Tablet Compression Tooling has evolved over a century, with advancements like Special Purpose Tool Steels, Advanced Coating Solutions, and Multiple Tip Tooling to resolve tableting issues and boost productivity, making a revolutionary impact in the industry.

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The categories we make tooling's for is undefined as we are equipped to manufacture any customized tooling required by the client to cater their needs, but here are a few commonly made tooling types :

EURO STANDARD TOOLING (`BB', 'B', 'DB' & 'D' TYPE) • TSM STANDARD TOOLING (`BB', 'B’, 'DB' & 'D’ TYPE )
FETTE TOOLING including SEGMENT DIES
KILIAN TOOLING
JAPANESE STANDARD TOOLING
BOLUS TYPE TOOLS
MULTI TIP TYPE TOOLING CUP-TYPE
MULTI-TIP TYPE TOOLING MONOBLOCK TYPE
MICRO TIP TYPE TOOLS
SNAP-TYPE TOOLS
3D TIP TYPE TOOLS

For tool steel toughness, resistance to wear and corrosion, strength and resistance to distortion and warping during heat treatment are its most important properties. These properties are the condition under which it is manufactured. For purpose of comparison, the steels used to manufacture tablet press tooling have been grouped in three categories :

O1 Steel

It is a General Purpose Steel which is a Oil Hardened Non Shrinking Steel which has High Hardenability and is commonly used for Blanking & Stamping Punches.
1. S7 Steel :
  
  Is a tool steel grade with exceptional impact resistance plus the highest hardenability of shock resisting grade of Tool Steel due to which is commonly used in Tablet Compression Punches for its heavy load bearing capacity.
D3 Steel :

Is a Hot Die Steel and comes under the Category of High Carbon High Chromium (H.C.H.C.) Steel which has Great Resistance to Wear due to the percentage of Chromium in its structure for which it is also the most preferred choice for Tableting Dies..
D2 Steel :

It comes under High Carbon High Chromium (H.C.H.C.) Steel category which also has Excellent Wear Resistance & Abrasion Resistance and so is generally used for Abrasive Tablet Compression.
440C Steel :

Is a Stainless Steel type with High Carbon and High Chromium percentage of Elements which also has Excellent Hardenability and can go upto 60 HRC max. This category of Steel is used to Manufacture Small Tips for Multi Tip Tooling’s.
A2 Steel :

Is a Cold work Steel and is a Air Hardening Steel which provides High Hardness with good dimensional stability which also averages better Wear Resistance.
S5 Steel :

Is a primarily a Oil Hardening Grade Steel which was developed for Better Resistance to Shock that has Good Elemental combination of Manganese-Silicon-Molybdenum
408 Steel :

Is a Stainless Steel which is a Ferritic Steel that offers good mechanical properties which is Resistant to Corrosion and prevents rust corrosion cracking.
S1 Steel :

Is a Cold work Steel which has Tungsten in its Elements due to which it has Greater Toughness and Impact Resistance also can obtain High Hardness.
K340 Steel :

Is a Premium Cold work Steel which has High Yield Strength and good Toughness properties which is suitable for Chipping & Premature Wear issues also has Excellent Compressive strength
PK5 Steel :

Is a Premium Cold work Steel which has High Yield Strength and good Toughness properties which is suitable for Chipping & Premature Wear issues also has Excellent Compressive strength
N690 Steel :

Is a Premium Steel with Chromium content similar to the PK5 Steel with the addition of Cobalt in it which bonds the molecular structure uniformly giving it Greater Surface finish and Longer Durability.

Chemical Composition of Tool Steels

CHEMICAL ELEMENT	PERCENTAGE OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
CHEMICAL ELEMENT	O1	S7	D3	D2	440C	A2	S5	408	S1	K340	PK5	N690
CARBON	0.85-1.00	0.45-0.55	2.00-2.35	1.40-1.60	0.95-1.20	0.95-1.05	0.50-0.65	0.40-0.55	0.40-0.55	0.90-1.20	0.40-0.60	0.90-1.20
MANGANESE	1.00-1.40	0.20-0.80	0.00-0.60	0.00-0.60	0.00-1.00	0.00-1.00	0.60-1.00	0.40-0.60	0.10-0.40	0.20-0.50	0.20-0.50	0.20-0.50
SILICON	0.10-0.50	0.20-1.00	0.00-0.60	0.00-0.60	0.00-1.00	0.00-0.50	1.75-2.25	0.00-0.30	0.15-1.20	0.60-1.00	0.20-0.50	0.20-0.50
CHROMIUM	0.40-0.70	3.00-3.50	11.0-13.0	11.0-13.0	16.0-18.0	4.755.50	0.00-0.35	0.60-0.80	1.00-1.80	7.00-9.00	16.0-18.0	16.0-18.0
VANADIUM	0.00-0.30	0.00-0.35	0.00-1.00	0.00-1.10		0.15-0.50	0.00-0.35		0.15-0.30	0.15-0.50	0.00-0.20	0.00-0.20
TUNGSTEN	0.10-0.60		0.00-1.00						1.50-3.00
MOLYBDNEUM		1.30-1.80		0.70-1.20	0.00-0.75	0.90-1.40	0.20-1.35		0.00-0.50	1.80-2.20	0.90-1.10	0.90-1.10
NICKEL					0.00-0.50			1.50-3.00
COBALT				0.00-1.00								1.20-1.60