Broaches create splines, keyways, and complex profiles in one pass, while reamers finish holes to tight tolerances. Made from HSS or Cemented Carbide with advanced coatings, these tools deliver high precision for automotive, aerospace, hydraulic, and general machining applications.
Broaches and reamers are precision cutting tools used to produce accurate internal and external profiles or to finish holes to tight tolerances. Broaching is a machining process in which a multi‑tooth tool with progressively increasing cutting height removes material in a single linear pass. It is ideal for keyways, splines, polygons, and complex internal shapes. Reaming is a finishing operation that enlarges pre‑drilled holes to achieve precise diameters, improved roundness, and superior surface finish. Broaches are typically made from high‑speed steel (HSS), powder‑metal HSS-PM, HSS-E-PM, or Cemented Carbide, depending on required hardness and wear resistance, while reamers are produced from HSS, cobalt-alloyed HSS, or solid Cemented Carbide with coatings such as TiN or TiAlN to extend tool life. Tooling includes pull broaches, push broaches, shell‑type broaches, straight‑flute and spiral‑flute reamers, as well as holders and guiding fixtures ensuring alignment. Applications span automotive transmission components, gears, hydraulic fittings, aerospace precision parts, moldmaking, and general metalworking where high accuracy and geometric repeatability are essential.
BÖHLER S390 MICROCLEAN – “The decathlete” This grade is our PM steel with many positive usage properties. For twist drills, taps, mills, broaches, or cold-work applications, BÖHLER S390 MICROCLEAN is always a high performer.
Read MoreBÖHLER S393 MICROCLEAN – “Standardized” This grade complies with the ASTM A600 AISI T15 material standard with higher carbon content. With MICROCLEAN technology, this material shows excellent reliability in many cutting and cold-work applications.
Read MoreBÖHLER S401 – “The conventional” This grade is part of the family of molybdenum-alloyed high-speed steels and its winning performance is matched by its good cost effectiveness.
Read MoreBÖHLER S500 – “The fireproof one” In the family of conventional high-speed steels, this alloy combines excellent cutting properties with very high hot hardness.
Read MoreBÖHLER S590 MICROCLEAN – “The expert” High-speed steel manufactured in a powder metallurgy process, with good hot hardness, compressive strength, and wear resistance. PM technology gives it good toughness and excellent workability, such as the best machinability.
Read MoreBÖHLER S600 – “The high-speed steel” Ideal for mills, twist drills, and taps, broaches, cold-work tools. BÖHLER S600 is the most commonly used high-speed steel and is the starting material for our customers who deal with high-speed steel.
Read MoreBÖHLER S690 MICROCLEAN – “The simple one” The tough high-speed steel for challenging machining and cold forming.
Read MoreBÖHLER S705 – “The industrial one” The conventional high-speed steel for industrial applications in machining. With a well-balanced alloy position and cobalt content, this type always manages to get the job done. Cobalt-alloyed molybdenum high-speed steel with high hardness, excellent cutting properties, outstanding compressive strength, high hot hardness, and good toughness.
Read MoreBÖHLER S790 MICROCLEAN – “The 1st MICROCLEAN” High-speed steel manufactured in a powder metallurgy process, with good hot hardness, compressive strength, and wear resistance. PM technology gives it good toughness and excellent workability, including the best machinability.
Read MoreUddeholm Vanadis 23 SuperClean is a high alloyed powder metallurgical high speed steel with a good abrasive wear resistance in combination with a high compressive strength. It is suitable for demanding cold work applications like blanking of harder materials such as carbon steel or cold rolled strip steel and for cutting tools. Benefits Uddeholm Vanadis 23 SuperClean is a powder metallurgical tool steel offering an excellent combination of wear resistance and toughness. The machinability and grindability are superior to conventional high speed steel and so is the dimensional stability after heat treatment. The superclean powder metallurgy process ensures that the cleanliness is on a high level with a low amount of non-metallic inclusions. In east/south east asian countries served by Assab, Uddeholm Vanadis 23 SuperClean is sold as Assab PM 23. Standard specification W.nr 1.3395 / AISI D2 / AFNOR Z130 WDCV 6.5.4.3
Read MoreUddeholm Vanadis 30 SuperClean is a cobalt alloyed powder metallurgy high speed steel with excellent compressive strength and good abrasive wear resistance. Uddeholm Vanadis 30 SuperClean is suitable for demanding cold work applications and for cutting tools as an alternative to AISI M42 or other co-alloyed HSS. The PM process gives a good machinability and grindability as well as a good dimension stability during heat treatment. In east/south east asian countries served by Assab, Uddeholm Vanadis 30 SuperClean is sold as Assab PM 30 Superclean. Benefits Good wear resistance High hot hardeness and temper back resistance High compressive strength Standard specification W.nr 1.3294 / AISI D2 / AFNOR Z130 KWDCV 9.6.5.4.3
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