What's the Shape Classification of Tungsten Carbide or Cemented Carbide?
Cemented carbide or tungsten carbide is made by mixing tungsten carbide and cobalt in a certain proportion, pressing them into various shapes, and then semi sintering. Tungsten carbide comes with different shapes such as ball shaped, rod-shaped, plate-shaped.Now let us see the details below.
Ball-shaped
Tungsten carbide ball is mainly composed of carbide (WC, TiC) micron powder of high hardness refractory metal. Common cemented carbide includes YG, YN, YT, YW series. Main grades of tungsten carbide ball are YG6, YG6X, YG8, YG13, YG20, YN9, YT5, YT15, etc.
With its high hardness, high wear resistance, high corrosion resistance, bending resistance, and harsh service environment, tungsten carbide balls can replace all steel ball products.
The application scope of cemented carbide balls is extremely wide, such as precision bearings, instruments, pens, spraying machines, water pumps, mechanical accessories, sealing valves, brake pumps, punching and extruding holes, oil fields, hydrochloric acid laboratories, hardness testers, fishing gear, counterweights, decoration, finishing and other high-end industries.
Rod-shaped
Tungsten carbide rod is characterized by stable mechanical properties, easy welding, high wear resistance and high impact resistance.
Advantages of carbide rod:
1. Good wear resistance;
2. Good corrosion resistance;
3. High toughness;
4. Extrusion and HIP sintering
Application of tungsten carbide rod:
Carbide rod is mainly used for drills, end mills and reamers. It can also be used for cutting, stamping and measuring tools. It is used in paper making, packaging, printing and nonferrous metal processing industries. In addition, it is also widely used for machining high-speed steel tools, carbide milling cutters, carbide cutters, NAS cutting tools, aviation tools, carbide drills, milling cutter coring drills, high-speed steel, taperd milling cutters, metric milling cutters, micro end milling cutters, reaming pilot, electronic cutting tools, step drills, metal cutting saws, double guaranteed gold drills, gun barrels, angle milling cutters, carbide rotary files, etc.
The cemented carbide rod can not only be used for cutting and drilling tools (such as micrometer drill, twist drill, and vertical mining tool drill), but also can be used as input pin, worn parts of various rolls, and structural materials. In addition, it can be widely used in many fields, such as machinery, chemical industry, petroleum, metallurgy, electronics and national defense industry.
Plate-shaped
Hard alloy plate or tungsten carbide plate or cemented carbide plate, with good durability and impact resistance, can be used in hardware and standard stamping dies. Hard alloy plate is widely used in electronic industry, motor rotor, stator, LED lead frame, EI silicon steel sheet, etc. All cemented carbide blocks must be strictly checked and only those without any damage, such as pores, bubbles, cracks, etc. can be transported out.
Zhuzhou Kerui Cemented Carbide produces many shapes of tungsten carbide, no matter you want tungsten carbide ball, carbide rod, carbide plate or other customized carbide products, you will find solutions in Zhuzhou Kerui. If you have tungsten carbide demand, pls feel free to contact Kerui or Cherry. We are always waiting here for you.