One of the prerequisites for tungsten carbide is that the combination of carbon and tungsten can produce many unique and excellent properties, such as heat resistance, rust resistance, scratch resistance, corrosion resistance, hardness can be second only to diamond, and it also has excellent electrical conductivity, and the overall strength can reach three times that of steel, and tungsten carbide is also easy to form, can be processed into various shapes, or the alloy can be sprayed onto the corresponding metal products by tungsten carbide spraying.

cemented carbide

For example, drilling platforms or mining platforms need a lot of cemented carbide, these are tungsten carbide can show its talents, at present, about 65% of the world's tungsten carbide is used in mining drill bits or cutting materials, and a large part of the alloy or stainless steel materials reinforced by tungsten carbide spraying.

Industrial alloys

More than 17% tungsten carbide is used to make various special alloys or composites. These tungsten carbides can be combined with nickel, iron, silver and copper and are used in industries such as the construction industry, the electronics industry, industrial gear manufacturing, radiation shielding materials and materials manufacturing for the aerospace industry.

Mill products

Approximately 10% tungsten carbide is also used to make a variety of mill products, including various end mills and mill inserts. These products vary in size and shape depending on the material they come into contact with and are machined into, but all products are used for grinding and milling. Because tungsten carbide is very hard and easy to mold, attachments can be created for precision milling applications to produce coarsely ground materials or the finest powders.

jewelry

The above three applications have accounted for more than 90% of tungsten carbide applications every year, but now tungsten carbide products have expanded into new fields, such as in the jewelry industry. The hardness of tungsten carbide makes it suitable for making rings, pendants, earrings and other parts of jewelry. When properly cut and polished, tungsten carbide is actually very beautiful and can be used as a partial replacement for gold jewelry.

Surgical tools

At present, the medical industry is another important application field of tungsten carbide, under normal circumstances, the blade of various surgical tools is made of stainless steel or titanium alloy, and the blade part is generally made of tungsten carbide, which still uses the characteristics of high hardness and wear resistance of tungsten carbide, which can effectively extend the service life of surgical tools.

Of course, in addition to the above five applications, tungsten carbide also has very good applications in other fields, such as ski poles, snowboards, fishing rods in the sports field, and some cutting and crushing parts of recycling machines.

(The article comes from the Internet)