Development of wear and corrosion resistant cold-work tool steels produced by diffusion alloying

The new materials were investigated thoroughly with regard to their hardening capacity as well as their tempering behavior. Subsequently differently treated steels were tested with a focus on their resistance to abrasive wear using pin-on-grinding paper tests. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) was used to characterize the micro-mechanisms of wear as well as the influence of the microstructure on the wear behavior.