DANCUT
Top-quality knives for long product rolling
mills: the latest technological solutions.
DANCUT
Danieli target is to supply the best technical shearing application to achieve the best
and economical solution for customer's performances as of lifetime and reliability.
specific shearing application. All DanCut production cycles are carried out
For this purpose, four different blade in compliance with Danieli Quality Control >Danieli knives
materials has been developed: Plan QCP: from engineering and knives
design, through the supply of materials,
for long product
> DanCut 510 (hot cutting) up to manufacturing with an accurate rolling mills<
> DanCut 550 (cold cutting after QTB) programming and control of CNC machining
> DanCut 850 (intermediate hot cutting) cycles and heat treatments.
> DanCut 345 (cold cut-to-lenght) Danieli Service provides its knives with
extensive information and assistance for
Materials and knife shape are chosen proper setting -up, grinding, and
by Danieli engineers according to specific refurbishment services, so as to maximize
their lifetime.
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Tel (39) 0432.1958729 Fax (39) 0432.1958736 AND INNOVATIVE PARTNER
e-mail: service@[Link] IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY
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DanCut 510 Cause of wear DanCut solution
Hardness retention
Extreme wear comparison
Abrasion > High content of carbide-forming elements such as Cr, Mo, V.
resistant material 60
for hot cutting Softening by overheating > High thermal conductivity and presence of alloying elements improving
application the retention of hardness.
Permanent deformation > High resistance to material overheating due to specific electro-slag 55
remelting of blades.
DanCut 510
50
Knives Carbide forming Retention
material elements (*) of hardness
HRC
45
Standard hot shearing 6.7% max Standard hot shearing material (–).
steel grade Std.
40 material
DanCut510 7.5% (DanCut 510 reaches +11% DanCut510 (–) maintains
of carbides with respect to standard approx. 2 HRC points more
steels). than standard materials if
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overheated above its tempering
(*) in % of total chemical composition. temperature.
30
550 600 650 700 °C
DanCut 550 DanCut550 is an unique material with patented rebars during tempering. DanCut 550 can
Revolutionary chemical composition and manufacturing process shear cold martensitic rebar surfaces with still
material for rebar that combines all characteristics of tool steels hot austenitic rebar cores, without any plastic
shearing after for hot and cold shearing, so as to properly shear deformation or chip-off of cutting edge.
quenching boxes
(patented)
Cause of wear DanCut solution Hardness retention
comparison
Abrasion > High content of carbide-forming elements. 60
Cutting edge chip-off > High impact strength thanks to specific secondary metallurgy processes DanCut 550
and increased small carbide-forming elements. 55
Permanent deformation > High mechanical properties such as hardness and compressive strength.
Contact area softening > Very high thermal conductivity and large amount of alloying elements
improving the retention of hardness. 50
Knives Hardness Compressive Impact Retention
HRC
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material strength strength (*) of hardness Std. material
Hot shearing 48-52 HRC 2029 MPa 10 J Standard hot shearing material (–)
steel grades 40
Cold shearing 52-56 HRC 2484 MPa 7J –
steel grade
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DanCut 550 56-58 HRC 2610 MPa 13 J DanCut550 (–) keeps a better
hardness than standard hot-shearing
(*) performed tool steels if overheated above its 30
with Charpy-V test tempering temperature. 500 550 600 650 °C
DanCut 345 Cause of wear DanCut solution
DanCut 850
Outstanding
Cracks > presence of 4% Ni in the alloy that improves the impact strength High-performance knives for
performances intermediate conditions on cut to
(toughness) without reducing the blade hardness.
material for cold length area. Cut to length Temp.
cut-to-lenght Jagged cutting > reduced amount of big-dimension carbide forming elements from 300 °C to 700°C-850°C.
edge that act as point of concentration of tensions. > The high ductility of Dancut
shearing 850 allows to obtain a longer
Permanent > High mechanical properties (in particular yield strength)
tool life and more constant
deformation thank to the balance of Cr and Mo. production thanks to less
maintenance.
> The high hardness and
Knives Toughness Hardness strength together with excellent
material dimensional stability make
Dancut 850 an excellent
Standard steel grade 50-54 HRC 10 KV (J) substrate for surface coatings.
> Dancut 850 boasts excellent
DanCut 345 54-56 HRC 12 KV (J) hardenability and unique
characteristics that make it
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particularly suitable for the
Thank to its chemical composition DanCut345 reaches hardness values higher than other steel grades. production of large molds. For
Moreover, it has a stronger impact strength (toughness). this reason Dancut 850 is
supplied in very large formats.
Danieli Headquarters THE RELIABLE
Via Nazionale, 41 33042 Buttrio (UD) Italy
Tel (39) 0432.1958729 Fax (39) 0432.1958736 AND INNOVATIVE PARTNER
e-mail: service@[Link] IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY
