High Performance Carbide Rods

Cemented tungsten carbide rods and grades designed to provide toolmakers with outstanding performance and tool life across a wide range of applications.

High performance carbide rods are tungsten carbide rod blanks that are designed to deliver outstanding and reliable performance across a wide range of applications. This is due, in large part, to products in Hyperion’s High Performance Series being manufactured with exceptionally tight, industry leading specifications, delivering very consistent and repetitive behavior when machining. These cemented carbides are the first choice for anyone looking to balance tool life and performance in medium to large production volumes.

 

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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 Cemented carbide rod coolant hole blank with chamfer

Dimensions: Metric or Imperial

Description: Cemented tungsten carbide coolant blank with central hole and lateral exits. Options on rod diameter, coolant hole diameter, length, number of exits, finish, and chamfer.

Hyperion cemented carbide coolant rods 1 central hole with lateral exits

Dimensions: Metric or Imperial

Description: Cemented tungsten carbide coolant blank with two parallel holes. Options on rod diameter, coolant hole diameter, length, finish, and chamfer.

Hyperion cemented carbide coolant rods 2 parallel holes

Dimensions: Metric or Imperial

Description: Cemented tungsten carbide coolant blank with two helical holes. Options on rod diameter, coolant hole diameter, length, helix angle, pitch, finish, and chamfer.

Hyperion cemented carbide rod 2 helical coolant holes

Hyperion Code: RU, RD

Dimensions: Metric or Imperial

Description: Cut to length cemented tungsten carbide solid blank with options on cemented carbide grade, rod diameter, length, finish, and chamfer.

Hyperion Cemented carbide rod RD DM

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 Cemented carbide rod RD SR open tolerance

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 Cemented carbide rod RY GM

High Performance Carbide Grades and Grade Description

 

Hyperion H10F


Grade H10F offers superior consistency batch to batch in combination with strength, toughness, wear resistance, and edge sharpness.

Hyperion H6N


Grade H6N is recommended for rotary tool applications in the C2 (ISO K20) range. It exhibits excellent performance when machining a wide range of materials.

Hyperion H12F


Grade H12F offers greater edge toughness in operations requiring superior edge security and reliability.

AF K40 UF


Grade AF K40 UF is a consistent universal grade that offers high hardness, high bending strength, and high toughness.

AF K20 CF


Grade AF K20 CF offers high wear resistance.

AF K34 EF


Grade AF K34 EF offers a very high hardness. It is recommended for processing of high hardness materials (up to 60 HCR), high speed cutting, and dry chipping.

AF K44 EF


Grade AF K44 EF is characterized by both high hardness and high flexural strength.

 

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Frequently Asked Questions about High Performance Carbide Rods

What are 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.

Which types of carbide rods are available within the High Perfomance Series?

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.

What applications are high performance carbide rods good for?

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.

Are high performance carbide rods available in preforms?

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.

What tools can be made from high performance carbide rods?

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.