Japanese Stainless Steel

Last time we talked about international and national standard of stainless steel by each country.

Today, we will talk about company standard (brand) by each steel company in Japan.

  • YAMAMURA MFG 

 

BRAND

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION (%)

C

Si

Mn

P

S

Cr

W

Mo

V

Ni

Co

Cu

ATS314

Yamamura did not disclose the chemical composition.

 * As the very first buyer of Yamamura's scissor products in the world since 1996, we respect the wishes of Yamamura to maintain the secrecy concerning ATS314.

 

  • HITACHI METALS

 

BRAND

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION (%)

C

Si

Mn

P

S

Cr

W

Mo

V

Ni

Co

Cu

S1

(銀1, GIN1, Silver 1)

0.80 ~ 0.90

≤ 0.35

0.45 ~ 0.75

≤ 0.030

≤ 0.020

15.00 ~ 17.00

0.30 ~ 0.50

S3

(銀3, GIN3, Silver 3)

0.95 ~ 1.10

≤ 0.35

0.60 ~ 1.00

≤ 0.030

≤ 0.020

13.00 ~ 14.50

S5

(銀5, GIN5, Silver 5)

0.60 ~ 0.70

≤ 0.35

0.60 ~ 0.80

≤ 0.030

≤ 0.020

12.50 ~ 13.50

 

  • AICHI STEEL

 

BRAND

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION (%)

C

Si

Mn

P

S

Cr

W

Mo

V

Ni

Co

Cu

AUS6 

(6A)

0.55 ~ 0.65

≤ 1.00

≤ 1.00

≤ 0.040

≤ 0.030

13.00 ~ 14.50

0.10 ~ 0.25

≤ 0.49

AUS8

 (8A)

0.70 ~ 0.75

≤ 1.00

≤ 0.50

≤ 0.040

≤ 0.030

13.00 ~ 14.50

0.10 ~ 0.30

0.10 ~ 0.26

≤ 0.49

 

 

 

 

  • TAKEFU SPECIAL STEEL

 

BRAND

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION (%)

C

Si

Mn

P

S

Cr

W

Mo

V

Ni

Co

Cu

V GOLD 1

(V金1,  VG1)

0.95 ~ 1.05

≤ 0.5

≤ 0.5

≤ 0.03

≤ 0.03

13 ~ 15

0.2 ~ 0.4

≤ 0.25

≤ 0.25

V GOLD 10

(V金10,VG10)

0.95 ~ 1.05

≤ 0.35

0.3 ~ 0.5

≤ 0.03

≤ 0.03

14.5 ~ 15.5

0.8 ~ 1.2

0.25 ~ 0.35

≤ 0.25

1.3 ~ 1.8

≤ 0.25

 

 

 























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