We stock carbide blanks in the following grades. You will see these grades referenced on the product pages.
Carbide is a cemented, composite material with unique characteristics of wear resistance, heat resistance, strength, toughness and hardness that make it ideal for many industrial applications, especially as a material for cutting tools. Tungsten carbide powder is formed and sintered, using cobalt as a binder, to produce carbide blanks in many shapes and sizes. These carbide blanks are ground in various geometries to produce cutting tools for both general purpose and specialized application. Carbide flat blanks are often used to fabricate carbide-tipped tooling. The flat blank is brazed to a steel body; then the cutting edge is ground into the carbide tip. Carbide round blanks are typically ground into solid carbide cutting tools.