A long-established Hong Kong-owned factory has placed another order with Yuhui for 17 pieces of 8566 anti-cracking steel.
I used to visit this Hong Kong-owned factory to solicit business when I was working for another company, but their tool steel supplier were all top global brands like ASSAB and Datong Special Steel. The company I worked for at the time wasn’t very well-known, so we didn’t end up doing business with them. Still, I put in a lot of effort back then. I pulled every string I could and tried every possible way to meet the tooling department manager, but for various reasons, the deal fell through, and I was quite disappointed. Yet, the regret of my youth has been fulfilled in my later years, and today I am very happy.
Starting last year, they took a liking to our Yuhui 8566 anti-chipping steel. They stamp stainless steel and currently use SKD11, DC53, and SKH-9, all of which have encountered chipping issues they couldn’t resolve. Last year, they came to purchase 8566 anti-chipping steel several times, which helped resolve his punch chipping issues. His entire company decided to place a bulk order for 8566 mold steel, and this time they bought 17 pieces. Seeing such a large order has put me in a good mood.
I never imagined that a deal I’d tried so hard to close while working for others—and failed to secure—would, 20 years later, be realized through 8566 die steel. It’s helped me fulfill a dream from my youth and land this business with him, which makes me feel especially good. What’s more, he’s a great client who can afford the product and places large orders.
I believe that in business, you should focus on good clients who demand quality, can afford the product, and place large orders. As for those who can’t afford it, place very small orders, and are constantly nitpicking—please, I really beg you not to come to me. You won’t get the “big shot” treatment here, and this just wastes both my time and yours.
8566 is a proprietary anti-chipping steel from Yuhui Mold Steel, designed primarily to solve mold chipping issues. It has accumulated over a thousand case studies across 5 stamping conditions, 6 major materials, and 7 key industries. The chipping resistance of 8566 is 4 times that of high-speed steel SKH-9 and 2 times that of D2. With a hardness of 58–60 HRC, it primarily addresses chipping issues that high-hardness mold steels like D2, DC53, and SKH-9 cannot resolve.
In particular, for stainless steel stamping, sharp-corner stamping, and narrow-flange stamping—especially under extreme conditions where the punch thickness is less than the sheet thickness, the hole diameter is smaller than the sheet thickness, or the stamping ratio is less than 1:1—cracking issues that conventional die steels cannot resolve are all addressed by 8566.
However, 8566 is a Yuhui Mold Steel grade—not a national standard—and is our intellectual property, not a public resource. Yet, due to its market recognition, sales volume, and customer demand, 8566 has attracted widespread imitation across the industry. Not only are there direct copies of 8566 and “shadow” versions of 8566, but it has even become a reference standard for certain major steel mills—an unprecedented oddity in the industry.
Yuhui Mold Steel has either matched or surpassed global top-tier brands. It is used by three Fortune 500 companies, and Kyocera has been purchasing it for seven consecutive years. Our pricing is consistent across all 4,000 of our customers. If you’re looking for a bargain and still want to haggle, then please don’t bother coming to me.
Using 8566 die steel for punch chipping makes all the difference—it’s like night and day.
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Wu Dejian’s tool steel, the chief of staff of the user, bought everything he had used.