Tungsten Carbide Grades & 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 covered.

For advice and assistance on applications that are not covered in the chart, our experienced engineers will be happy to help and if you if you require more information on material grade compositions please contact us.

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Dymet Grade	ISO Code	Minimum Transverse RuptureN/mm2	Hardness Hv30	Density g/cm3	Material Properties	Typical Applications
DF3	K01	1400	2000	15.25	Excellent / Severe Wear	– Compacting and fine wire dies – Sand blasting nozzles
DF100	K01/K05	1600	1900	13.5	Excellent / High Wear	– Centrifuge Tiles – Post Bushes & Liners, Wear Sleeves – Mould Liners, Nozzles
DF6	K10	1800	1750	14.9	Excellent Wear	– Forming & Compaction Dies – Cutters, Strips Weld Roll Blankets – Turks Head Rolls, Wire Flattening Rolls – Roller End Plates, Workrest Tips – Bar Hammers, Impact & Wear Plates – Punching Dies, Centrifuge Plough Tips – Shearing Knives – Agricultural Plough Tips
DM6	K20	1900	1600	14.9
DC7	K30	2200	1450	14.8
DF10	M30	2000	1600	14.5	Good Wear / Light Impact	– Forming & Compact Dies – Cutters, Strips, Weld Roll Blanks – Turks Head Rolls, Wire Flatterning Rolls – Roller End Plates, Workrest tips – Bar Hammers, Impact & Wear Plates – Punching Dies, Centrifuge Plough Tips- Shearing Knives – Agricultural Plough Tips
D10	K40	2400	1350	14.5
DC10		2450	1250	14.5
D13		2500	1250	14.2	Good Wear / Medium Impact	– Die Punches, Guillotine/Shearing Tips – Punches, Slitter & Cut Edge Rings – Brass and Bronze Blanking
DF15		2400	1350	14.1	Good Wear / Medium Impact	– Lamination Dies, Ironing Dies – Scroll & Forming Dies – Forming Blocks – Stamping Punches – Crush Rolls, Stump Grinding Tips
D15		2550	1200	14.0
DC16		2600	1050	13.95
D17		2600	1150	13.9	Good Wear / Medium-Heavy Impact	– Tooling for Spring Tooling, Coiling Points – Heavy Punching Operations – Compacting Tips
D20		2700	1000	13.5	Heavy Impact	– Heavy Impact Blanking, Heading Dies – Metal Forming Rolls – Straightening Dies, Coining Dies
D25		2800	925	13.0	Severe Impact / Shock	– Cold Heading Die Insert & Blanks – Extrusion – Nail Gripper Dies
DN6		1700	1550	14.85	Excellent Wear / Corrosion Resistant	– Choke Valves & Flow Trim Assemblies – Plain Male/Female Bearings, Sleeves – Nozzle, Target Tils, Mechanical Seal Rings
DN10		2000	1250	14.5	Good Wear/ Higher Impact than DN6 Corrosion Resistant	– As for DN6 – Can tooling – Battery tooling
DS1		1400	1650	11	Steel Machining grades for turning and milling ferrous metals that product long chips
DS2		1700	1600	12.4
DS3		200	1400	13.5