General Carbide, a manufacturer of tungsten carbide tooling for industrial wear and metal forming applications, has expanded its operations to produce more than 40 standard and custom sizes of WEDM blocks for a range of stamping and fabricating applications.
To help ensure metallurgical quality, the company processes every order in sinter-HIP furnaces and ships the blocks in durable packaging.
‘Providing superior grades and more WEDM options is the result of listening to customers and prospects, making a significant capital investment,’ commented Mona Pappafava-Ray, General Carbide’s president and CEO. ‘Our submicron grain size of tungsten carbide particles is ideal for wear resistant grades capable of withstanding moderate impact loads. In contrast, our 4-micron carbide particle grain size and use of tantalum carbide yield a WEDM block that offers the highest resistance to galling.’
This story is reprinted from material from General Carbide, with editorial changes made by Materials Today. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent those of Elsevier.
