--- title: "SW12 — High-speed steels" description: "SW12 in PN: material number 1.3318, also listed as HS12-1-2. It is a material in the category High-speed steels. 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Compare it to detect a real > content change; `generated` moves on every render and is not a change signal. PN · Poland · 8 designations # SW12 SW12 is a designation in PN for the material held under material number 1.3318, also listed as HS12-1-2. It is a material in the category High-speed steels. We list 8 designations recorded for this grade, in the standards DIN / EN, JIS, GOST, ČSN and PN. - [*Material no.* **1.3318**](/materials/material-no/1.3318 "Material no.: 1.3318") - [*Category* **High-speed steels · 59 grades**](/categories/high-speed-steels "Category: High-speed steels · 59 grades") - *Designations* **8** [Search](/search "Steel grade search")[Inquiry](/inquiry?material=59b2173e-5f4e-49f3-8e42-e75fd6f547c8&designation=7a3914af-4c6a-4f3a-925a-627f13e1d2b9 "Inquiry")[**Datasheet as PDF** Print-ready A4 document **Generating …** **Download started** **Try again**](/materials/pn/sw12.pdf "Datasheet as PDF") ## If you came for one of these The most-used names for this grade. - [DIN / EN HS12-1-2 This grade’s own name](/materials/din-en/hs12-1-2 "DIN / EN HS12-1-2") ## About High-speed steels High-speed steels are alloyed tool steels designed to retain hardness and cutting ability when tools heat up during high-speed machining. Their hot hardness and wear resistance make them suitable for cutting tools such as drills, milling cutters, taps and broaches. This describes the material class as a whole. Always confirm the individual grade against the standard before ordering. ## Also known as 8 designations · 5 standards · nothing hidden This grade’s own name recorded in our sources as this grade’s own designation under that standard. Indicative taken from a published cross-reference table; a close match, not a guarantee of interchangeability. Verify against the mill certificate before ordering. Withdrawn designation no longer current — a separate column from the two above, so a name can be same grade and withdrawn at once. DIN / EN Europe · 2 - [HS12-1-2 This grade’s own name](/materials/din-en/hs12-1-2 "DIN / EN HS12-1-2") - [S12-1-2 This grade’s own name Withdrawn](/materials/din-en/s12-1-2 "DIN / EN S12-1-2") JIS Japan · 1 - [SKH6 Indicative](/materials/jis/skh6 "JIS SKH6") GOST Russia / CIS · 2 - [R12F3 Indicative](/materials/gost/r12f3 "GOST R12F3") - [Р12Ф3 Indicative](/materials/gost/r12f3 "GOST Р12Ф3") ČSN Czechia · 2 - [19 802 Indicative](/materials/csn/19-802 "ČSN 19 802") - [19810 Indicative](/materials/csn/19810 "ČSN 19810") PN Poland · 1 - **SW12 Indicative** Every designation on file is listed — no truncation, no “+ n more”. Each one is itself a route that leads back here. ## Chemical composition 9 elements on file · weight % What this alloy is Fe W Cr V Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 78.7 % W — 12 % Cr — 4.2 % V — 2.5 % Traces & impurities · 2.7 % Logarithmic scale, 0.01 % to 100 % — every value here compares directly, decade by decade. | Element | % by weight | |---|---| | C | 0.9–1 | | Si | ≤ 0.45 | | Mn | ≤ 0.4 | | P | 0.03 | | S | 0.03 | | Cr | 3.8–4.5 | | Mo | 0.7–1 | | V | 2.3–2.6 | | W | 11.5–12.5 | Carbon Silicon Manganese Phosphorus Sulfur Chromium Molybdenum Vanadium Tungsten 0.01 % 0.1 % 1 % 10 % 100 % The scale is logarithmic, not the element’s raw share of the alloy — the only honest way to fit 0.01 % and 100 % in one picture, and it means every value here can be compared with every other. | Element | As published source text, verbatim | Min% by weight | Max% by weight | Bound | |---|---|---|---|---| | C | 0,90-1,00 | 0.900 | 1.000 | Range | | Si | ≤0,45 | — | 0.450 | Max | | P | 0,03 | 0.030 | 0.030 | Exact | | S | 0,03 | 0.030 | 0.030 | Exact | | V | 2,30-2,60 | 2.300 | 2.600 | Range | | Cr | 3,80-4,50 | 3.800 | 4.500 | Range | | Mn | ≤0,40 | — | 0.400 | Max | | Mo | 0,70-1,00 | 0.700 | 1.000 | Range | | W | 11,5-12,5 | 11.500 | 12.500 | Range | The published column is the source string byte-for-byte, decimal comma and all; Min and Max are the parsed bounds. Elements not listed have no value on file — they are omitted, never inferred. ## Predicted transformation temperatures Not enough recorded composition to predict a transformation temperature for this grade — missing: Ni. ## Physical & mechanical properties Density 7,85 g/cm³ Exact Transformation point Ac1 825 °C Exact An absent property means we hold no value for it — it is left out rather than estimated, interpolated from a neighbouring grade, or filled from a handbook. It does not mean the property is undefined for the material. ## Properties by condition 1 conditions · 1 values By delivery state**no delivery state stated** source `splav` | Delivery state | HB | |---|---| | (annealing) , GOST 19265-73 | 269 | Every figure holds only for the condition on its own row. Values are never merged across conditions or across sources, never averaged, and never interpolated between two rows. An em dash means no value on file — never zero. Figures are converted to the unit in the column header; the source’s own wording is kept and shown where the two differ. ## Similar grades — and why Selection rule, stated so you can disagree with it: same number class 1.3, a shared category, and a published range for W / Cr that overlaps this grade’s. These are neighbours in composition space — they are not equivalents, and none is claimed to be interchangeable with this grade. [HS12-1-4-5 1.3202 W 11,5-12,5 · Cr 3,80-4,50 - ΔW 0.00 - ΔCr 0.00 - 16 designations](/materials/din-en/hs12-1-4-5 "HS12-1-4-5")[S12-1-2-3 1.3211 W 11,5-12,5 · Cr 3,80-4,50 - ΔW 0.00 - ΔCr 0.00 - 1 designations](/materials/din-en/s12-1-2-3 "S12-1-2-3")[HS12-1-4 1.3302 W 11,5-12,5 · Cr 3,80-4,50 - ΔW 0.00 - ΔCr 0.00 - 4 designations](/materials/din-en/hs12-1-4 "HS12-1-4")[PMHS12-0-5-5 1.3251 W 11,7-13,0 · Cr 3,70-4,50 - ΔW 0.35 - ΔCr 0.05 - 2 designations](/materials/din-en/pmhs12-0-5-5 "PMHS12-0-5-5") ## Looking for this grade under another name? Search the catalogue by designation, material number or composition — every name on this page is itself a way in. [Search](/search "Steel grade search")[Inquiry](/inquiry?material=59b2173e-5f4e-49f3-8e42-e75fd6f547c8&designation=7a3914af-4c6a-4f3a-925a-627f13e1d2b9 "Inquiry")[**Datasheet as PDF** Print-ready A4 document **Generating …** **Download started** **Try again**](/materials/pn/sw12.pdf "Datasheet as PDF")