Tungsten Carbide Cutting Tool Consumption Trend in Automobile Industry

Tungsten carbide cutting tool ranks first among the cutting tools chosen by automobile manufacturers in China due to its high hardness, which perfectly meets the requirements of automobile parts materials. It almost accounts for about 64.1% of all cutting tools being used in the automobile industry.
 
The automobile industry adopts mass production and flow-line production, with relatively stable machining condition. It has very demanding requirements towards the cutting tools’ machining efficiency, service life and stability. In recent years, with the wide application of light-weight materials like aluminum alloy, compound materials, etc, in automobile manufacturing industry, tungsten carbide cutting tools have also found an increasing application in it.  
 
The machining of modern automobile manufacturing industry and the cutting tool technology it adopts are all developing rapidly, and many advanced technologies have been applied. They are of great differences from those in the past in aspects like machining technology, cutting method, cutting tool structure, material and coating, etc. New cutting tool structure and new cutting blades with new-type cutting edge and geometry are developed. In order to improve productivity and reduce blade changing times, various kinds of tungsten carbide compound cutting tools are applied in automobile parts machining, which meets many special requirements of machining. 
 
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Tungsten Carbide Cutting Tool Market Condition

Tungsten carbide cutting tool market in China is one of the very few globalized markets around the world. Most of the fairly large cutting tool companies have set up offices in China or sell their products through commercial agents. Cutting tool products from America, Germany, Japan and other countries can be seen everywhere in the market. However, tungsten carbide cutting tool market in China has relatively low industry concentration, which mainly stems from the low bars for the cutting tool industry. Many small enterprises can start tool production with just a few lathes. When the market is booming, the demand for low-end products generally exceeds their supply, which accelerates the decentralization of cutting tool industry.
 
Overall, tungsten carbide cutting tools are consumables, and thus in spite that there are no new machine tools being put into the production lines, where new cutting tools may be needed, old machine tools still need new cutting tools.
 
The tungsten carbide cutting tool industry maintains high-speed growth currently, but behind the high growth rate of cutting tool industry in China, there actually exists some problems. Some enterprises make exorbitant profits through producing inferior products based on cheap labor power at the expense of environment.
 
In recent years, many high-end technology developments have brought about new requirements on the tungsten carbide cutting tools. For example, with the development of automobile industry, new cutting tools are born at the right moment. Technically speaking, the cutting tools have the development tendency of heavy load, compounding, specialization, standardization, high speed and diversification in variety, etc. In the field of aerospace manufacturing, with the wide application of difficult-to-machine materials like titanium alloy and high temperature alloy, questions like how to select correct cutting tools and how to perform effective and high-quality machining by using those cutting tools have become more and more urgent for the whole tungsten carbide cutting tool industry to answer.

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Tungsten Market volume was light, the market vulnerable stability maintenance

Tungsten market: Tungsten Market volume was light, the market vulnerable stability maintenance, dragged down by continued weakness in demand, the actual turnover is still slightly Yindie, but near the end of many businesses wait wait November guided the introduction of tungsten concentrate turnover continued to light, the market decline or more limited, tungsten powder along with business confidence declining shipments will gradually increase prices, the market is also emerging low-cost resources, materials or stable recently tungsten mainstream market slightly lower.

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Tungsten ore market continues to light, or continue weakening ore price

Tungsten concentrate market turnover continued to light, the mainstream offer temporary steady, but the actual low, dropping slightly, the current price of tungsten concentrates slightly down compared to last week, 500-1000, mainly interval low dropping, the high cost reduction, customer inquiry are concentrated in the range of low-cost and continued to suppress the inquiry. Wolframite is concentrated in the mainstream 9.2-9.4 yuan / ton, the mainstream market scheelite concentrate in 9-9.2 yuan / ton.

On the one hand, mining more than normal start, even though production has begun to pay attention to control, but with the history of the accumulated inventory, tungsten ore spot supply is still growing. On the other hand, the buyer purchases cautious, and more on-demand small purchases, and it is understood Pan Asia Shouchu nearing completion, downstream tungsten demand increasingly shrinking. He increased this reduction, tungsten increasingly fierce market supply and demand, is expected to post weaker ore price or continue.


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Tungsten Products sidelines temporarily stable, powder running low

After temporarily stable tungsten products prices fell. Currently tungsten steel offer 260 yuan / kg, high-purity tungsten 290 yuan / kg, due to the low prices steady powder, tungsten products prices have not dropped, coupled with low downstream demand, so businesses will lower prices are not high. Expected short-term market or tungsten products continue to stabilize.

Tungsten powder and tungsten carbide market vulnerable stability maintenance, currently concentrated in the actual transaction between 244-245 yuan / kg. Because of tungsten concentrates and other raw materials prices continue to decline, resulting powder business confidence declining shipments will gradually increase prices, low-cost resources are also emerging on the market, the overall market appears vulnerable.


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Kennametal's New Development of Beyond Tungsten Carbide Inserts

Recently, Kennametal, as the leading tungsten carbide inserts producer, exhibited at the IMTS 2014 show and announced the introduction of a range of new Beyond Drive tungsten carbide inserts specifically designed for cast irons, steels, and stainless steels that make up many critical components over a variety of industries. Like all of Kennametal’s Beyond™ line of products, Beyond Drive inserts feature a proprietary post-coat surface treatment that improves edge toughness, reliability, and depth-of-cut notch resistance, and a micro-polished surface to reduce friction and workpiece sticking (BUE). A fine-grained alumina layer allows for increases in cutting speed, improving productivity and reliability at high cutting temperatures.

With Beyond Drive tungsten carbide inserts, adding a new titanium oxy-carbonitride outer coating (TiOCN) not only increases wear- and abrasion-resistance, its bronze colour is also an effective wear indicator. Depending on the application, field tests are showing anywhere between 30% and 125% more parts per edge.

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All new Beyond tungsten carbide inserts are CVD (chemical vapour deposition) coated, but whereas conventional CVD coatings are under tensile stress, Beyond tungsten carbide inserts undergo a proprietary post-coat treatment on all surfaces to reduce this stress, which improves coating adhesion and reduces micro-chipping. More uniform and reliable wear of the cutting edge results in improved and more consistent tool life. “Together with the right geometry, we’ve seen big improvements in cutting performance and tool life in both internal and field tests,” stated Manuel Sedan, Senior Product Manager, Turning Products, at Kennametal.


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Tungsten Market volume was light, the more sluggish demand

Tungsten market: Today tungsten market volume was light, and the prices temporarily to smooth the main, increasing demand for tungsten concentrates was no positive factors, but with the acquisition of APT's Pan Asia near the end, the latter's demand for raw materials tungsten concentrate more depressed, tungsten concentrate mainstream market is still weak. Waste tungsten market sentiment is still pessimistic side, low-cost ship strong, the overall market remained weak. Recent market mainstream tungsten concentrate is expected to remain weak.

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Tungsten ore market temporarily disadvantaged stability maintenance, late or still slipped

Today, tungsten market volume was light, and the prices temporarily to smooth the main, but dragged down by weak demand for tungsten products continued to show the actual turnover dropping trend. Today, the main ore price stability maintenance, cautious business operations, strong bearish mentality, regardless of downstream buyers or traders cargo hold, now guided the introduction of multi-wait wait, is expected this week or steady smaller ore price drop.

It is understood that the mainstream price wolframite concentrate on 9.2-9.5 yuan / ton, the mainstream price of scheelite concentrate at 9-9.2 yuan / ton, and the price gradually more concentrated in the range of low, late ore prices rebounded hard see support, is expected to post much scheelite price fell below 90,000 risk.


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Waste low tungsten prices temporarily stable, the overall market remained weak

Weekly opening, tungsten concentrate prices temporarily stable operation, waste tungsten market sentiment remains pessimistic side, low-cost ship strong, the overall market remained weak. With the approaching end of the financial pressure will gradually increase, coupled with the expected bearish market outlook is expected to scrap tungsten market or short-term bias will continue to run.

Waste tungsten temporarily stable prices low. Currently scrap tungsten drill mainstream transaction price excluding tax concentrated in the 175-178 yuan / kg, imported scrap tungsten blades and drawing dies 168-170 yuan / kg, domestic waste tungsten blade 157-160 yuan / kg. 70 degrees above the grinding tungsten scrap material 1.59-1.63 yuan / kWh, 50-70 degrees 1.49-1.59 yuan / kWh, 30-40 degrees 1.39-1.44 yuan / kwh.

Overseas tungsten City decline slowed. The 24th in the evening MB ferrotungsten Rotterdam offer 38.5-39.5 US dollars / kg tungsten, transient stability; paratungstate Europe offer $ 325-345 / ton degrees, highs $ 5; quoted in Hong Kong remained at $ 340-365 / ton degrees. Overall decline narrowed, expected short-term overseas tungsten City or continue weak adjustment.


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Tungsten ore traders lack of confidence, liquidity pressure

Tungsten market: tungsten ore traders lack of confidence, liquidity pressure, shipments will increase. However, final demand is not good, prudent tungsten smelter home operation, strict control of raw materials and product inventory, purchasing Scheelite intention is not strong, and continue to suppress the inquiry, post-tungsten ore market price or steady small drop. Ferrotungsten downstream market demand remained weak, high-speed steel, special materials are rarely smelter recently purchased home, leading manufacturers in recent months ferrotungsten active low, the market overall operating rate. Short-term market is expected to temporarily difficult to improve.

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