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Top materials for manufacturing cutting blades

Are you looking for the best blades?

When it comes to manufacturing cutting blades, choosing the right material is essential. Different cutting processes call for different properties -from durability and balance to corrossion resistance and cost-effectiveness.

With that in mind, here is an overview of the most common and trusted materials used in industrial blade manufacturing.

Most common materials used in blade production

Hard metal. This powdered material is composed by titanium, niobium or tantalum particles combines with tungsten particles. The structure also requires cobalt, which acts as a binder.
2379 steel (K-110). It offers high resistance to wear, abrasion and breakage. In addition, it has a suitable toughness and allows processes such as salt bath nitriding and other surface coating.
High-speed steel (S-600 or HSS). Part of the group of steels used for high-speed and high-temperature applications. It is a highly stable, resistant, tough and ductile. It may include molybdenum and tungsten in its composition.
Stainless steel. This is a solid material, not a regular steel with a stainless coating. It contains between 10 and 12% chromium by mass, as well as other materials such as tungsten, nickel or mollybdenum.
Alloy steels. These are steels alloyed with chemical elements in addition to carbon, such as silicon, chromium, nickel or boron, among others. They are typically combined to improve mechanical properties through heat treatment, enhancing hardenability, hardness, toughness and strength.