The five most widely used uses of tungsten carbide

One of the prerequisites for the widespread use of tungsten carbide is that the combination of carbon and tungsten can produce many unique and excellent properties, such as heat resistance, rust prevention, scratch resistance, corrosion resistance, hardness second only to diamond, and excellent conductivity. At the same time, the overall strength can reach three times that of steel. Moreover, tungsten carbide is easy to form and can be processed into various shapes, or sprayed onto corresponding metal products using tungsten carbide spraying.
Hard alloy
For example, drilling platforms or mining platforms require a lot of hard alloys, which are places where tungsten carbide can show its potential. Currently, about 65% of tungsten carbide is used in mining drill bits or cutting materials, and a large part is reinforced with alloy or stainless steel materials through tungsten carbide spray coating.
Industrial alloys
More than 17% of tungsten carbide materials will be used to make various special alloys or composite materials. These hard alloys can be combined with nickel, iron, silver, and copper, and are applied in industries such as construction, electronics, industrial gear manufacturing, radiation shielding materials, and aerospace materials manufacturing.
Rolling mill products
Approximately 10% of tungsten carbide is used to manufacture various rolling mill products, including various end mills and rolling mill blades. These products come in different sizes and shapes, depending on the materials they come into contact with and process, but all products are used for grinding and milling. Due to the high hardness and ease of molding of tungsten carbide hard alloys, attachments can be created for precision milling applications to produce coarse-grained materials or the finest powders.
jewelry
The above three application scenarios have accounted for more than 90% of the annual application scenarios of tungsten carbide, but now tungsten carbide products have expanded into new fields, such as becoming increasingly popular in the jewelry and jewelry industry. The hardness of tungsten carbide makes it suitable for making metal parts of rings, pendants, earrings, and other jewelry. After proper cutting and polishing, tungsten carbide material is actually very beautiful and can partially replace gold jewelry products.
Surgical tools
At present, the medical industry is another important application field of tungsten carbide. Generally, the shank of various surgical knives is made of stainless steel or titanium alloy, and the blade part is generally made of tungsten carbide. This still utilizes the high hardness and wear resistance of tungsten carbide, which can effectively extend the service life of surgical knives.
Of course, in addition to the five major application scenarios mentioned above, tungsten carbide also has great applications in other fields, such as skiing poles, snowboards, fishing rods in sports, and the cutting and crushing parts of some recycling machines, all of which use tungsten carbide.