Tungsten Carbide Grades

Designed for medium-speed machining applications, including drilling and milling of steel, aluminum alloys, heat-resistant alloys and cast iron. Suitable for solid carbide end mill blanks, drill blanks and general-purpose CNC cutting tools.

An ultrafine-grain grade for precision finishing and machining hardened materials above HRC 58. Suitable for carbide end mill blanks and drill blanks used on hardened steel, stainless steel and aluminum alloys.

Suitable for milling stainless steel, non-ferrous metals, titanium alloys, nickel-based heat-resistant alloys and hardened materials around HRC 50–58. Also used for solid carbide cutting tool blanks and selected wear-resistant components.

Suitable for high-speed drilling, engraving tools and precision finishing of hardened materials and composite materials. Common applications include micro-drill blanks and precision carbide cutting tools.

Used for carbide saw tips, cutting tips, wear-resistant nozzles and custom-shaped tungsten carbide components subject to mechanical stress.

A versatile grade for wear-resistant plates, blocks, liners, saw tips and custom carbide components where a balance of wear resistance, strength and moderate impact resistance is required.

Suitable for heavy-duty carbide components exposed to high mechanical loads, including impact-resistant wear parts and selected forming and die applications.

Used for high-toughness cold heading and forming dies, including screw and fastener dies, stamping dies and battery case forming dies.

Designed for carbide roll rings in high-speed wire rod and steel bar rolling, particularly finishing stands 13–14 and reducing or sizing stands 17–18.

Used for tungsten carbide roll rings in wire rod and steel bar mills, particularly finishing stands 10–12.

Suitable for carbide roll rings and rolling mill wear parts in finishing stands 8–9 for steel bar and wire rod production.

Used in carbide roll rings for steel bar and wire rod rolling, particularly finishing stands 5–7.

Designed for carbide roll rings in pre-finishing stands 1–4 in wire rod and steel bar rolling mills.

Suitable for intermediate rolling of threaded steel bars and related carbide roll ring applications.

Used in tungsten carbide mining inserts and buttons for down-the-hole (DTH) drill bits operating in medium-hard rock formations.

Suitable for carbide inserts used in cone bits, tricone drill bits and reamer bits for drilling medium-hard rock formations.

Designed for larger carbide buttons and inserts used in cone bits, tricone bits and reamer bits for medium-hard rock drilling.

A high-toughness grade for cemented carbide cold heading dies and fastener forming tools exposed to repeated impact loads.

Suitable for high-toughness cold heading dies, screw and bolt forming dies, and other carbide tooling for fastener production.

Used for tungsten carbide screw heading dies and fastener dies with die openings below Ø20 mm.

Suitable for screw and fastener heading dies with die openings from Ø20 mm to Ø50 mm.

Used for carbide cold heading dies for stainless steel screws and fasteners, with die openings below Ø2 mm.

Suitable for carbide dies used to form stainless steel screws and fasteners, with die openings above Ø2 mm.

Used for tungsten carbide warm- and hot-forging dies, forging die inserts and metal-forming tooling.

An ultrafine-grain grade with high cutting-edge sharpness and wear resistance, suitable for carbide gear hobbing tool blanks used in hard hobbing of gears above HRC 60.

An ultrafine-grain grade for carbide gear hobbing tool blanks, offering cutting-edge sharpness and wear resistance when hobbing gears up to HRC 55.

A submicron-grain grade combining cutting-edge sharpness with resistance to chipping. Suitable for carbide gear hobbing tool blanks for gears up to HRC 35.

Suitable for high-impact, wear-resistant tungsten carbide sleeves and other components used in oil and gas equipment and chemical processing systems.

Used for tungsten carbide bushings and sleeves requiring a balance of wear resistance and toughness in industrial and oilfield equipment.

Suitable for high-hardness, wear-resistant carbide bushings, sleeves and precision wear components for industrial equipment.

Used for wear-resistant components in oil-immersed pumps, including tungsten carbide valve pins and valve seats.

A low-cobalt ultrafine-grain grade for industrial cutting tools used to machine medium-density fiberboard (MDF), acrylic and similar panel materials.

A general-purpose fine/mixed-grain grade for woodworking tools used to cut solid wood, as well as selected copper and aluminum alloy profiles.

A submicron-grain grade for woodworking cutters used on natural wood, lower-hardness engineered wood panels and non-ferrous metals.