GRADE SELECTOR GUIDE AIDS IN APPLICATION OF TUNGSTEN CARBIDE MATERIALS

General Carbide Corporation (GC) (Greensburg, PA) has created a Grade Selector Guide that is accessible on the company's website. The Guide provides a step-by-step process to arrive at the proper grade selection for tungsten carbide tooling based on the user's input to questions asked about application parameters and operating environment.

"This new online feature will save carbide tooling users valuable time," says Mona Pappafava-Ray, president of General Carbide. "If used at the outset of a project, the Grade Selector will help customers make the right decisions quickly so they can simplify the grade selection process and accelerate turnaround time for their customers. It also helps to ensure maximum wear life."

The Grade Selector works when the user identifies one of a dozen industry sectors from a drop-down menu. The user must then indicate whether the application will be subjected to thermal shock or electrical discharge machining (EDM) fabrication, key factors to help ensure that the part will not fracture. Then, by employing a set of drop-down menus, the user must indicate the importance of impact, corrosion and galling/adhesive resistance to the application. The user is then taken to a page with PDFs of the potentially appropriate grade of carbide.

Ms. Pappafava-Ray, however, encourages users to consult with GC sales engineers before deciding which grade is best for a particular application. "Because each application can be different, and operating conditions often dictate that one grade of carbide tooling may be more successful than another, customers should consult with one of our highly experienced sales engineers before selecting a tooling grade," says Ms. Pappafava-Ray.

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