Z-TUFF PM is a Powder Metallurgy tool steel, designed to provide exceptional toughness and resist the most severe impacts without compromising hardness.
Thanks to its balanced composition and refined microstructure, it offers:
✔ Very high impact and fracture resistance
✔ Excellent compressive strength
✔ Good wear resistance, with hardness up to 62 HRc
✔ Excellent dimensional stability in heat treatments
✔ Ideal surface for a wide range of coatings and surface treatments
These characteristics make it the ideal choice for applications requiring high mechanical strength, such as tools subject to high stress, shock loads and risk of chipping. Furthermore, it surpasses the S series in terms of compressive and wear resistance.
Main applications
✔ Tools and molds
✔ Punches and dies
✔ Dust compaction
✔ Fine blanking