NAK55

NAK80
40 HRC Pre-hardened Type
High Performance, High Precision Plastic Mold Steel

Features

NAK 55
1 It is solution-treated and age-hardened to 37 - 43 HRC.
It is ready to be machined into molds, and no further heat treatment is necessary.

2 It is a Ni-Al-Cu precipitation hardening steel.

It has high machinability.
It has high polishability after Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM).
It can easily be subjected to build-up welding.
It keeps high preciseness during use.
It has uniform hardness (40 HRC) between surface and interior.
3 We use a special melting method.
It has extremely good mirror surface polishability and provides full brightness.
It provides highly uniformed texture etching performance.

NAK 80 (Improved NAK 55 on mirror surface, EDM surface, and toughness.)

NAK 80 has the following features in addition to those noted for NAK 55.
It has better mirror surface polishability.
It can be used in place of aventurine etching due to better EDM surface.

Applications
NAK 55 NAK 80
High precision plastic molds. Plastic molds for the following:
Rubber molds Transparent products and others for which mirror
Press dies (for benders, etc.) finished surface are particularly important
Parts used in industrial equipments and the like Products for which electrical discharge machined
surfaces are very important
 Chemical Composition
Equivalent to Chemical Composition (%)
Daido
JIS and /or
Brand others C Si Mn Ni Cu Mo Al Free cutting
elements
--- Proper
NAK55 0.15 0.3 amount 3.0 1.0 0.3 1.0 Additives

NAK80 --- Improved NAK 55

Quality Characteristics I
[Typical Mechanical Properties of Rolled Bars]

Tensile strength (initial hardness 40 HRC) Toughness (initial hardness 40 HRC)

... NAK 55, NAK 80
0.2%Proof Test piece: JIS No.3 (2mm U-notch)
strength 7 70
NAK55
Charpy Impact Value

150 Tensile 1500 6 60

strength
NAK80
Tensile strength

(kgf m/cm )
Proof strength

50
2

(J/cm2)
(kgf/mm2)

(N/mm2)

100 1000 4 40
3 30
50 500 2 20
1 10

Testing Room Testing Room

temperatures temperature 200oC 300oC temperatures temperature 200oC 300oC

(25D, L) (25D, L)

[Machinability]
Though both are easily machined, the properties of NAK 80 are slightly inferior to those of NAK 55.

Typical drill tool life Typical tool wear by end mill

1.0
Corner wear VB1 + VB2/2 (mm)

50 NAK55 (40 HRC)

VB1
Cutting speed (m/min)

VB2

30 0.5
SKD11 (16 HRC)

NAK80 (40 HRC)

NAK80
10
Cutting conditions
SKT4 (37 HRC) Tool: SKH 51 10 taper shank NAK55
Cutting speed: 5~50m/min
5 Feed: 0.15 mm/rev Cutting conditions
0.1 Tool: M42 8,2-flute, spiral
Hole depth:30mm (blind hole)
Cutting fluid: none Cutting speed: 18m/min
Criteria: tool failure Depth of cut: 1.25mm
Feed:0.025mm/blade
50 100 500 1000 5000 Cutting fluid: none
100 500 1000 5000 10000
Cutting length (mm)
Cutting length (mm)
 Quality Characteristics II
[Mirror Finish Properties]
It provides good mirror finished surface and full brightness.

Mirror finished grade (concept diagram)

All-purpose Semi-
All-purpose Transparent Ultra high mirror
miscellaneous transparent
design goods design goods finish goods
goods design goods
Hardness (HRC)

60 DC53* PD613*
DHA1* DHA1-A*
50 S - STAR*
G - STAR*
40 DH2F NAK55 NAK80
PAC5000
30 G-STAR PX4,PXA30 S - STAR
* : Quench & Tempered
20

5,000 10,000 15,000

Mirror-finish grade by machine lapping (#)

(Normal polishing procedures)

Turning
Grinding #220 #320 #400
Milling
-Emery paper polishing #320 #400 #600 #800 #1000 #1200 #1500
Diamond paste finishing #1200 #1800 #3000 #8000 #14000
With NAK 55, surface might be roughed to aventurine finish surface when the method of polishing of #5000 or
finer polishing is attempted.

[Gas Soft-Nitriding Capability]

Typical hardness distribution: NAK 55, NAK 80

800
Gas soft-nitriding processing:
520 C x 5Hr
o

700
Hardness(HV)

600

500

400

300
0.2 0.5 1.0 1.5 Center
Distance from surface (mm)
Dimensional changes may occur during
any type of surface hardening treatment
if temperature exceeds 520oC.
 Quality Characteristics III
[Electrical Discharge Machinability]
There is no increase in hardness of EDM surface. So fine machining can be easily carried out.

Typical hardness distribution after EDM: Electrical discharge machined

NAK 55, NAK 80 surface of NAK 80

Conditions for EDM

Internal Machine tool: Makino
450 hardness EDNC-22
40.4HRC
Hardness (HV)

(396HV) Electrodes: Copper ( 20)

400 Voltage: 100V
350 Current: 3.5A
Heat affected

Conditions for EDM

Machine: general purpose EDM Electrode Consumption:
300
Electrodes: Copper under 1%
layer

Voltage: 100V
250
Current: 4.5A

Surface 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2

EDM surface
Distance from surface (mm) roughness:16m
The surface of NAK 80 after electrical discharge machining
is extremely fine and attractive. However, stripe patterns
may develop on the surface of NAK 55.

[Build-up Welding Properties]

There is no increase in hardness of welded sections. If aging is performed after welding, uneven
etching structure will be improved.

Typical hardness distribution after Welded:

NAK 55, NAK 80

500 Aged for 500oC x 5Hr

after welding
Hardness (HV)

400

300
Affected area As welded

200 As welded
Boundary

6 4 2 0 2 4mm
Base steel Deposited steel
(same material as base steel)

Welding conditions
Welding method: TIG welding (argon shield)
Preheating: 300 to 400oC
Current: 150 to 170A Aged after welded
(air cooled at 500 C x 5 Hr)
o
Welding rod: Same material as base steel
 Quality Characteristics IV
[Physical Properties]
Thermal expansion coefficient (x 10- 6/ oC) Thermal conductivity (w/m K)

Daido Daido
20~100oC 20~200oC 20~300oC 20oC 100oC 200oC 300oC
Brand Brand

NAK55 NAK55
11.3 12.5 13.4 38.9 39.3 41.9 42.7
NAK80 NAK80

Magnetic properties
Maximum Saturated Residual Coercive
Daido Brand (JIS) magnetic magnetism magnetism force
permeability (T) (T) (A/m)
NAK55
380 1.635 0.850 1100
NAK80

(S55C) --- --- 1.380 1200

[Build-up Welding Method]

Build-up welding should be conducted according to the procedures and methods noted below:

[Precautions]
1. Preparation
Fully clean all oils, foreign material, and scales If pre-heating and post-
Remove all cracks and surface treatment layers heating are conducted with a
Beveling: corner sections 3R or above propane or natural gas
burner, the entire body
2. Build-up Welding Rod should be heated to prevent
NAK-W (for both NAK 55 and NAK 80) cracking.
3. Pre-heating When repairing cracks which
300 to 400oC have occurred during build-
Gradually heat with furnace , propane, or natural gas burner up wilding or during use,
large deposits often appear.
4. Welding In such cases, even though
DC normal polarity, backward welding there may be slight
Conditions: sacrificing of dimensional
Rod diameter Electrode diameter Current Argon changes, it is still often
1.6 mm 1.6 mm 70-150A 6~9 /min. necessary to relieve strain
2.4 2.4 150-250 7-10 immediately after welding (at
870oC) and to conduct aging
5. Post-heating processing (from 500 to
450-500oC x 1 H 520oC).

[Precautions for Use]

Both NAK 55 and NAK 80 have a variety of features for use as materials for plastic molds. However, it should be noted that
NAK 55, in particular, is slightly inferior to alloy steel in toughness.
Thus, to use the special characteristics of NAK 55 to their maximum effect, it is a good idea to consider measures such as the
use of other types of steel inserted at the thin rising sections, or the addition of an arc to the corners of the rising sections from
the initial design stages.
All technical and engineering data and suggested procedures, specifications and applications contained in this publication are
for general information only.
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