High Performance Carbide Rods

High performance carbide rods are cemented carbide rod blanks for tool manufacturers that are made of specially formulated cemented carbide grades that are designed to deliver an exceptional and predictable performance for machining a wide range of working materials.

High performance series carbide rods are available with coolant channels as well as solid rods. Carbide rods types with coolant holes are coolant blanks with a central hole, coolant blanks with a central hole and lateral exits, coolant blanks with two parallel holes, and coolant blanks with two helical holes. Solid rod blanks include cemented carbide end mill blanks, cemented carbide solid blanks, and cemented carbide ballnose blanks. Most of the high performance carbide rods are available with options including carbide grade, rod diameter, coolant hole diameter, length, finish, and chamfer.

High performance carbide rods are good for a broad variety of metal cutting applications such as corrosion and heat resistant steels, unalloyed and hardened steels, stainless steels, non-ferrous metals, and cast iron as well as nickel-, titanium -, and aluminium-based alloys.

High performance carbide rods are available in near-net shaped carbide rods, also called preforms. These custom-shaped cemented tungsten carbide blanks reduce the toolmaker's need for grinding and finishing, saving time and money. Our state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and testing enable us to produce near-net-shape preforms in complex geometries and with minimum lead times.

From high performance carbide rods you can make precision tools like drills, end mills, milling cutters, and reamers in a variety of diameters and lengths, with coolant holes or without.