Edstainless. You got it. That is exactly what I wonder too.
See the link below or the attached article.
http://toolingandproduction.com/archives/0500/0500tn.asp
Heat treatment of tool steels
By Ed Tarney,
Crucible Service Centers
Syracuse, NY
Most punches, dies, stamps, and other...
NickE. Thank you. Your guys are all wonderful and helpful.
The only info that we got are the material (L6), hardness requriment (HRc 28-32) and dimensions. Who normally details the heat treat routing, the customers and supplierS? We don't know if any info is missing from the original request. We...
Thank you EdStainless.
We are going thru middle man and that is what makes tough to communicate directly with customer. A purchasing agent is what we are dealing with now and have no knowledge of heat treat and the material. We don't see a justification for any heat treat between rough and...
unclesyd ,
Thank you so much for getting back to me. Yes, I do owe you details and very desperate for information as we are approaching the deadline.
We are providing the rough machined forge part to the customer. According to A681-94, the max hardness that we can get by annealing only is...