Tungsten carbide mining buttons are tools made from tungsten carbide powder and binder powder that are used in the mining, oil, and gas industries. They are also known as tungsten carbide button bits or tungsten carbide mining bits. Properties
- Hardness: Tungsten carbide is harder than steel and more resistant to wear and impact
- Durability: Tungsten carbide buttons have a longer service life than steel
Uses
- Mining: Tungsten carbide buttons are used in mining, quarrying, tunneling, and civil construction
- Oil and gas: Tungsten carbide buttons are used in oil field drilling
- Snow removal: Tungsten carbide buttons are used in snow plough machines and road cleaning
Manufacturing
- Tungsten carbide buttons are made using powder metallurgy
- They are processed through high temperature sintering, shaping, grinding, lapping, and polishing
Shapes
- Tungsten carbide buttons come in a variety of shapes, including spherical, conical, ballistic, hemispherical, and more