HIGH SPEED STEEL

Delivery Conditions Brief Description

VHSSM50 is a molybdenum based steel, Standard identification colors*: yellow green yellow

VHSSM50

classified as a semi high speed steel due to its lower alloy content if compared to the usual high speed steels. However, VHSSM50 is capable to attain acceptable hardness and wear resistance for many applications. The low alloy content brings to

Forms and hardness: annealed materials are available in the following conditions. Round bars from 12 to 250 mm: 240 HB max. Round bars up to 12 mm: 270 HB max. Square and flat bars: 240 HB max.
* Or according to customers specification.

VHSSM50 advantages, such as higher toughness and machinability.

Typical Applications
Considering its properties, VHSSM50 is employed in non severe applications, such as: Drills and saws for common use.

Chemical Composition
C Cr Mo W V

0.80

4.00

4.25

1.00

General tools where higher toughness than other high speed steels is required and a lower hardness is acceptable.

Standard Specifications
VHSSM50 corresponds to AISI M50 and is similar to DIN WNr 1.3551

Processing Procedures
VHSSM50 may following processes: be processed through the

Physical Property
Density at 20 C: 7.9 kg/dm3

- Machining: grinding, turning or milling. VHSSM50 has a good grindability. However, local heating may occur if grinding procedure and wheel choice are incorrect. Intense local heating can cause tool cracking or poor service performance. - Polishing: - Cold forming:

HIGH SPEED STEEL

He Heat Treatment
Annealing: soft annealing may be carried out with the same procedure of common high speed steel: heating between 850 and 880 C for 2 hours, followed by slow cooling at 10/20 C per hour until 650 C and, then, by air cooling. In this treatment, the use of protective atmosphere is important to avoid surface decarburization. Stress relieving: Intense material removal during machining of tools induces considerable stress, which may cause distortions after heat treatment. In order to avoid this, a stress reliving is recommended to be applied after machining and before heat treatment. The indicated procedure is heating between 600 and 700 C and holding until complete homogenization, followed by slow cooling (air or furnace) at least down to 500 C. Hardening and Tempering: Considering the low alloy content of VHSSM50, the hardening temperatures must be considerably lower than those of common high speed steels. The indicated temperatures are: Hardening Tempering 1080- 1120 C 560 C Hardening procedure must involve pre-heating at 400/500 C followed by other at 860/880 C. After, austenitizing may be conducted, followed by quenching down to room temperature. A protective atmosphere is absolutely necessary. Double tempering treatments, of at least 2h, are required and after each one tools must cool to room temperature.
65 64 1120 1100 1080 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 500 520 540 560 580 600 620

VHSSM50
Surface treatments: VHSSM50 is an acceptable substrate for PVD and CVD coatings, if these treatments are convenient to the tool applications. If nitriding is applied, the treatment temperature should be lower than the tempering temperature, to avoid decrease of core hardness. It is important that, before any surface treatments, tools have clean surface (without oil or grease) and are free from grinding overheating.

Relative Comparison of Villares Metals High Speed Steels

Wear resistance Hot hardness Toughness Grindability
Machinability

VWM2 VWM7 VKM42 VWM3C VK5E VHSSM50

SINTER23 SINTER30

Hardness (HRC)

Tempering Temperature (C)

Tempering curve: The austenitizing temperatures relative to each curve are indicated in italic type.
All information presented are intended to provide guidelines of material use. They do not have relation to warranty of specific properties or contractual obligations.