Tungsten Carbide Preforms

TUNGSTEN CARBIDE BLANKS & TUNGSTEN CARBIDE PREFORMS

At Basic Carbide, we provide the personalized service and technical help you need to ensure your project's success. We produce various sizes and shapes of tungsten carbide products, serving the needs of many industries: Oil & Gas, Automotive, Mining, Manufacturing, Beverage & Aerosol, Housing, Medical, and Recycling.

We can supply our products as tungsten carbide preforms or custom manufacture your tooling, wear parts, or specialty components complete and finished to specifications.

Flexible, fast, and reliable, Basic Carbide is an industry leader in working to meet our customers' specialized needs, including producing custom grades when needed.

Our tungsten carbide preforms product lines include

• Seal Rings
• Saw Blades
• Drill Blanks
• Milling Tool Blanks
• Roto Knives
• Wear Parts

Custom-Made Tungsten Carbide Preforms

Basic Carbide's capabilities include custom-made tungsten carbide preforms and custom carbide grades when required.

• Our engineering team creates detailed models for your specified preforms. Once engineered, our computerized models help maintain product consistency and allow for fast turnaround on repeat orders.
• Our blending and testing services take raw materials and create high-quality carbide grades for state-of-the-art tooling and industrial production.
• Pressing, shaping, and sintering produces very hard cemented carbide blanks and preforms ready to be worked into finished tools.

Our quality assurance protocols include a visual check and dimensional and metallurgical inspection before packaging and shipping.

LARGE PREFORMS
Basic Carbide can produce tungsten carbide preforms of approximately 20 inches (508 mm) in diameter and up to 44 inches (1117.60 mm) in length.

Our unique hydraulic press plant allows us to produce high-volume runs while being globally competitive.

Exact limits depend on the configuration of the parts.

HIGH QUANTITIES
Basic Carbide produces high-quantity runs for select parts. The configuration and size of the part determine its suitability for mechanical pressing.

Tooling charges may apply if specialized tooling is necessary.

SPECIAL REQUESTS AND PROCESSING
We often perform special processing, such as installing soft plugs for tapping, cobalt-treating surfaces to facilitate brazing, special sintering for Wire E.D.M. processing, and sinter-H.I.P. processing.

Our Tungsten Carbide Preforms Special Processing:

• Installing soft plugs for tapping
• Cobalt-treating surfaces to facilitate brazing
• Special sintering for Wire E.D.M. processing
• Sinter-H.I.P. processing

CUSTOM CARBIDE GRADES
When needed, Basic Carbide produces custom grades of carbide for interested customers.

Custom blending requires a minimum quantity or total weight produced. Customers may also inquire about leftover custom-grade lots.

RUSH ORDERS
In addition to our capabilities, we provide fast quotes and deliver a quick turnaround of parts for urgent orders. We ensure quality assurance in every situation.

We can work with our customers to better serve their needs. For more information on any of our capabilities, please get in touch with our Sales Department sales@basiccarbide.com or use our contact form.

With fast quoting and rush turnaround in emergencies, Basic Carbide Corporation is a reliable partner in meeting your carbide tooling needs. To learn more, call us at 1-800-426-4291 or use our contact form today.

Custom Made Tungsten Carbide Preforms

• Seal Rings
• Can Tooling
• Forming Rolls
• Powder Compacting
• Stamping
• Saw Blades
• Dies
• Cutters
• Drill Blanks
• Bushings
• Rods
• Oil Field

• Slitter Knives
• Bed Knives
• Rotor Knives
• Wear Parts
• Punches
• Automotive
• Milling Tool Blanks
• Balls
• Seats
• Nozzles
• Plates

Carbide Grade Chart

Quality Assurance Program