Crobalt’s® recovery hardness provides the following major advantages over High-Speed Steels:

1. A high-speed steel cutting tool being exposed to high cutting temperature will soften or anneal. Crobalt® remains harder than high-speed steel as cutting temperatures increase. In addition, Crobalt® has the ability to recover or return to its original hardness when cooled from high cutting temperatures to room temperature. Crobalt’s® original hardness is maintained cut after cut.

2. Crobalt® can be brazed with conventional silverbrazing alloys without losing its original hardness. High-speed steels have a tendency to lose hardness after being subjected to brazing temperatures and subsequently cooled to room temperature.

3. Crobalt® can be coated either by chemical (hot) or physical (cold) vapor deposition without seriously affecting its properties.No after-heat treatment is required. After chemical vapor deposition (hot), high-speed steels require an expensive heat treatment to restore original properties. (High-speed steels can be coated by physical vapor deposition without seriously affecting the properties.)

Industries That Would Profit from Using Crobalt® :
• Metal-Working
• Wood-Working
• Pulp and Paper
• Food Handling and Processing
• Pharmaceutical
• Glass
• Aircraft

Crobalt® is offered in one standard composition for stock standard items. Variations of composition and casting techniques are available and would be quoted as special.