Every manufacturing sector uses carbide cutting tools due to their density and heat resistance. While steel may be cheaper, no alloy of steel can match the utility of carbide alloys. Tungsten carbide alloy is three times stronger than any steel and titanium carbide is 30 percent more wear resistant. Some carbide cutting tools are hybrid designs with carbide alloy tips on steel shafts.

Machine Shop
Lathes, die stamps, drills and many other machine tools all use carbide bits to shape metal. The carbide alloys are stronger than steel and are able to shed heat at a great rate. This enables faster rates of operation and the ability to work with harder metals. From a business perspective, carbide tools give greater uptime and versatility than normal steel tools.

Mining
Mining machines use cemented carbide button bits. The button bits slot into the head of the boring machine. The individual carbide tips grate against the rock face and shuck off rock chips. Carbide alloys last longer then steel alloys, are more corrosion resistant and withstand greater amounts of heat. Some mining operations involve spraying water to keep down dust and cool off the drill tips. Steel tips rust fast in this environment, so carbide tips are used when possible.

Emergency Services
Fire and rescue serves use carbide cutting tools to help free trapped individuals. Carbide tipped saws and drills are able to cut faster than steel tipped tools. This enables emergency services to rescue people faster and expose the rescue crews to less danger. Carbide alloys are also lighter than steel ones, which helps lessen the load rescue personnel have to carry.

Fine Arts
Carbide cutting tools also have a number of advantages in fine arts. Carbide blades are able to cut with less effort, which means there is less risk of inadvertent cuts. In addition, the greater resistance to heat allows you to use the tool on harder materials such as stone or gems. The strength of the carbide alloys also allow for smaller tools for finely detailed work.


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The Army has stopped producing so-called "green" training rounds, because of research showing that the bullets' main ingredient-tungsten may be more toxic than previously thought.But that element, tungsten, is also in an array of other ammunition and munitions, as well. Which means all sorts of rockets, missiles, and anti-tank rounds may present an environmental hazard and a health risk.

Tungsten was introduced to weaponry as an alternative to depleted uranium, or DU — itself an alleged toxin.

But scientists later learned that embedded tungsten alloy fragments can cause tumors. A 2007 memorandum from the Under Secretary of Defense advises that "in light of our present knowledge of the potential health risks associated with tungsten/nickel/cobalt alloys, please have your acquisition managers and munitions developers and researchers consider alternative materials in developmental munitions programs." The discovery that tungsten, by itself in the environment, is also hazardous may escalate things to a new level.


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When mixed with black carbon, tungsten carbide is created.

General Process
The compound is made by heating pulverized tungsten with black carbon, when hydrogen is present. Temperatures range from 2,550 to 2,900 degrees F or 1,400 to 1,600 degrees C. A common method for making the compound was developed in the 1920s in Germany and involves mixing powered tungsten carbide with cobalt. This mixture is then made into the required shape and heated to 2,550 to 2,900 degrees F or 1,400 to 1,600 degrees C. This heat melts the tungsten carbide partially, working as a cement. These tungsten carbide-cobalt creations are known by the names Carboloy and hardmetal.

Another Process
The tungsten and carbon is made into a powder using a pulverizer. The materials are then placed into a crucible and heated using an arc of electricity. The two materials then combine creating the tungsten carbide.


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When the edge of tungsten carbide milling tool cuts into the workpiece, sudden impact will cause the vibration of the tool. The generation of cutting force primarily depends on the thickness of the chip, the thickness and the feed become into a certain proportion. The tool vibration initially induced will change subsequent chip thickness, and then when the cutting force changes, in turn, it causes the vibration of the processing system intensifying, the thickness may also continue to increase. The direction and change of the cutting forces largely determine the vibration trend. Such regenerative vibration is also called tremor, if not suppressed, and the variation of the cutting force will increase, so the surface roughness decreases after cutting, it results in joint cutter, and even causes damage to the tungsten carbide milling tools, furthermore, adversely affects on machine tool spindle.

Therefore, you must inhibit cutting force drastically changing in the beginning of the cutting so as to suppress the vibration trend, which is the main reason of using vibration-controlling tool. However, in many cases, this is achieved by optimizing structural parameters of tungsten carbide milling tool. Establishment of desirable model is one of the main bases for developing new insert geometries. Subsequently, the advanced FEM simulation shows a lot to answer, it relates to unit design of edge line, rake angle and chip breaker as well as development and optimization of new features of the cutting edge on the tungsten carbide milling tool rake face . This is largely based on a vibration waveform which is calculated by the measured modal parameters.


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