Tungsten Carbide Coating

Tungsten Carbide Coatings are used in many wear applications like Abrasions, Erosion comes into the picture with various industrial components. The materials applied with this process give an extremely good life compared to not using them. This is an economical solution where maintenance cost, Components cost, and manufacturing cost go high.

While tungsten carbide is a hard, brittle ceramic it is typically combined with Nickel, Cobalt and/or Chrome when used as a coating. This Cermet composite coating combines the ductility of the metallic material with the high hardness of the ceramic tungsten carbide which results in the excellent properties associated with this coating.

Tungsten carbide can be applied using various processes including the detonation gun (d-gun) and high-velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF).

Additionally, the HVOF thermal spray process results in relatively customizable coatings because the wear resistance, strength, and hardness depend on the volume fraction and grain size of the particles and on the types and ratios of the metallic binder used. This allows you to adapt the hardness and other properties of the carbide coatings to meet specific needs for a given item.