Cryogenic Tempering for Tool Steel

Cryogenic Tempering Process for Tool Steel and Cutting Tools

Increase The Life of Your Tooling with One Cryo's 
Deep Cryogenic Tempering and Stress Relief Process 
Craig Wilson     
& Tony Bodin    

"The Speed Shop"   

One Cryo's state of the art cryogenic tempering process improves performance and durability on almost all tool steels, including aluminum and stainless.   

Decreases retained stresses, wear, surface roughness, and downtime.

Remarkable  Gains  For  All  Types  Of  Tooling

  • Broaches
  • Cams
  • Carbide Cutters
  • Chain Saws
  • Chippers
  • Circular Saws
  • Counter Sinks
  • Crushers
  • Cutters
  • Dies
  • Drill Bits
  • End Mills
  • Extruders
  • Face Mills
  • Grinders
  • Hammer Mills
  • Hog Mills
  • Key Cutters
  • Knives
  • Hobs
  • Milling Inserts
  • Molds
  • Pipe Reamers
  • Punches
  • Roughing Mills
  • Router Bits
  • Shear Blades
  • Shredders
  • Sissors
  • Slitters
  • Slurry Pumps
  • Taps
  • Twist Drills
  • Welding Electrodes
  • and more...

 

Remarkable Savings For All Types Of Industries

  • Aircraft
  • Aerospace
  • Automotive
  • Composites
  • Construction
  • Defense
  • Food Processing
  • Job Shops
  • Logging
  • Lumber
  • Machine Shops
  • Machine Tools
  • Milling
  • Mining
  • Medical
  • Motorsports
  • Oil
  • Paper
  • Printing
  • Rock
  • Sporting Goods
  • Stamping
  • Tool & Die
  • Welding

 


 

Documented Gains For All Types Of Metals
Chart below represents comparison between
-120 degree F shallow quenching vs. -310 degree F deep cryogenic tempering
AISI # Description of steel (-110 F) (-310 F)
D-2 High carbon/chromium die steel 316% 817%
A-2 Chromium cold work die steel 204% 560%
S-7 Silicon tool steel 241% 503%
52100 Bearing steel 195% 420%
O-1 Oil hardening cold work die steel 221% 418%
A-10 Graphite tool steel 230% 264%
M-1 Molybdenum high speed steel 145% 225%
H-13 Chromium/moly hot die steel 164% 209%
M-2 Tungsten/moly high speed steel 117% 203%
T-1 Tungsten high steel steel 141% 176%
P-20 Mold steel 123% 130%
440 Martensitic stainless 128% 121%
430 Ferritic stainless 116% 119%
303 Austenitic stainless 105% 110%
8620 Nickel-chromium-moly steel 112% 104%
C1020 Carbon steel 97% 98%
AQS Graphitic cast iron 96% 97%
A-6 Manganese air work cold die steel  73% 97%
T-2 Tungsten high speed steel 72% 92%

  Source: Dr. R. F. Barron, Louisiana Tech University


 

Of the 77 Tool Steels Listed In the 1995 ASM Intl. Heat Treater's Guide, 69 Are Recommended To Be Cryogenically Stabilized For Dimensional Stability

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