 alloy steel has good weldability.

4140 steel, the steel has good workability, machining deformation of small, anti-fatigue performance is quite good.

On the hardenability of steel, 4140 heat treatment has good strength and good comprehensive mechanical properties, good manufacturability, high yield. The highest temperature is 427 degrees Celsius. 4140 strength, high hardenability, and good toughness, quenching deformation of small, high temperature creep rupture strength, and high. It is used for manufacturing forgings with higher strength and larger tempering cross-section than 35CrMo steel. Such as big gear for locomotive traction, supercharger drive gear, rear axle, connecting rod, and spring clamp with the great load. Also can be used for drilling pipe joint and fishing tool of oil deep well below 2000m and can be used for bending machine mold, etc.

Otai provides the grinding, milling, polishing, turning, drilling, and other machining services as your required tolerances and size.

Otai does not act as a material handler. We possess proprietary technology and continuously iterates. We undertake every order to end and solve customer’s problem without any hesitation on responsibility. We are welcome to your kind inquiry.

5140 steel vs 4130 steel: For the different material comparisons, which one we should choose to use?

5140 steel China suppliers, wholesale, distributors, and stockholder–Dongguan Otai Special Steel Co Ltd. We Otai is a manufacturer and has a large quantity of stock in our warehouse. We supply in Round bar, gauge plate steel, pipe, tube, rod, square, hexagonal, blanks, plate, sheet, precision ground flat bar. Including precision ground bar stock, hollow bar, we provide black surface and black surface alloy steel material.

5140 alloy Steel is a high-quality specific hardenability band alloy structural steel.

And it belongs to the high-quality low carbon, Low alloy chromium, molybdenum, nickel case hardening steel. Oil Quenched & Tempered Hardenss is 28-34 HRc. Moreover, AISI 5140 steel Annealing delivery hardenss less than 250HB.

AISI 5140 Alloy structural steel properties is a Nickel chromium molybdenum alloy steel specification. Furthermore, AISI 5140 With a lower carbon content range, so AISI 5140 alloy steel has good weldability.

4130 Steel is a high-quality Quenched and Tempered Alloy Structural steel.

It belongs to the high-quality low carbon, Low alloy chromium, molybdenum, nickel case hardening steel. Oil Quenched & Tempered Hardness is 18-22 HRc. Annealing delivery hardenss less than 250HB. With a lower carbon content range, So have good weldability.

Requirements for the manufacture of higher intensity than the 35CrMo steel and tempered forging greater cross-section. Such as large locomotive traction gears, supercharger drive gear, pressure vessels, gear, rear axle, greatly affected by load and spring clip link. It can also be used to 2000m deep oil drill pipe joints and fishing tools and can be used bending machine mold, etc.

Otai provides the grinding, milling, polishing, turning, drilling, and other machining services as your required tolerances and size.

Otai does not act as a material handler. We possess proprietary technology and continuously iterates. We undertake every order to end and solve customer’s problem without any hesitation on responsibility. We are welcome to your kind inquiry.

5140 steel vs 4340 steel: For the different material comparisons, which one we should choose to use?

5140 steel China suppliers, wholesale, distributors, and stockholder–Dongguan Otai Special Steel Co Ltd. We Otai is a manufacturer and has a large quantity of stock in our warehouse. We supply in Round bar, gauge plate steel, pipe, tube, rod, square, hexagonal, blanks, plate, sheet, precision ground flat bar. Including precision ground bar stock, hollow bar, we provide black surface and black surface alloy steel material.

5140 alloy Steel is a high-quality specific hardenability band alloy structural steel.

And it belongs to the high-quality low carbon, Low alloy chromium, molybdenum, nickel case hardening steel. Oil Quenched & Tempered Hardenss is 28-34 HRc. Moreover, AISI 5140 steel Annealing delivery hardenss less than 250HB.

AISI 5140 Alloy structural steel properties is a Nickel chromium molybdenum alloy steel specification. Furthermore, AISI 5140 With a lower carbon content range, so AISI 5140 alloy steel has good weldability.

4340 alloy structural steel belongs to gear steel.

It is used for important tempering parts that require good toughness, high strength, and large size. Such as heavy machinery high-load shaft, turbine shaft with a diameter greater than 250mm. Also, it can be used for helicopter rotor shaft, turbojet engine turboshaft, blade, high-load transmission parts, crankshaft fasteners and etc. Besides, it can also be used for rotor shaft and blade with operating temperature over 400℃. It can also be used to make important parts with special performance requirements after nitriding treatment, which can be used for ultra-high-strength steel after low-temperature tempering or isothermal quenching.

Otai provides the grinding, milling, polishing, turning, drilling, and other machining services as your required tolerances and size.

Otai does not act as a material handler. We possess proprietary technology and continuously iterates. We undertake every order to end and solve customer’s problem without any hesitation on responsibility. We are welcome to your kind inquiry.

5140 steel vs 1045 steel: For the different material comparisons, which one we should choose to use?

5140 steel China suppliers, wholesale, distributors, and stockholder–Dongguan Otai Special Steel Co Ltd. We Otai is a manufacturer and has a large quantity of stock in our warehouse. We supply in Round bar, gauge plate steel, pipe, tube, rod, square, hexagonal, blanks, plate, sheet, precision ground flat bar. Including precision ground bar stock, hollow bar, we provide black surface and black surface alloy steel material.

5140 alloy Steel is a high-quality specific hardenability band alloy structural steel.

And it belongs to the high-quality low carbon, Low alloy chromium, molybdenum, nickel case hardening steel. Oil Quenched & Tempered Hardenss is 28-34 HRc. Moreover, AISI 5140 steel Annealing delivery hardenss less than 250HB.

AISI 5140 Alloy structural steel properties is a Nickel chromium molybdenum alloy steel specification. Furthermore, AISI 5140 With a lower carbon content range, so AISI 5140 alloy steel has good weldability.

1045 steel is one of the commonly used medium carbon steels with an average carbon content of 0.45%.

It has medium tensile properties, good strength, toughness, and wear resistance. It can be treated by annealing, flame treatment, or induction hardening.C1045 is also known as 1045 cold-rolled steel (cold worked), and 1045 hot rolled steel is known as 1045 HR.

1045 material is widely used in industrial applications where higher wear resistance and strength are required, typical applications including Light gears, shafts, axles, spindles, pins, guide rods, connecting rods, bolts, worms, crankshafts, machine components, etc.

Otai provides the grinding, milling, polishing, turning, drilling, and other machining services as your required tolerances and size.

Otai does not act as a material handler. We possess proprietary technology and continuously iterates. We undertake every order to end and solve customer’s problem without any hesitation on responsibility. We are welcome to your kind inquiry.

A2 steel vs 1095 steel: For the different material comparisons, which one we should choose to use?

A2 tool steel China suppliers, wholesale, distributors, and stockholder–Dongguan Otai Special Steel Co Ltd. We Otai is a manufacturer and has a large quantity of stock in our warehouse. We supply in Round bar, gauge plate steel, pipe, tube, rod, square, hexagonal, blanks, plate, sheet, precision ground flat bar. Including precision ground bar stock, hollow bar, we provide black surface and black surface alloy steel material.

1095 high carbon steel is the most widely used 10 series steel.

1095 high carbon steel’s carbon content: 0.95%-1.03%. The best high carbon steel is 1095, which contains 1.03 percent carbon and small amounts of chromium, molybdenum, and vanadium. After heat treatment, it can reach the hardness of HRC57-60, with very good toughness, but not rust resistance.

For the knife, 1095 is a “standard” carbon steel, good performance and inexpensive, with appropriate toughness and polish.

Most of them are used in traditional European hunting knives, large cutting knives, and military knives.

A2 steel/1.2363 is a German Cold work tool alloy steel material grade.

A-2 steel is an air hardening alloy chromium-molybdenum-Vanadium die steel. As cold work steel, its grade containing 5% chromium. In applications that require greater size stability, A2 steel is preferable to O1 tool steel.

Advantage of A2 steel in repair welding operation: since the preheating and post-heating temperature is lower than SKD11, repair welding operation is easier.

A typical application such as blanking die, the molding dies, blanking dies, stamping dies. It also including stamping die, extrusion dies, boxing, shear knife blade, instrumentation, knurling tools, volume, head, and machine parts.

Otai provides the grinding, milling, polishing, turning, drilling, and other machining services as your required tolerances and size. We are welcome to your kind inquiry.

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A2 steel vs 440c steel: For the different material comparisons, which one we should choose to use?

A2 tool steel China suppliers, wholesale, distributors, and stockholder–Dongguan Otai Special Steel Co Ltd. We Otai is a manufacturer and has a large quantity of stock in our warehouse. We supply in Round bar, gauge plate steel, pipe, tube, rod, square, hexagonal, blanks, plate, sheet, precision ground flat bar. Including precision ground bar stock, hollow bar, we provide black surface and black surface alloy steel material.

440C steel is martensitic stainless steel.

Carbon content is 1.0% and chromium content is 16-18%. It is high-quality stainless steel with strong rust resistance.

Scope of application: Mainly used for manufacturing bearing parts working in corrosive environments and strong oxidizing atmosphere without lubrication. 440C has good dimensional stability at high temperatures, so it can also be used as corrosion-resistant bearing steel at high temperatures. In addition, it can also be used to manufacture high-quality knives, such as a medical scalpel, scissors, nozzle, bearing, and so on. The 440C has a low capacity to withstand dynamic loads.

A2 steel/1.2363 is a German Cold work tool alloy steel material grade.

A-2 steel is an air hardening alloy chromium-molybdenum-Vanadium die steel. As cold work steel, its grade containing 5% chromium. In applications that require greater size stability, A2 steel is preferable to O1 tool steel.

Advantage of A2 steel in repair welding operation: since the preheating and post-heating temperature is lower than SKD11, repair welding operation is easier.

A typical application such as blanking die, the molding dies, blanking dies, stamping dies. It also including stamping die, extrusion dies, boxing, shear knife blade, instrumentation, knurling tools, volume, head, and machine parts.

Otai provides the grinding, milling, polishing, turning, drilling, and other machining services as your required tolerances and size. We are welcome to your kind inquiry.

A2 steel vs 5160 steel: For the different material comparisons, which one we should choose to use?

A2 tool steel China suppliers, wholesale, distributors, and stockholder–Dongguan Otai Special Steel Co Ltd. We Otai is a manufacturer and has a large quantity of stock in our warehouse. We supply in Round bar, gauge plate steel, pipe, tube, rod, square, hexagonal, blanks, plate, sheet, precision ground flat bar. Including precision ground bar stock, hollow bar, we provide black surface and black surface alloy steel material.

AISI 5160 Steel is a High carbon anti-friction bearing steel. It belongs to the high-quality high carbon alloy Spring Steel.

Its Oil Quenched & Tempered Hardness is 28-34 HRc. 5160 steel Annealing delivery hardenss less than 250HB.

5160 plates of steel, Highlight the advantage is good hardenability, another hot working performance, comprehensive mechanical properties,

Decarburization resistance is also a good big cross-section of various important springs, such as automobile, locomotive, large plate spring, spring, etc. 5160 Spring main used for heavy vehicles, tractors, industrial production load, stress and the diameter of the larger plate spring and helical spring.

A2 steel/1.2363 is a German Cold work tool alloy steel material grade.

A-2 steel is an air hardening alloy chromium-molybdenum-Vanadium die steel. As cold work steel, its grade containing 5% chromium. In applications that require greater size stability, A2 steel is preferable to O1 tool steel.

Advantage of A2 steel in repair welding operation: since the preheating and post-heating temperature is lower than SKD11, repair welding operation is easier.

A typical application such as blanking die, the molding dies, blanking dies, stamping die, stamping die, die, extrusion die, boxing, shear knife blade, instrumentation, knurling tools, volume, head, and machine parts.

Otai provides the grinding, milling, polishing, turning, drilling, and other machining services as your required tolerances and size. We are welcome to your kind inquiry.

A2 steel vs D2: For the different material comparison, which one we should choose to use?

A2 tool steel China suppliers, wholesale, distributors, and stockholder–Dongguan Otai Special Steel Co Ltd. We Otai is a manufacturer and has a large quantity of stock in our warehouse. We supply in Round bar, gauge plate steel, pipe, tube, rod, square, hexagonal, blanks, plate, sheet, precision ground flat bar. Including precision ground bar stock, hollow bar, we provide black surface and black surface alloy steel material.

A2 steel/1.2363 is a German Cold work tool alloy steel material grade.

A-2 steel is an air hardening alloy chromium-molybdenum-Vanadium die steel. As cold work steel, its grade containing 5% chromium. In applications that require greater size stability, A2 steel is preferable to O1 tool steel.

Advantage of A2 steel in repair welding operation: since the preheating and post-heating temperature is lower than SKD11, repair welding operation is easier.

A typical application such as blanking die, the molding dies, blanking dies, stamping die, stamping die, die, extrusion die, boxing, shear knife blade, instrumentation, knurling tools, volume, head, and machine parts.

D2 is a high carbon-high chromium alloy tool steel that offers great wear and abrasion resistance, due to the large volumes of carbides in its microstructure.

It is widely used in long production cold work applications requiring very high wear resistance and high compression strength. D2 tool steel is machinable in its annealed condition, and like other air-hardening tool steels, shows minimal distortion when treated with heat. D2 Tool Steel is available in rounds, flats, and squares, as well as ground flat stock and drill rod.

D2 cold work steel used for cutting, shaping and pruning is dead, gauge, longitudinal cutting knife, wearing parts, the texture is dead, thread rolling, drawing die, the rotary die cutter, knurling, bending modulus, gauge, the shear blade, polishing tools, volume, machine parts and control parts, injection screw and prompt components, sewing, extrusion die, tire shredder, etc.

Otai provides the grinding, milling, polishing, turning, drilling, and other machining services as your required tolerances and size. We are welcome to your kind inquiry.