Features
Shiro2 is the best-selling cutting steel
of our products.
As Ni and Cr are added into Shiro2, quenching
performance is better than carbon steel of
SK series. Shiro2 is suitable for thicker
plate quenching. With excellent ductility,
thinner cutting tools are widely used for
sharp knives like saws or kitchen knives
while thicker ones for axes, hatchets and
machinery cutting tools.
As annealing processing makes the steel spheroidizing
easier, the quenched and tempered cutting
steels afterwards are in the state that spheroidal
cementite is dispersed finely and uniformly.
It contributes to the improving ductility,
preventing knives from getting saw-edged
or nicks, and enhancing long lasting cutting
performance. Further more, addition of Ni
and Cr leads crystal grain into microstructural
refinement.
Shiro2 is not so sensitive to the quenching
temperature that martensite microstructure
does not become rougher, even when the quenching
temperature for austenite becomes a little
higher than standard. This minimizes the
variation of the products from lot to lot
and stabilizes the quality.
The composite material, with
which soft stainless
steels are laminated, has been
selling well.
With the name of "Stainless
steel Clad
", it has established itself
in the
market and been used by many
customers for
their palette knives.