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High Speed Steel


High Speed Steels and especially ASP® powder-metallurgy steels produced by Erasteel are used to produce different cutting tools for metal-working and also woodworking. These cutting tools are used either on machine tools, or on portable power tools for all machining operations (drilling, milling, reaming, tapping, turning, broaching, gear cutting, etc.) and all machining stages (rough-machining, semi-finishing and finishing).


In these applications, High Speed Steels offer many advantages :

an excellent toughness, which provides good impact and vibration resistance, necessary for cutting tool reliability, especially at high feed rates.

a high wear resistance thanks to a high hardness and high hot hardness, also improved by coatings. ASP is indeed the ideal substrate for PVD-coatings such as TiN, TiCN, TiAlN, etc.

the opportunity to design tools with tough sharp edges, which allow high feed rates, for better productivity in cutting operations

optimum value for money for cutting-tool users


Among the wide range of High Speed Steel cutting tools are :

drilling tools : twist drills, microdrills, centre drills, countersinks, counterbores, combined drills, oil-hole drills,
spade drills, etc.

tapping and threading tools : taps, threading dies, etc.

milling cutters : endmills, ballnose endmills, dovetail cutters, woodruff cutters, T-slot cutters, shell endmills,
side milling cutters, form milling cutters, milling inserts, etc.

reaming tools : reamers, etc.

turning tools : tool bits, turning inserts, parting-off inserts, etc.

broaching tools : round, flat and square broaches, etc.

gear cutting tools : hobs, shaper cutters, shaving cutters, etc.

other tools : deburring tools, woodworking tools, special tools, etc.

a wide range of special tools.