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In the carbide manufacturing industry, control over all manufacturing processes is essential. Our carbide division’s vertically integrated carbide manufacturing process allows us to begin production with the raw materials in powder form to produce a sintered carbide component that achieves all OEM specifications. This high degree of process control ensures that you will receive greater precision, increased value, and shortest possible turnaround time with each order.

Tungsten carbide comes from a family of metal matrix composites commonly referred to as cemented tungsten carbide. Comprised of the elements tungsten (W) and carbon (C), tungsten carbide is further enhanced through the addition of a metallic binder such as cobalt or nickel.

Production of tungsten carbide is achieved by blending the ultra-fine powders, compacting to form a shape, green machining to near net shape and then sintering at a temperature above the melting point of the metallic binder. The molten binder surrounds the carbide particles and bonds the matrix together producing an extremely hard and tough composite material. Due to its high hardness, wear toughness, and excellent impact resistance, tungsten carbide is commonly used in applications ranging from progressive dies, tooling components, mechanical seal faces, a multitude of wear components for the Oil & Gas industry as well as applications where steal dies are not performing well. The toughness and hardness properties can be tailored to specific application requirements by adjusting the binder content.