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3 Carbide Rod Blank Designs to Address Challenges in Titanium Machining

3 Carbide Rod Blank Designs to Address Challenges in Titanium Machining

Machining titanium is notoriously challenging due to its low thermal conductivity, which can lead to rapid tool wear, thermal deformation, and workpiece distortion. Additionally, the long, abrasive chips produced during titanium machining further increase friction and heat, placing significant strain on cutting tools.

Carbide Carbide Rods

Troubleshooting Elephant Foot Issues

Troubleshooting Elephant Foot Issues

The production of high-quality two-piece aluminum beverage cans requires meticulous attention to detail. One common challenge faced by can manufacturers is the formation of defects, such as elephant foot, which can significantly impact product quality and yield.

Precision EDM Blocks for Optimized Electronic Stamping

Precision EDM Blocks for Optimized Electronic Stamping

In the demanding landscape of electronic manufacturing, precision and efficiency are paramount. Stamping technology, a critical component of connector production, relies on high-performance tooling to meet the rigorous requirements of modern applications. EDM blocks, the foundational material for stamping tools, play a pivotal role in determining overall manufacturing efficiency and product quality.

CraftAlloy™ Carbide Core Pins: Improve Core Deflection and Tool Life

CraftAlloy™ Carbide Core Pins: Improve Core Deflection and Tool Life

An independent study conducted by the Plastics Engineering Technology (PLET) program at Penn State Erie – The Behrend College has validated the superior performance of Precision Solutions by Hyperion’s CraftAlloy™ tungsten carbide core pins in plastic injection molding compared to traditional stainless steel options.

Revisiting DZ07: Enhancing Performance in Expanding Applications

Revisiting DZ07: Enhancing Performance in Expanding Applications

Carbide grade DZ07 was initially developed to meet NORSOK’s updated carbide specifications for components and tooling used in the oil and gas industry. However, the exceptional mechanical properties have proven DZ07 to be valuable in meeting the evolving needs of critical components in a variety of other demanding applications outside its initial scope.

Boosting Sic Wafer Processing Performance

Ultra-Fine Diamond Slurry Boosts SiC Wafer Processing Performance

To meet the surging demands of the innovative electronic industry, manufacturers face the unique challenge of developing high-powered semiconductors faster and more efficiently. Emerging materials like silicon carbide (SiC) have garnered significant attention due to their superior properties, enabling lower energy consumption, faster switching, and extended battery life. SiC is a high-quality material frequently used in semiconductor chip production; however, tool manufacturers face a challenge refining their SiC wafer production processes and material removal methods to unlock the full potential of this material.

Cermet Saw Tip Blanks Catalog

Cermet Saw Tip Blanks for Challenging Sawing Conditions

Toolmakers constantly strive to develop high-performance tooling for challenging sawing conditions. Choosing the correct material grades and blanks can be the difference between utilizing a tool that lasts longer and performs consistently or a tool that breaks down quicker due to extreme heat conditions, wear and tear, and cutting forces.

Carbide Sawing Carbide Metal Cutting

Custom Insert Blanks Catalog

Full-Service Supplier for Customized Insert Blanks

From carbide and cermet grade selection to preform creation, Hyperion Materials & Technologies controls the value stream from powder to final sintered blanks, so toolmakers can accelerate final tooling insert production. As the world’s leading manufacturer of customized insert blanks made from cemented carbide and cermet material, Hyperion designs specialty carbide and cermet insert blanks for specific customer situations, leveraging its premium portfolio of industry-proven grades.

Carbide Gears Hobs & Blanks Carbide Metal Cutting Research and Development

Boost Steel Mill Performance with CIC™

Boost Steel Mill Performance & Efficiency with CIC™ Technology

Modern steel mills face the constant challenge of balancing productivity, efficiency, and product quality to remain competitive and meet the growing needs of global markets. Traditional rolling equipment, such as conventional composite rolls and rolls made of cast iron or steel, has served the industry well, but faces inherent performance limitations in the harsh conditions of steel production.

How Spike Nickel Diamond Coatings Enhance Ceramic Grinding

How Spike Nickel Diamond Coatings Enhance Ceramic Grinding

The demand for reinforced ceramics has seen steady growth in key markets where technology, safety, and performance are crucial. The aerospace and automotive industries have increasingly adopted reinforced ceramics, such as silicon carbide (SiC) or silicon nitride (Si3N4), due to their performance advantages, weight reduction, and improved efficiency over traditional ceramic materials. Reinforced ceramic materials boast a significantly lower density than traditional high-temperature alloys, resulting in an excellent alternative material for engines to enhance fuel efficiency and travel range.

Electric Vehicle Battery & Fuel Cell Production

Unlock Efficiency in Electric Vehicle Battery & Fuel Cell Production

The recent growth in demand for electric vehicles (EV) and fuel cell technologies necessitates high-volume production of intricate battery and fuel cell components that prioritize precision and efficiency. Hyperion Materials & Technologies’ rotary die cutting solutions empower manufacturers to achieve cost-effective and scalable manufacturing to meet the increasing demand for clean energy vehicles.

5 Considerations when Selecting Fiber Placement Blades

5 Considerations when Selecting Fiber Placement Blades

Choosing the right AFP or ATL blade is essential to support aerospace manufacturing efficiency. Learn the five key factors to consider when selecting blades.

Eliminating Common Necker Match Gap Issues in Can Production

Eliminating 3 Common Necker Match Gap Issues in Can Production

Match gap on the necker is defined as the radial clearance between necking die inner diameter and the knock-out outer diameter. Knowledge of the match gap and how it is impacted by production can resolve common necker spoilage issues.

From Powder to Preforms

Your 1-Stop Shop for Carbide Rods, Precision Ground to Your Specifications

From carbide grade selection to preforms creation, Hyperion Materials & Technologies makes it as easy as possible to accelerate your tooling production. Toolmakers can focus on the finishing details that add value to cutting tools while Hyperion ensures the quality of carbide rods and tailored preform finishing.

4 Strategies to Prevent Cutting Tool Quality Failure

4 Strategies to Prevent Cutting Tool Quality Failure

Cutting tool quality failures pose significant risks to toolmakers due to their potentially severe repercussions, such as substantial financial losses, operational disruptions, and severe reputational damage. Toolmakers can make some easy evaluations about their supplier’s quality and safety processes to minimize the risk of quality failures.

Compaction Press Tooling

PM Compaction Press Tooling for Consistent, High Quality Parts

Compaction press tooling for powdered metallurgy requires engineering expertise and high-precision manufacturing to create effective pressed components. Dura-Metal Products Corporation, a vital part of Precision Solutions by Hyperion®, has over 50 years of experience developing the critical components to make effective PM compaction press tooling that meets the requirements of demanding components manufacturers.

Choosing the Right Blank Supplier

Choosing the Right Blank Supplier for your Next Insert Project

For toolmakers focused on their next metal cutting insert project, choosing the best insert blank supplier to provide high-quality insert blanks can be difficult. This decision can significantly impact operational efficiencies and competitive edge. How should you select a quality, reliable supplier of carbide tool blanks? Should you source from a specialized supplier solely focused on blank production or rely on a supplier who produces blanks and final tools that compete with the inserts they manufacture?

Carbide Gears Hobs & Blanks Carbide Metal Cutting Research and Development

Micro Drilling Tooling: How Precision Engineering Boosts Performance in the Micron Realm

Micro Drilling Tooling: How Precision Engineering Boosts Performance in the Micron Realm

Attention to detail becomes increasingly crucial as tool size decreases, up to measuring precision and performance in micrometers for micro drilling tooling. Only specialized and precision driven carbide rod suppliers can create tailor-made performance carbide rods that meet the high-quality standards and production efficiency that the micro drilling world requires.

Carbide Carbide Rods

Submicron PCD Blanks Boost Wire Drawing Productivity for High-Strength Steel Cord Wires

6 ways Submicron PCD Blanks Boost Wire Drawing Productivity for High-Strength Steel Cord Wires

With a heightened demand for the development of heavier vehicles such as electric vehicles and SUVs, tiremakers are constantly looking for ways to develop stronger, safer, and lighter tires. To achieve longer-lasting tires, tiremakers require high-tensile wires. High-tensile strength wires can be very difficult to draw consistently due to the stability and wear resistance needed throughout the wire drawing process.

Wire Drawing Carbide Metal Cutting PCD

5 Ways PCD Improves Productivity & Performance for Woodworking Tools

PCD Helps Boost Woodworking Productivity & Tool Performance by Maximizing Tool Longevity and Cost Savings

In a fast-paced world where mass production, speed, efficiency, and precision are necessary, choosing the correct material to meet the rigorous demands of woodworking tools is critical for toolmakers.

Optimum Cup Size & Diameter Reduction

Optimum Cup Size & Diameter Reduction

Achieving optimal can production requires a delicate balance between material usage, forming efficiency, and final product quality. This article explores the critical role of drawing ratios and diameter reduction in two-piece can manufacturing, explaining the theoretical background, practical considerations, and the impact on cup size selection.

Troubleshoot High Hardness and Low Elasticity in Aerospace Tooling

Troubleshoot High Hardness and Low Elasticity in Aerospace Tooling

In the dynamic world of aerospace manufacturing, precision and reliability are paramount. Titanium, with its exceptional properties of high hardness, strength, and corrosion resistance, stands as a cornerstone material for aerospace applications. However, creating high-performance tools for machining titanium presents unique challenges. Toolmakers have constant pressure to provide innovative aerospace tooling solutions to improve machining efficiency, reduce cycle times, and enhance overall productivity.

4 Ways Regrinding a Rotary Cutter Can Save You Money

4 Ways Regrinding a Rotary Cutter Can Save You Money

In this article, the rotary cutters team at Hyperion Materials & Technologies explores the significant financial benefits and environmental impacts of regular resharpening and regrinding maintenance for manufacturers who utilize rotary cutting and slitting solutions.

Understanding Steel Cord Mechanics for Longer-Lasting Tires

Understanding Steel Cord Mechanics for Longer-Lasting Tires

The rapid expansion of the electric vehicle market and the growing demand for larger cars such as SUVs have increased the need for high-quality steel cords in tires. This demand is driven by the increased weight of these vehicles and the ongoing research into longer-lasting tires. Understanding the mechanics of steel cord reinforcement and utilizing the proper super-hard materials to develop high-tensile wires is critical in delivering longer-lasting tires.

Wire Drawing Carbide Metal Cutting

Cemented Carbide Nibs Catalog

Cemented Carbide Nibs Catalog

The Hyperion Materials & Technologies carbide nibs catalog details a complete portfolio of cemented carbide die blanks for ferrous and non-ferrous wire drawing applications. This catalog includes a full range of standard dimensions with impeccable geometry providing tight dimensional tolerance and perfect coaxiality and meeting point, including the R-Series, DIN, ISO, JIS, EDM, and large die blanks, as well as offerings including as-sintered, outer diameter ground, and cased rough core drawing nib blanks.

Carbide Wire Drawing Carbide Metal Cutting

How Copper & Silver Coated Diamonds Boost WC Flute Grinding Life

How Copper & Silver Coated Diamonds Boost WC Flute Grinding Life

WC (tungsten carbide) flute grinding is a manufacturing process of extremely hard and wear-resistant material that shapes the grooves or channels for cutting tools to maintain a sharp edge during heavy use. These flutes are essential for chip evacuation during machining and ensure proper chip flow, better surface finish and overall tool performance. However, WC flute grinding involves removing a significant amount of material from the tool, which generates heat buildup, affecting tool life and performance.

3 Steps to Supply Chain Security for Tool-Grade Tungsten Carbide Rods

3 Steps to Supply Chain Security for Tool-Grade Tungsten Carbide Rods

The availability of carbide rod blanks plays a crucial role in meeting your customers’ delivery requirements for drills, endmills, reamers and other cutting tools. The ability to deliver and receive carbide rod blanks on time depends on a complicated global supply chain ecosystem, built on limited mining of natural resources, geographic and political considerations, and the ability and location of the manufacture and stocking of carbide rods.

Carbide Carbide Rods

Hyperion enables improved silicon carbide wafer production with reduced CMP polishing

Hyperion enables improved silicon carbide wafer production with reduced CMP polishing

The surging demand for SiC in the booming semiconductor market pushes toolmakers to fine-tune their production methods constantly. Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP) is a critical stage in the SiC wafer processing stage that removes possible surface defects in the SiC Wafer. However, a time-sensitive process often serves as a bottleneck that impacts efficiency output. Hyperion offers an innovative solution, a submicron diamond slurry that improves SiC Wafer production by reducing the final CMP stage up to 50%.

Optimizing Coolant Channels in Tool Design

4 Coolant Hole Considerations That Help Maximize Round Tool Performance

In high heat or high friction applications, heat dissipation and chip evacuation play a critical role in the performance of your cutting tool. Coolant channels can help mitigate these challenges, and choosing the right coolant hole geometry allows you to tailor tool performance to meet your customers’ needs.

Carbide Carbide Rods

Analysis & Troubleshooting of Can Punch Failure Modes

Analysis & Troubleshooting of Can Punch Failure Modes

Optimal performance of the can punch is dependent on two key factors: meticulous design and proper bodymaker working conditions. The synergy between a perfectly designed can punch and properly configured bodymaker can lead to improved performance and significant cost savings for can makers.

Advantages of broad product portfolio

Advantages of a supplier with a wide range of standard coolant carbide rods

As a toolmaker, you have to meet the diverse needs of end users and ensure the utmost efficiency and performance. Therefore you rely on dependable suplliers such as for carbide rod blanks with coolant channels.

Carbide Carbide Rods

Importance of Surface Finish and Geometry: Reduce Tear off Rates with Proper Ironing Die Design

The Importance of Surface Finish and Geometry for Reducing Tear off Rates with Proper Ironing Die Design

The ironing process in the bodymaker machine is a critical step for the manufacturing of drawn and wall-ironed aluminum cans. To ensure the production of high-quality can bodies with low tear off rates, proper ironing die design is essential. Two of the most important factors to consider for designing optimized ironing dies are geometry and surface finish.

RTP Powder Brochure

Download RTP Powder Brochure

Hyperion Materials & Technologies' Ready-to-Press Powder brochure includes a wealth of information about many standard and custom carbide grades.

Carbide Research and Development

4 Considerations When Selecting Between PCD & Carbide for Your Wire Drawing Process

PCD vs Carbide: What Material is the Best Option for your Wire Drawing Application?

The wire drawing process can be extremely complicated, because it causes a significant strain on both the wire being manufactured and the die used to form it. If the process is handled correctly, you avoid premature breakage, scratching, microcavities on the surface or severely stressed wire that is difficult to draw.

Carbide Wire Drawing Carbide Metal Cutting PCD

Precision Solutions by Hyperion™: The Hard Line

Precision Solutions by Hyperion™: The Hard Line

Precision Solutions by Hyperion™, a business unit of Hyperion Materials & Technologies, specializes in the precision manufacturing of hard and ultra-hard components. Carefully formed and curated over the past few years, Precision Solutions has become the leading provider of high-precision components to a wide range of industries, including the aerospace, energy, automotive, medical, electronics, and general industrial sectors.

Research and Development

Importance of Differential of Friction on Can Body Ironing

Reduce tear-offs with optimal differential of friction and can punch texturization

A well-designed ironing process to form the can body will improve the quality of the can, reduce the rate of tear-offs, and improve the overall performance of the entire can making line.

Benefits of a non-rival supplier

The Benefits of Using a Blank-only Supplier

When it comes to the manufacturing of carbide tools, toolmakers face a crucial decision: Should they source carbide tool blanks from a specialized supplier that solely focuses on blank production, or should they rely on a competitor who produces both blanks and final tools? Specialized, blank-only suppliers offer unique benefits for carbide toolmaker when compared to blank suppliers who also manufacture tools that compete with your end-product.

Carbide Carbide Rods

Carbide Grade CR9C Showing Exceptional Corrosion and Cavitation Resistance in Subsea Applications

Carbide Grade CR9C Showing Exceptional Corrosion and Cavitation Resistance in Subsea Applications

The harsh environment of subsea drilling poses significant challenges to the energy industry and the toolmakers that serve it. With the high operating costs of subsea platforms and concerns about safety and reliability, the use of reliable, high-performance materials in these environments is paramount.

Carbide Research and Development

How CBN Boosts Honing Productivity in Automotive and Oil & Gas Applications

Hyperion's Innovative CBN Grade Boosts Honing Productivity

Honing is an essential manufacturing process for finishing precision components and producing engine components such as valves, cylinder block liners, pipes, tubes, and pump parts within the automotive and oil & gas industries.

6 Key Factors to Consider When Producing a High-Quality Saw Blade

6 Key Considerations to Improve How You Produce a High-Quality Saw Blade

High-quality saw blades are more useful than ever, especially for the woodworking, metalworking, stone and construction, and fabrication industries. Toolmakers constantly aim to create consistent, high-quality saw blades because of their superior cutting performance, which delivers precise and accurate cuts over various cutting applications, and their durability, which helps produce efficient and cost-effective cutting tools.

Sawing Carbide Metal Cutting

Reduce risk of can defects through proper cupper match gap design

Reduce risk of can defects through proper cupper match gap design

A well-designed match gap on the cupper press lays the foundation for creating a high-quality aluminum can body by producing defect free cups.

PCD Increases the Productivity of Machining CFRP for the Aerospace Industry

PCD Increases the Productivity of Machining CFRP for the Aerospace Industry

Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) is a composite material widely used in the aerospace industry due to its high strength-to-weight ratio. It offers a range of benefits, including weight savings, corrosion resistance, fatigue resistance, design flexibility, and improved fuel efficiency. These benefits make CFRP an attractive material for aerospace applications where high performance and efficiency are critical.

PCD Research and Development

Coolant Rods improve performance

Four ways carbide rods with coolant channels improve your performance

Explore the cutting-edge technology behind carbide rods with internal coolant channels and witness how they are improving machining operations. Uncover the multitude of benefits, from superior performance to extended tool life and precise results

Carbide Carbide Rods Research and Development

Benefits of Diamond Coating

The Benefits of Diamond Coating For Creating High Performance Carbide Tools

Don't miss the opportunity to explore the unique solution of diamond-coated 10% cobalt carbide and the validated grades K10F and K06F. Take advantage of Hyperion's expertise in cemented carbide and diamond coatings to engineer tools that optimize productivity and tool life.

Carbide Carbide Rods Research and Development

Carbide Rods Applications and Grades

How to Choose your Carbide Grade

Tools made of tungsten carbide are used in a variety of industries and applications, due to their high strength, hardness, and resistance to wear and heat. But how do you select from all the available carbide grades the carbide grade for your tool application?

Carbide Carbide Rods Research and Development

DZ18 Can Tooling TechNote

Can manufacturers can reduce downtime for changeovers by up to 98% with grade DZ18 carbide

The global demand for cans continues to increase as beverage companies introduce new product categories and consumers shift to aluminum as a more sustainable beverage package. As a result, can manufacturers are challenged with producing a growing number of can sizes while also increasing productivity.

Can Tooling Research and Development

Vassena Filiere Case Study

Case Study: Hyperion Uses Additive Manufacturing to Help Customer Develop Extra-Long Drawing Die

Vassena Filiere S.R.L., a leading supplier of wire drawing dies based in Italy, was inspired to manufacture a new pressure die to improve wire lubrication and drawing performance.

Wire Drawing Research and Development

DZ07 Carbide Grade TechNote

DZ07 Carbide Grade Meets NORSOK Requirements

Changing requirements for balancing mechanical properties of impact resistance and erosion resistance in oil and gas drilling are influencing the tools and components used in upstream oil and gas operations. Experts at Hyperion have innovated a new carbide grade to meet these requirements.

Carbide Research and Development

Carbide Rods Catalog

Hyperion Carbide Rods Complete Portfolio

Download our carbide rod catalog to browse our complete product portfolio, including rods and preforms from AFC Hartmetall and Hyperion.

Carbide Carbide Rods

UPM Diamond Improves Tool Life

UPM diamond powder improves semiconductor processing

One scratch or chip on the dicing edge could lead to a total loss of value to an entire silicon or silicon carbide (SiC) wafer, making it essential to utilize high-quality material to process the semiconductor material.

Diamond Research and Development

Compax™ PCD Wire Die Catalog

Compax™ PCD Wire Die Catalog

The Compax PCD wire die catalog from Hyperion Materials & Technologies offers a complete portfolio of polycrystalline diamond die blanks for wire drawing non-ferrous applications. This catalog includes a full range of Compax die blanks, including self-supported, carbide-supported, and sub-micron die blanks.

Wire Drawing Diamond Carbide Metal Cutting

Fluorescent industrial diamonds filling gaps in unlikely applications

Fluorescent industrial diamonds filling gaps in unlikely applications

Hyperion Materials & Technologies has developed expertise in producing diamonds with specific defects, or color centers, that can provide tailored properties required by a customer’s specific application.

Diamond Research and Development

Expertise in traditional drilling applications provides boost to emerging technologies such as geothermal energy

Expertise in traditional drilling applications provides boost to emerging technologies such as geothermal energy

Helping companies get better at responsibly and efficiently extracting resources and producing energy is fascinating work that can lead to developing new solutions for emerging technologies, including geothermal energy.

Borazon™ CBN Catalog

Abrasives Catalog: Borazon™ CBN

The Borazon™ CBN catalog from Hyperion Materials & Technologies offers a completed portfolio of cubic boron nitride abrasives to meet the needs of tool makers. This catalog of Borazon CBN products includes cBN superabrasives for vitrified, metal, resin, and electroplated bond systems to best fit your application needs.

Micron Products Catalog

Micron Products Catalog

The micron products catalog from Hyperion Materials & Technologies offers a complete portfolio of diamond and cBN micron-sized abrasives to meet the needs of tool makers. This catalog includes diamond powders and cBN powders for demanding applications in grinding, polishing, lapping, and finishing hardened ferrous and nonferrous materials.

Expertise in materials science yields higher performing PCBN grades for hard part turning

Expertise in materials science yields higher performing grades for hardened steel machining

Cutting tool performance demands continue to evolve as toolmakers require higher performing products to turn increasingly challenging hardened steels.

PCBN Research and Development

BZN™ Compacts Tool Blanks and Inserts Catalog

BZN™ Compacts Tool Blanks and Inserts Catalog

Download our BZN™ Compacts Tool Blanks and Inserts catalog to browse our complete line of high quality polycrystalline cubic boron nitride (PCBN) products.

Hyperion’s engineers develop smart solution for rotary cutter operations

Hyperion’s engineers develop smart solution for rotary cutter operations

Download our latest TechNote to learn more about our innovative IQUT solution.

Rotary Cutters Research and Development

Compax™ PCD Tool Blanks and Inserts Catalog

Compax™ PCD Tool Blanks and Inserts Catalog

Download our Compax™ PCD Tool Blanks and Inserts Catalog to learn more about Hyperion's superior polycrystalline diamond (PCD) products.

R&D develops new process to produce larger Versimax blanks

R&D develops new process to produce larger Versimax™ blanks

Find out how Hyperion Materials & Technologies' R&D experts developed larger Versimax™ blanks.

PCD Research and Development

Sawing Applications Brochure

Sawing Applications Brochure

Hyperion Materials & Technologies offers a complete portfolio of cemented carbide and cermet saw tip blanks for circular, hole, band, and chain saw applications. This catalog includes a complete description of Hyperion’s material grades and saw tip and strip blanks used in stainless, mild, and alloy steel working and other nonferrous applications.

Carbide Sawing Carbide Metal Cutting

Compounds & Slurries Brochure

Compounds & Slurries Brochure

The diamond compounds and slurries catalog from Hyperion Materials & Technologies offers a complete portfolio of diamond and cBN micron-sized powder and liquid paste for lapping and polishing ferrous and nonferrous materials.

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