Tungsten Carbide Industry Being Developed Deep Processing Tools Area

Metal machinery manufacturing, machining is the most basic and reliable means of precision machining, mechanical, electrical, electronic and other modern industrial sector plays an important role. Machining technology development, the most recent history is the history of the development of the tool material. The new tool materials can greatly improve cutting production rate, improve processing accuracy, surface quality and expand the processing areas, reduce tool consumption, access to a huge economic benefits. The new tool materials for the development of machinery manufacturing plays a huge role in promoting. Therefore, the development, promotion and use of new materials is an important part of the new machinery manufacturing technology revolution.
Tungsten carbide is a new information tool, due to its high hardness, wear resistance and compressive strength, with more chaos chemical resistance, adhesion and heat resistance, excellent performance, and its tools high hardness materials cutting efficiency 5-10 times high speed steel cutting tools and machining speed steel cutting tools can not be processed, and therefore the tool data, according to a large proportion.

Meet the needs of modern science and technology development, to the precision of the direction, to enter since the seventies, in modern machining, cutting tools with carbide cutting inserts dimensional accuracy remarkable progress, therefore, carbide production manufacturers are constantly advances its product precision. For example, in some developed countries have phased out the U grade carbide precision. Many Carbide Die size has reached micron level precision, and even some have reached the end of ultrafine meter level.
Adaptation requirements produce sophisticated products, better technology and production equipment. Late sixties introduced carbide produced in the field of hot isostatic pressing, and seventies migration to Carbide production in the field of spray-drying technique, cemented carbide production process are a big step forward, In recent years, low-pressure hot isostatic clean burning equipment and technology to make carbide products density close to the theoretical value of up to 99.999%, significantly advances the quality of products.

In order to improve processing efficiency and adapt to the new requirements of automated machine tools, we developed a number of new carbide, such as ultra-fine fine carbide, gradient cemented carbide, carbide duplex, self-lubricating alloy, nanoscale hard alloy, super-hard coating layer of hard alloy. Meanwhile tungsten carbide industry forward depth processing tool areas.
Tungsten carbide consumption in our country although Unfettered unfolded after emerging industry, but carried out rapidly, especially after the reform and opening up, the emergence of independent growing trend. Currently, carbide production in the country has been in the forefront of the world, the product brands, models also more fully, and has many product quality has reached the international advanced level, the output value and profits to grow steadily.tungsten carbide cutting tools

 

Tungsten Trioxide in Photoelectric Field

Tungsten oxide has wide range of crystal types and sub-stoichiometric composition, the multi-functional transition metal oxide with innate tunnels and oxygen vacancies. Tungsten trioxide (WO3) is a versatile material, and widely used in many important areas because of its flexible structure and cation insertion state, particularly in coloration devices; In addition, tungsten trioxide is also used as a photocatalyst to capture solar energy for environmental purification and fuel production, to provide a new strategy to solve the energy and environmental crises.
 
Recently, researcher of Suzhou Institute of Nano has developed tungsten oxide which can be used in photoelectric field, and published articles about it. 
 
Tungsten oxide uses in photoelectric field, and some of the latest research progress about its applications are as following:
1. Pt-WO3 as a visible driven photocatalyst, its removal rate about gaseous acetaldehyde is higher than both commercial WO3 and N-doped titanium dioxide;
2. The process for preparing Pt loaded WO3 nanotubes diagram is as follows;

preparation diagram of WO3 nanometer carrying Ptyellow tungsten oxide picture
 
3. WO3 octahedral with acidified surface exhibits excellent photocatalytic reduction activity to the heavy metal ions;
4. Tungsten oxide catalysts with different content of oxygen vacancies will result in the large difference of methane yield under the different illumination time, wherein the tungsten trioxide with no oxygen vacancies has no activity in this reaction which indicates that it is oxygen vacancies which cause tungsten trioxide has reduction activity;
5. The energy level alignment of oxygen defects of tungsten oxide nanosheets shows that the enhanced light trapping capability of ultraviolet visible to near-infrared region will cause the increasing of photocurrent of tungsten oxide nanosheets;
6. The ECD coloration efficiency comparison of nano sheet and chunk WO3•2H2O showed that ECD coloration efficiency based on the nano-sheet is much greater than that which based on chunk WO3•2H2O;
7. Al3+ as the inserted ion of the main body--purple tungsten oxide (W18O49), has high contrast and good stability of ECD.

 

Tungsten Carbide Equipment Solve Partial Wearing Problem

Recently, the Yumen Oilfield Oil Production Plant oil duck children gorge team technical team leader Li Ning serious stare duck K1-10 wellsite conceal his face is delighted: "Since the use of this device, which I often need surgery well made no been ill, and now we can rest assured that in other to promote the use of the well. "
Duck children Gorge Reservoir Oil Production Plant complex geological structure, oil prone eccentric wear phenomenon. Previously, in order to prevent eccentric wear caused by oil bar broken off, oil wells team technical team to install anti-eccentric wear equipment. Employees also use the opportunity well underground work, from a downhole sucker rod section hoop, pump, tubing head thread and other downhole equipment to conduct a comprehensive inspection. However, anti-bias milling equipment still could not really solve the oil well pumping unit section hoop, threaded tubing head appeared eccentric wear problems. Especially in recent years duck children gorge horizontal wells increased, accounting for 70% of new drilling, pump hanging in 1900-2100 meters, displacement of up to 200 meters above the bottom, resulting in serious eccentric wear rod, using up more than 120 days will be break off occurs.

Since the beginning of this year, for the control of oil wells due to the occurrence of breaking off caused by multiple rounds lie well, duck child Gap oil technology group team counting finer benefits account. And repeated the repair and replacement of equipment, is bound to increase costs, affecting the normal production wells.
After then, the duck child Gap oil oil drilling teams to coordinate the Institute of plant and machinery, and the geological structure of the reservoir section hoop, tubing head material such as a comprehensive analysis of the carbide homemade device. Grindability in the well area installed in the underground ring segment added centralizer re-optimize the portfolio by carbide strength and good finish, reduced wear resistance. Duck child Gap oil production crew through an annular segment downhole added centralizer re-optimize the adjustment, prevent breaking off the hoop section, extending well exemption period.

Li Ning said: "We selected four sections hoop and tubing head screw serious eccentric wear wells may be used, the effects were good, especially the duck duck K1-10 and K1-15 well well, since after the equipment installed on the carbide never happened broken off. Tungsten carbide equipment not only solves the problem of partial wear well, but also reduces the cost of repair of oil wells. " Next, duck children gorge on oil production crew will be easy to promote the use of eccentric wear wells carbide devices.

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Hydrogen Doped WO3 Plasmon Nanostructure

hydrogen tungsten bronze HxWO3 pictureSince the importance of plasmon nanostructure in areas of nano photonics, biochemical sensing and medical diagnostics ect., manufacturing technology of plasma nanostructure has recently caused a lot focus for people researching. By controlling the size, shape and composition of plasma nanostructures, one can adjust its optical and electrical properties over a wide range. With the advent of nanoscience and nanotechnology, plasmon nanostructure has developed rapidly, the coherent oscillations of free electron has on the incident light will cause localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) in the structure; besides, this phenomenon is associated with optical near field zoom, and has been used in surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), biological testing and energy storage and conversion and other aspects.
 
Recently, Chinese and Japanese researchers have prepared hydrogen doped tungsten trioxide (WO3) and MoO3 which are named hydrogen molybdenum bronze and hydrogen tungsten bronze through a simple process of H-overflow method, the two substances showed strong localized surface plasmon resonance in the visible region. In addition, the researchers found that the adjustable plasmon resonance could be observed in a wide range by varying the stoichiometric composition; furthermore, this phenomenon is directly related with decreasing temperature, type of metal, the property of metal oxide which supports hydrogen reduction reaction and size as well as the oxidation treatment in the synthesis process. This result has provided direct evidence for in a hydrogen-doped metal oxides (such as WO3, etc.) to achieve a semiconductor plasmon resonance, and may allow the large-scale application of cheap and abundant element on Earth.
 
Tungsten trioxide (WO3) is a transition metal semiconductor with special N-type structure, the yellow or bright green crystalline powder, which is stable at room temperature, and extensively for preparation of tungsten metal and tungsten carbide powder; because of its special properties, it is widely used in the industry catalyst, photocatalyst, sensor, fireproof fabric, anti-radiation and other aspects.

 

WO3 Contained Ultra-Low Overpotential Oxygen Evolution Catalyst

oxygen evolution Fe-Co-W catalystHydrogen is an excellent energy carrier, and the way of solar-powered electrolysis of water to produce hydrogen is an effective method for energy storage. In the traditional SPEWE, since the high oxygen evolution potential, oxygen will cause serious dissolution to the carrier of carbon; in the oxygen evolution reaction process, dissolution and passivation of anode will occur and to shorten its live when electrode with high oxygen evolution overpotential working under the high potential. The presence of multiple high-energy intermediate state makes the oxygen evolution reaction one of the most difficult steps in the electrolyzed water. Thus, the preparation of ultra-low overpotential oxygen evolution catalyst will help to achieve efficient electrolysis of water.
 
Tungsten trioxide (WO3) as the photolysis of water oxygen evolution catalyst is compelling and some researching success have been made, such as WO3 photolysis aquatic oxygen evolution, and the optimum oxygen production under visible light is about 79.9μmol / (L.h); by controlling chemical potential can significantly improve the stability of WO3’s photocatalytic activity, ect..
 
Not long ago, an international research team of Canada, China and the United States developed a colloidal Fe-Co-W oxyhydroxides multi-metal oxygen evolution catalyst with the lowest oxygen evolution overpotential so far. That oxygen evolution catalyst regulates the electronic structure of iron, cobalt by adding tungsten, and they prepared the catalyst innovatively under room temperature by sol-gel method, since the lower sol each metal atom can achieve a homogeneous mix of different metal oxides to avoid lattice mismatched phase separation. Fe, Co, and WO3 homogeneously disperse in this gel catalyst from the atomic scale to have excellent catalytic performance. In addition, the subsequent heat treatment of catalyst has found that, after 500 ℃ annealing heat treatment, the oxygen evolution potential of colloidal Fe-Co-W oxyhydroxides multi-metal oxygen evolution catalyst will rise and cause its catalytic lower. This research result has found a new direction for further optimization of the oxygen evolution catalyst, and expected to be widely used in energy conversion and storage.

 

Ammonium Metatungstate Price Affecting Factors

Under the conditions of depressed manufacturing industry, tungsten market also enters normalization ordinary. Tungsten raw material capacity stays in the constant high level. With the application of tungsten waste, end market lowers its dependency on tungsten raw material. Cost of heavy mining is increasing, it results in the irreconcilable conflicts of tungsten market.

Ammonium metatungstate price affecting factors is mainly related to raw material price, below are the analysis of those factors:

1.Tungsten raw material producing capacity is relatively at high level, supply of tungsten concentrate and APT overdue actually demanding which results in the unbalance of supply-demand relationship, it affects tungsten raw material price directly.

2.Tungsten mine cost directly affects price, heavy mining based on state-owned enterprise has high cost; medium and small mine is of lower cost. So tungsten concentrate of low price is sometimes active in the market.

3.Enterprise property of tungsten mine has effects on price as well. More than 50% tungsten concentrate originated from state enterprise tungsten mine. State-owned enterprise actively supports market place. When the price is too low, they will refuse to sell the product to protect rare metal source.

4.Capacity of tungsten concentrate is relatively centralized, more than 55% is from eight major tungsten enterprises. Since last year, three conference of the enterprises also save the market in a certain degree.

5.Through out a year, tungsten market will go through the spring supply and summer break. After spring festival, there is once confused of market, most tungsten raw material companies are reluctant to sell and hold on to see the trend of market. It results in the market’s short supply and increases of price. Summer break is often in July and August, most European countries takes summer break and stops production. The demanding is rare during this period.

AMT Picture

6.China Tungsten Industry Association and Ganzhou Tungsten Industry Association has effects on tungsten market as well. When the market is unstable, they will preserve interests of members.

7.Market guidance price of Ganzhou Tungsten Industry Association and China Minmetals Group publicized every month have effect on market price.

8.State Reserve Bureau purchasing and storage of tungsten concentrate directly affects price. Since 2013, purchasing and storage for 5 times of tungsten concentrate, 3 of them have succeeded and affects tungsten raw material price.

9.Fanya Metal Exchange purchased a lot of APT since 2014, over 30000 tons of APT is purchased in 2014. But the price keeps sliding due to the increase of capacity. The stop of purchasing and returned of goods in the market in the beginning of 2015 causes tungsten price slumps in 2015. There is still 29651 tons of APT is stocked in Fanya, the potential effect can not be ignored.

10.Tungsten concentrate trade situation. When price difference is more than profit, capita flows into tungsten concentrate market. The trade operation will also affect market. When price of tungsten concentrate is less than manufacturing cost, traders purchase a lot as inventory then sell it at high price. The sliding of price in June,2016 is the classical operation method of traders.

Besides the above factors, environmental protecting policy, resource tax reform, weather condition in main factory, main stream big enterprises shut down, etc. are all the reasons that will affect price.

 

Mesoporous WO3 Nanofibers Disease Diagnosis

WO3 nanofibers microscopic analysisRecently, scientists have prepared mesoporous WO3 nanofibers, and discovered its new feature that this material has proved to have very large applications in reliability disease diagnosis. It is reported that the team took human exhaled gas as an object, and use of protein nano-cage module sensitization of electrospinning nanofibers (NFs) for detecting its tracking biological target sensitivity and selectively. In addition, the researchers prepared mesoporous WO3 nanofibers with Pt, Pd and Rh uniformly distributed; after the precious metal catalysis, tungsten trioxide gas sensors still has outstanding sensitivity even in conditions of wet environment, gas concentration level of one-billionth. The most exciting news is that this modified mesoporous WO3 nanofibers was confirmed to have a bright future in terms of reliability of disease diagnosis.
 
The reliability of disease diagnosis is an important prerequisite for the success of health care, and relates to the latter using medical and reasonable choice of treatment. Tungsten trioxide (WO3) is a N-type transition metal oxide semiconductor material, which has excellent gas sensitivity, electrochromic, photochromic, electrochromic, gasochromic and catalytic properties, and therefore has great potential application value in fields of flat panel display, smart windows, optical devices of write - read - rub, gas sensors and catalyst. Further, the nanostructure tungsten trioxide with the specific composition and morphology has special properties, which help it applies in many meaningful practical operations.
 
In the operation process, the conventional semiconductor sensor nanoparticles requires heating to activate its properties, however, in the long-term heating condition, nanoparticles prone to reunite each other and result in the reducing of sensitive material’s specific surface area which is not conducive to the absorption of the tested gas. Study has found that the mesoporous nanofibers due to its unique geometry and high surface area to overcome the shortcomings of the traditional nanoparticle material, and to have excellent properties to effectively improve the response and recovery property of the sensitive material.

 

Tungsten Alloy Would Be for Supersonic Space Shuttle

It said that China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC) will begin to develop a high-tech aircraft, which is more efficient than the retired space shuttle. It uses a variety of power to take off from the general airport and fly straight into orbit. This power-combination space shuttle will use the combined cycle engine turbojet or turbofan engines allow the aircraft to take off from runway level. As the speed increased, it has been adjusted as the supersonic combustion ramjet. During the combustion ramjet engine set-up phase, the supersonic space shuttle will enter a hypersonic flight in "near space" office, which located at 20~100 km above sea level. Finally, the supersonic space shuttle will fly to the "near space" by using its rocket engine, then fly into the orbit. This space shuttle will not allow trained personnel easier access to space, as compared with the space launch vehicles, space shuttle accelerate its flatness, which will reduce the astronauts when it is subjected to be taken off to physical strain. This means that a version of the space shuttle can be used in space travel. At such a high temperature environment requires very high temperatures resistant metals like tungsten alloy, tungsten, copper, titanium and other materials, it is apparent the rapid progress of tungsten alloy, tungsten, copper, titanium and other materials technology will enable China to have the ability to support research and development in the field of materials technology such as ultra-high performance supersonic space shuttle.

At present, China has already had a variety of advanced solid and liquid fuels in space rockets. Even China disadvantaged in the history of the turbine engine technology, that won’t be a problem. For CASTC, the biggest challenge may lie in the integration of all relevant components into a propulsion package, so as to build a strong structure to withstand various tests such as re-entry.

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China Cemented Carbide Turn Losses Into Gains In a Quarter of 2016

According to the 54 companies’ statistics show that, a quarter of cemented carbide production is about 4590.6 tons, down 4.95%; the community did not consider the statistical data, it is estimated the country carbide production of about 5500 tons. Among them, the export cemented carbide 1288.91 tons, an increase of 1.62%; cemented carbide deep-processing products output 768.13 tons, down 17.11 percent. Carbide industry total revenue of 2.83 billion yuan, down 21.12 percent; wherein the main business income of 2.798 billion yuan, down 20.95%; to achieve profits of 168 million yuan, an increase of 25.73%; profit of 18.1355 million yuan, an increase of 66.9304 million yuan; cemented carbide exports $ 65,755,500, down 38.25 percent.

Cemented carbide also called tungsten carbide, tungsten cemented carbide or simply carbide. Cemented carbide (WC) is an inorganic chemical compound containing equal parts of tungsten and carbon atoms. It can be pressed and formed into shapes from fine gray powder, which is considered to be its most basic form. Cemented carbide is approximately three times stiffer than steel, with a Young's modulus of approximately 550 GPa, and is much denser than steel or titanium. It is comparable with corundum or sapphire in hardness and can only be polished and finished with abrasives of superior hardness such as cubic boron nitride and diamond among others, in the form of powder, wheels, and compounds.

Cemented carbide is the preferred material for parts that must withstand all forms of wear (including sliding abrasion, erosion, corrosion/wear and metal-to-metal galling) and exhibit a high degree of toughness. It exhibits high compressive strength, resists deflection, and retains its hardness values at high temperatures, a physical property especially useful in metal-cutting applications.

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British Nuclear Project Would Be Proceeded

tungsten alloy nuclear shielding tungsten alloy nuclear shielding

It is report that China called for British to proceed with a nuclear power plant project partly invested in by the Chinese firm, saying the project had firm support from London, after Britain’s new government said it would review it again.

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