Basics about cemented carbide and carbide rods

Cemented carbide is a hard material that is widely used as a tool material, as well as other industrial applications. It consists of cemented carbide fine particles bonded by a metal binder. Carbide tungsten carbide (WC), titanium carbide (TiC) or tantalum carbide (TAC) as aggregate. The "carbides" or "tungsten carbides" mentioned in the industrial context generally refer to these cemented composites.
 
In most cases, cemented carbide tools leave a better surface finish for components and are faster than high-speed or other tool steels. Carbide tools can withstand higher temperatures than standard high-speed tooling at the tool-workpiece interface (this is one of the main reasons for faster cutting). Carbides are generally superior in the cutting of hard materials such as carbon steel or stainless steel, as well as in the case of other cutting tools that wear rapidly, such as in mass production.
Cemented carbide powder metallurgy products. It is produced in a vacuum reduction furnace or a hydrogen reduction furnace and is mainly composed of refractory tungsten material (WC) micron powder, cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni) or molybdenum (Mo) binder.
 
Carbide has many excellent properties such as high hardness and strength, good wear resistance and corrosion resistance, and remarkable stability at high temperatures. Can be used for cutting cast iron, nonferrous metals, plastics, chemical fiber, stainless steel, high manganese steel, and can produce drilling tools, mining tools, wear parts, precision bearings, nozzles, metal molds.
Calloy Materials Offers a wide variety of machined cemented carbide products including bars, strips, mills and bits, tools / tips, nozzles, molds and complex parts.
Calloy supply various kinds of cemented Tungsten carbide rods: Carbide Rods with helical coolant holes, Tungsten carbide Dual straight hole rods, Single straight hole rods, Fixed-length polished rods, Solid core rods, and so on.