EXTRUSION DIES AND DIE INSERTS
The extrusion dies for forming are without doubt exposed to the highest loads due to temperature, friction, compression and wear. It goes without saying that every extrusion press operator prefers to use materials that ensure a long service life, but these are usually very expensive to manufacture.
However, the service life is not only determined by these loads. In addition criteria such as tool profile design, tolerances and surface quality of the extruded material and have to be considered amongst others.
Due to the multifarious requirements, there are no materials that can be used universally for solid dies or die inserts. Selection of the die material therefore always depends on the individual case. The following table contains an extensive selection of materials.
S+C specialist engineers will be happy to provide advice on material selection.
Materials for extrusion dies
