Definition of High-speed steel

1. Noun. An alloy steel that remains hard at a red heat; used to make metal-cutting tools.

Exact synonyms: Hot-work Steel
Generic synonyms: Tool Steel

Lexicographical Neighbors of High-speed Steel

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Literary usage of High-speed steel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"See Tool steel Steel alloys high-speed steel alloy by new process. Sel Ara 115:171 Ag 19 '16 How to select industrial steels. AE Paige. ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1917)
"In order to be on the safe side the average tool hardener uses a temperature much too low to give the best results with the high-speed steel he uses. ..."

3. Bulletin by Mysore Geologists' Association (1918)
"Dodge, JM The beginning of use of tungsten high speed steel. ... Bellis, AE and Hardy, TW Notes on the treatment of high speed steel tools. Bull. ..."

4. Bulletin by Federal Board for Vocational Education, United States (1917)
"High speed steel.—High speed steel is very expensive. It is possible to attach small pieces of this expensive steel to carbon steel shanks and save the high ..."

5. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1910)
"The Manufacture and Use of High- Speed Steel. OM Becker. ... 3625 A. High-Speed Steel. A report of tests made at Nash's Test House, Sheffield. England. ..."

6. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"A PIECE OF high-speed steel SEEN UNDER THE HIGH MAGNIFICATION OF I.5OO DIAMETERS Note the marked lines of flow. irt Photo: JJ Ward. ..."

7. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1907)
"76270 B. The Practical Use and Economy of High-Speed Steel. ... 73461 A. High-Speed Steel in the Factory O. M Becker. Mr. Becker's sixth paper discusses the ..."

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