Application Specific Carbide Rods
Application Specific carbide rods are special tungsten carbide rod blanks engineered for toolmakers that deliver high-performance tools that will be used to machine in specific challenging conditions. Hyperion’s Application Specific carbide rod grades empower toolmakers to create drills, reamers, endmills, and other round tools that achieve reliability, consistency, and high-quality results while machining high-hardness metals, titanium, corrosion-and heat-resistant steel, or in applications where a diamond-coated tool is required.
Application Specific carbide rods grades support toolmakers to design round tools that set them apart in challenging customer applications. Hyperion’s Application Specific carbide grades support goals by providing blanks that:
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Are resistant to cracking and chipping in extreme heat conditions created by heat-resistant superalloys (HRSAs) and other advanced materials
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Improve coating efficiency in tooling that uses chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond coating
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Improve machining in titanium and stainless-steel materials applications, where corner chipping is a risk
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Increase machining productivity when working hardened steel (> HRC60) for mold and die applications
Product Series
Hyperion Code: RM, RD
Dimensions: Metric or Imperial
Description: Cemented tungsten carbide coolant blank with central hole. Options on carbide grade, rod diameter, coolant hole diameter, length, finish, and chamfer.
Hyperion Code: RU, RD
Dimensions: Metric or Imperial
Description: Cut to length cemented tungsten carbide solid blank with options on carbide grade, rod diameter, length, finish, and chamfer.
Hyperion Code: RD SR
Dimensions: Metric or Imperial
Description: Long cemented tungsten carbide solid blanks (320 mm) with options on carbide grade, rod diameter, and finish.
Hyperion Code: RY
Dimensions: Metric or Imperial
Description: Cut to length cemented tungsten carbide solid ballnose blanks. Options on carbide grade, rod diameter, length, and finish. Ground to finished diameter available.
Hyperion Code: RM, RD
Dimensions: Metric or Imperial
Description: Cemented tungsten carbide coolant blank with central hole. Options on carbide grade, rod diameter, coolant hole diameter, length, finish, and chamfer.
Hyperion Code: RU, RD
Dimensions: Metric or Imperial
Description: Cut to length cemented tungsten carbide solid blank with options on carbide grade, rod diameter, length, finish, and chamfer.
Hyperion Code: RD SR
Dimensions: Metric or Imperial
Description: Long cemented tungsten carbide solid blanks (320 mm) with options on carbide grade, rod diameter, and finish.
Hyperion Code: RY
Dimensions: Metric or Imperial
Description: Cut to length cemented tungsten carbide solid ballnose blanks. Options on carbide grade, rod diameter, length, and finish. Ground to finished diameter available.
Engineered to Perform, Tailored to the Workpiece Material & Application
Application Specific carbide rod blanks are engineered to meet the needs of specific, challenging applications to deliver a competitive advantage to toolmakers and peak performance to end users. Each Application Specific carbide rod grade is tailored to improve performance under different conditions or in different materials. Because of this, toolmakers can select a grade that is designed to optimize specific edge integrity, sharpness, and productivity in a wide range of situations.
Application Specific carbide rod blanks are designed to produce drilling and reaming tools and end mills to work high-hardness metal, titanium, corrosion- and heat-resistant steel, or dealing with diamond coated materials.
The video below details the performance benefits of using Application Specific carbide grade AM10F that was engineered to excel when machining HRSAs and other challenging materials that maintain high strength at extreme temperatures, experience work hardening, and cause galling.
A Broad Product Portfolio Available in Stock
Application Specific carbide rod blanks are available in a wide range of solutions to optimize tool and customer requirements. The offering includes solid carbide rods, carbide rods with coolant channels, and end mill blanks, and ball nose carbide blanks.
Hyperion also manufactures High-Performance carbide rods designed to provide toolmakers with outstanding performance and tool life across a wide range of applications.
Frequently Asked Questions about Application Specific Carbide Rods
Application specific carbide rods are special tungsten carbide rod blanks engineered for toolmakers that deliver high-performance tools machining in specific, challenging conditions. Hyperion Materials & Technologies offers application specific carbide rod grades to achieve reliability, consistency and high-quality results for a range of specific tooling needs, including the machining of high-hardness metal, titanium, corrosion- and heat-resistant steel, or dealing with diamond coated materials.
Application specific carbide rods are available with coolant channels as well as solid rods. Carbide rods with coolant channels are available in multiple options, including coolant blanks with a central hole, coolant blanks with a central hole and lateral exits, coolant blanks with two parallel holes, 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 application specific carbide rods are available in customized options, including the choice of carbide grade, rod diameter, coolant hole diameter, coolant hole type and density, length, finish, and chamfer.
Talk to Hyperion’s experts for a personalized consultation on which is the best carbide rod for your specific needs.
High performance carbide rods are designed to provide toolmakers with outstanding performance and tool life across a wide range of applications. Their performance may be exceeded by application specific carbide grades in more challenging applications. Application specific carbide rods are meant to create this same outstanding performance, tool life consistency and reliability when machining high-hardness metal, titanium, diamond coated material, or corrosion-and heat-resistant steel.
For toolmakers, the portfolio of application specific carbide rod grades supports the development of unique tooling for unique applications that can drive a premium in the market due to longer life and better reliability in typically difficult applications.
Application specific carbide rods are engineered for toolmakers that deliver high-performance tools for machining high-hardness metal, titanium, corrosion- and heat-resistant steel, or diamond coated materials and chemical components that require extra attention.
Yes, select application specific carbide rods have immediate availability. A short delivery time is also ensured thanks to Hyperion's production sites based in both Europe and North America. Talk to Hyperion’s experts to check the current stock options or sign up to receive the up-to-date stock list twice a week.
