Treatment to Reduce Forging Die Wear?

yes i think i can help on that with electric heating. can you tell me how long you need the heat and in %f?

if the die is 300 stainless, hastelloy or duplex try Kolsterising.

Surface harness of 68 HRc without dimensional change.

www.kolsterising.info

How about Glass powder spraying often?

If using A-2 or D-2 steels I would strongly recommend Vanadium carbide coating, 3600 vickers hardness and applied via a thermal diffusion process, see:

http://www.tdcoating.com/index.php

Regards

Thermal spray treatment or electrospark deposition with carbides, borides, etc that retain hardness at 1000 C is what may be required. Some superalloys also provide enhanced wear resistance at high temperatures. Please contact technovationsintl@gmail.com for further help. Ram K. Iyengar, Ph.D