21 May, 2026

Is A2 Tool Steel Wear-Resistant? A2 tool steel has good wear resistance for cold-work tooling. It can resist edge wear, sliding wear, and moderate abrasion in dies, punches, forming tools, thread-rolling dies, forming rolls, gages, and bushings. A2 is not a maximum-wear-resistance steel. Its wear performance comes from a hardened martensitic matrix supported by alloy […]