Water Hardening Drill Rod

If there is a color code on the end of the rods red is probably water hardening and yellow is probably oil hardening but not necessarily.

Water hardening drill rod.

This allows the water hardening drill rod to be more easily machined but it is not well suited for welding purposes. In comparison oil hardening drill rod can be easily welded and machined due to its high alloy content. A water hardening drill rod is not heavily alloyed as oil hardening drill rod. This allows the material to be more easily machined than the oil hardened drill rod although a water hardened rod is not well suited to welding.

A fine grained commercial quality steel w 1 can be used for tools parts dies or punches which require great hardness and a tough inner core for maximum strength. There are two basic types of drill rod. Continue shopping view your cart. Made in usa letter m 0 295 diam tool steel w 1 water hardening drill rod 36 long msc.

It depends on the manufacturer. A drill rod is a form of bar stock machined to produce tools such as drill bits taps dowel pins shafts reamers files punches and hammers. Water and oil hardened. It s soft enough to shape but can be heated up to revert back to the hardness.

Find air oil water hardening drill rods at msc industrial supply serving the metalworking safety and mro industries for over 75 years. The result is a hard durable metal which is easily machined. Water and oil hardened. That seems to be the coding i generally see but i don t think there is any solid standard.

There are two basic types of drill rod. On the other hand the oil hardened rod is easily welded and machined it is well suited for general tool making due to its long lasting toughness. Hardening and tempering drill rod we are professional manufacturer and exporter of induction heating equipment and system in china which is used for inducti. Water hardened drill rods.

View product details. A water hardened rod is used in the manufacture of hammers and files due to the rod not being heavily alloyed. Water hardened drill rods are not heavily alloyed allowing the material to be more easily machined than the oil hardened variety. The sizes we carry should meet 99 of all requirements for pins in guns.

Value collection 3 16 diam tool steel h 13 air hardening drill rod 36 long.