Carpenter Launches New Alloys for Knife Blades
10/07/2009 - Carpenter Technology is introducing Carpenter CTS-BD1, a new alloy that is part of its CTS alloys suite. These alloys are suitable for use in consumer, industrial, and medical knife blade applications.
Carpenter Technology Corp. is introducing Carpenter CTS-BD1, a new alloy that is part of its CTS alloys suite. These alloys are suitable for use in consumer, industrial, and medical knife blade applications.
Carpenter CTS-BD1 is a premium melted stainless steel containing certain metal additions that are said to offer characteristics such as enhanced knife blade edge retention at a competitive cost.
Carpenter says that its CTS family of alloys offers superior edge retention and surface finish as well as an ability to be machined to a fine edge and consistent heat-treatability from lot to lot. These attributes make them candidates for a variety of blade applications, including commercial food processing, paper processing, textile, packaging, recycling/refuse, kitchen knives, hand tools, scissors/shears, shaving razors, sport/hunting knives, ice skates, military/defense, law enforcement, salon blades, and various surgical/medical applications.
The other alloys in the Carpenter CTS suite are CTS-40CP (Micro-Melt 440C), CTS-XHP (Micro-Melt 440-XH alloy), CTS-10 (410 stainless), CTS-20 (420 stainless), CTS 40A (Type 440A), CTS-40C (Type 440C), CTS-TMT (Trinamet stainless), CTS-20CP (Micro-Melt 420-CW), CTS-B52 (VIM-VAR 52100), CTS-B90 (X-90), CTS-B75 (S42700), CTS-B70 (CRB-7 alloy), and CTS-204P (Micro-Melt 20-4).
Carpenter Technology Corp., based in Wyomissing, Pa., is a leading manufacturer and distributor of specialty metals including stainless steel and titanium and various engineered products.
