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Tungsten Carbide Grade Applications

Illustrated below are some examples of the typical applications where Dymet tungsten carbide sintered carbides are used. These by no means represent the complete range of applications available.

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Dymet Grade

ISO Code

Minimum Transverse Rupture N/mm2

Hardness Hv30

Density g/cm3

Material Properties

Typical Applications

DF3

K01

1400

2000

15.25

Excellent
Severe Wear

- Compacting & fine wire dies
- EDM wire guides,
- Sand blasting nozzles

D100

K01/K05

1600

1900

13.5

Excellent wear

- Choke valves
- Pump parts

DF6

K10

1800

1750

14.9

Excellent wear
Light impact

- Seal & slitter rings
- Planer knives

DM6

K20

1900

1600

14.9

- Reamer blanks
- Ceramic dies
- Compacting powder metallurgy
- Non-ferrous & cast iron Machining

DC7

K30

2200

1450

14.8

- Fibre glass
- Burnish rings

DF10

M30

2000

1600

14.5

Good wear

- Tab tooling
- Stamping, compacting & canning dies

D10

K40

2400

1350

14.5

- Compacting, knurling & dies
- Wire draw, necking & lamination dies

DC10

2450

1250

14.5

- Shearing knives
- Ironing rings & mandrels

D13

2500

1250

14.2

Good wear
Medium impact

- Stamping punches
- Lamination, extrusion, compacting & draw dies
- Slitter & cut edge rings
- Draw mandrels
- Brass and bronze blanking

DF15

2400

1350

14.1

Good wear
Medium impact

- Lamination, ironing, scroll & forming dies

D15

2550

1200

14

- Stamping punches

DC16

2600

1050

13.95

- Crush rolls

D17

2600

1150

13.9

Good wear
Medium-heavy impact

- Punching thick materials
- Heavy punching operations
- Compacting tips

D20

2700

1000

13.5

Heavy impact

- Heavy impact blanking
- Heavy coining operations

D25

2800

925

13

Severe impact
Shock

- Cold heading applications
- Nail gripper dies

DN6

1700

1550

14.85

Excellent wear
Corrosion resistant

- Sleeves
- Bearings
- Nozzles
- Valve trim
- Seal rings

DN10

2000

1250

14.5

Good wear
Higher Impact than DN6 Corrosion resistant

- As for DN6
- Can tooling
- Battery tooling

DS 1

1400

1650

11

Steel machining grades for turning and milling ferrous metals that produce long chips

DS 2

1700

1600

12.4

DS 3

2000

1400

13.5

 
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