| Steel grade | Performance characteristics | Some uses for |
| 4Cr3M03SiV | High hardenability and high temperature hardness and excellent toughness, can replace 3Cr2W8Vuse | For the mode of production of hot extrusion, hot forging dies, hot die |
| 4Cr5MoSiV | Empty cold-hardened hot work die steel, hardenability in temperature (≈600 ℃) Conditions, has good thermal strength, thermal fatigue resistance and abrasion resistance, the choice of a lower quenching temperature air quenching, heat deformation small | Commonly used in the manufacture of aluminum die-casting mold, hot extrusion die, bolt mode, eager side mode, forging mold, press forging dies, plastic molds, and perforation tools with the mandrel, etc. |
| 4Cr5MoSiVl | Widespread use of the empty cold hardening type hot work die steel, with 4Cr5MoSiV , this steel has a higher thermal strength and hardness with good toughness in the temperature conditions, the thermal fatigue resistance and abrasion resistance, and hardenability high heat deformation small | Widely used for hot extrusion dies and mandrels, forging die forging hammer, high-speed precision forging mold insert block, die forging presses, as well as aluminum alloy die-casting mold |
| 4Cr5W2VSi | Empty cold-hardened hot work die steel in temperature has a high hardness and thermal strength, good toughness, wear resistance and thermal fatigue performance | For forging mold, hot extrusion dies and mandrels, punches, and parts forming the high-speed hammer forging die, and other light metals like aluminum, zinc die-casting mold, etc. |
| 7Mnl5Cr2A13V2WMo | High Mn - V- Department of magnets, this can maintain a stable austenitic steel in a variety of state, and very low permeability, high hardness, strength, good wear resistance, but the cutting poor | For the manufacture of non-magnetic mold, non-magneticbearings , and other requirements in the strong magnetic field does not produce the structural components of the magnetic induction, but also for the 700 to 800 ℃ |
| 3Cr2Mo | Widely used in pre-hardened plastic mold steel, also known as P20 , good comprehensive mechanical properties, hardenability is high, the larger cross-section of steel to obtain a more uniform hardness, and good polishing performance; steel pre-hardened, manufactured by the cold into a mold, can be used directly | Die-casting mold for the manufacture of large, medium and precision plastic mold, but also for the low melting point alloy (such as tin, zinc, aluminum) |
| 3Cr2NiMo | Widely used in pre-hardened plastic mold steel, commonly known as the P20 + Ni , which means P20steel is added Ni improved grades. The steel has high hardenability, good polishing performance, EDM performance and the striae processing performance; after pre-hardened, and then manufactured by the cold mold can be used directly | Used in the manufacture of large, extra large plastic molds and precision plastic mold, but also for the low melting point alloy die-casting mold |