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The Carbide Journal.

Practical, no-fluff notes on sourcing, grade selection, tool economics and materials science — written by the same engineers who run our furnaces and grinders.

JR/105 min read

Sustainability

18 Mar 2026

Your Worn Carbide Is an Asset: The Case for Reclaim & Recycling

With virgin tungsten scarce and pricey, that bin of dull inserts is one of the highest-value scrap streams in your plant. Here's how carbide recycling works — and why it pays.

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JR/115 min read

Quality

11 Mar 2026

How to Choose a Tungsten Carbide Manufacturer: Trust, but Verify

In a tight, high-priced market, corner-cutting creeps in. How to tell a real carbide manufacturer from a trader — and five things to insist on before you place the order.

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JR/126 min read

Mining

19 Feb 2026

Faster Metres, Longer Bit Life: Matching Carbide Button Bits to the Rock

The same button bit that flies through soft shale gets destroyed in hard granite. How to match button shape, grade and drilling parameters to your formation.

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JR/135 min read

Applications

11 Feb 2026

Tungsten Copper, Explained: EDM, Switchgear & the Electrification Boom

Where you need copper's conductivity and tungsten's toughness in the same part, tungsten copper is the answer. A field guide to its applications as the world electrifies.

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JR/146 min read

Materials

28 Jan 2026

Carbide, HSS, Ceramic or PCD? A Buyer's Guide to Tool Materials

Tungsten carbide isn't always the answer — but it's the right answer more often than not. How carbide stacks up against HSS, ceramics, cermets and PCD.

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JR/155 min read

E-Mobility

9 Jan 2026

Tooling the EV Transition: Carbide's Quiet Role in Electric Mobility

Every electric vehicle is machined into existence by carbide it never contains. As EV output climbs through 2026, so does demand for the tooling behind it.

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