Revolutionary's Tungsten Carbide Cutting Insert

A privately held company makes high-performance metal cutting tools and tool holding systems at its Hayfield Township complex off Route 198, just west of Saegertown.

Tungsten carbide cutting insert and related products are used to cut various grades of iron, stainless steel and high-temperature specialty metal alloys. Its latest innovation is insert, a phase-toughened ceramic insert designed to mill, turn and groove the most difficult materials used in manufacturing at high speeds.

A proprietary phase-toughening ceramic manufacturing process was developed in creating insert, resulting in predictable, wear- and thermal-shock-resistant ceramic cutting inserts, according to the company. The insert is twice as strong as company's WG-300 insert — an item that changed machining when it was introduced in 1985, according to the company.

Tungsten carbide cutting inserts' applications are ideal for use in interrupted cuts, removal of scale, roughing, semi-finish and finish cuts in heat-resistant superalloy materials, cast irons, nodular irons, ductile irons, steel alloys and stainless steels.

“Right now we’re just introducing the product,” Karli Carpenter, spokeswoman for the company, said in an email. “Although it’s very promising, we don’t have a forecast yet concerning growth.”

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