General Information
19MnVS6 according to EN10267 may with its generous chemical analysis and moderate mechanical requirements host a number of grades. It does at Ovako's! All variants are microalloyed with vanadium which gives a fine grain size and a good start for excellent toughness. The most frequent usage is as rolled, but all members in the family may be heat-treated in different ways. A heat-treatment will naturally affect the mechanical properties.
The Ovako program starts with a yield strength of minimum 400 MPa and finishes at minimum 520 MPa where each variant is carefully balanced to give the desired properties without a wasteful addition of alloying elements. Weldability goes from excellent to good with increasing alloying content and yield strength.
19MnVS6 is also available as M-steel.
M-Steel®
The concept: Our M-Steel treatment can be applied to any steel grade. The basis for the concept is that non-metallic inclusions are modified and controlled with calcium treatment. These inclusions are modified in a way to maximize machinability and to improve transverse fatigue strength. In this way, a protective layer is formed on the cutting tool during machining that very significantly reduces the wear on the tool and increases the tool life. At every stage of the M-Steel production process the material is optimised to improve machinability, from raw material through melt, to casting, hot rolling and the final heat treatment. Individual delivery requirements can be met to supply your material in the best form for your machines in compliance with tight straightness and dimensional tolerances. M-Steel has a consistent machinability from cast to cast, meaning that machines can be run with fixed high cutting rates and predictable tool change intervals from one production run to another. Recent findings also show that the M-Steel effect is particularly pronounced in turning in very hard condition using Cubic Boron Nitride (CBN) inserts. Replacing traditional grinding of case- or induction-hardened surfaces with Hard Part Turning can mean very large cost savings, together with production lead time and quality improvements.
Similar designations
SB280 - 18Mn6, E470, SS2134, 1.5217, 19MnV6