Tungsten steel belongs to cemented carbide, also known as tungsten titanium alloy. The hardness can reach 89-95HRA. Because of this, tungsten steel products (commonly tungsten steel watches) are not easy to be worn, hard and not afraid of annealing, but are brittle.
The main components of cemented carbide are tungsten carbide and cobalt, which account for 99% of all components, and 1% is other metals, so it is also called tungsten steel.
It is often used in high-precision machining, high-precision tool materials, lathes, impact drill bits, glass cutter bits, and tile cutters. It is hard and not afraid of annealing, but it is brittle. Belongs to rare metals.
Tungsten steel (hard alloy) has a series of excellent properties such as high hardness, wear resistance, good strength and toughness, heat resistance and corrosion resistance, especially its high hardness and wear resistance, even at a temperature of 500 ℃ Basically remain unchanged, still very high hardness at 1000 ℃. Cemented carbide is widely used as materials, such as turning tools, milling cutters, planers, drill bits, boring cutters, etc., for cutting cast iron, non-ferrous metals, plastics, chemical fibers, graphite, glass, stone and ordinary steel, and can also be used for cutting resistant Hard-to-process materials such as hot steel, stainless steel, high manganese steel, tool steel, etc. The cutting speed of the new cemented carbide is hundreds of times that of carbon steel.
Tungsten steel (hard alloy) can also be used to make rock drilling tools, mining tools, drilling tools, measuring tools, wear-resistant parts, metal abrasive tools, cylinder linings, precision bearings, nozzles, etc.