International Mold Steel (IMS), a supplier of pre-hardened mold
steels, tool steels and cold work die steels, headquartered in Florence, Kentucky, will introduce S-Star-A, a 420 stainless steel in the annealed condition that can be heat-treated to hardness of 50-53 HRC and will be stocked in plate form to 6″ thick. S-Star-PH is a pre-hardened (30/34 HRC) 420 stainless steel that can also be heated to 50-53 HRC and will be stocked in round bar ranging to 4″ in diameter.
The company has also added new processing capabilities, including a large plate saw that can cut to 24″ thickness, side milling to 31.5″ square and gun drilling to 1 ¾” in diameter by 84″ long.