Product datasheet for Duplex-VARIANTIC®-1400
The innovative Duplex-VARIANTIC®-1400 coating has been specially designed for processing ultra-high-strength sheet steel. Its multi-layer, extremely non-wearing design is more than up to the tough requirements posed by AHSS sheet steel up to 1,400 MPa.
Benefit from considerably enhanced tool durability and significantly improved workpiece quality when forming, punching or cutting , and save time and money in the process.
In tests under real conditions in production facilities the new Duplex-VARIANTIC®-1400 coating saw the service lifetimes of punching, cutting and forming tools increased by up to 460% (compared with previous standard solutions), reducing the frequency of tool replacement by up to a third. This represents a crucial advantage in terms of cost efficiency, especially in the field of automotive parts manufacture.
Hardness | 3.000 ± 200 HV |
Coating thicknesses | 5-7 µm |
Application temperature range | 800 °C / 1.470 °F |
Roughness | < 0,1 µm |
Colour | Gold |
When it comes to cold work steel you need look no further than our fellow Group company UDDEHOLM. The company developed Uddeholm Caldie, a medium-alloyed tool steel for applications requiring a high degree of fracture resistance and compressive strength.
That makes Uddeholm Caldie the ideal cold work steel for punching and forming workpieces made from AHSS (Advanced High Strength Steel) and thus the optimum basis for the innovative Duplex-VARIANTIC-1400 coating.
Product datasheet for Duplex-VARIANTIC®-1400
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Duplex-VARIANTIC®-1400 is a premium solution among PVD coatings in the field of ultra-high strength forming.
Dr. Farwah Nahif, Head of Research and Development at voestalpine eifeler Vacotec GmbH
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