Wherever tools and components are exposed to high levels of wear and tear – especially in costly industrial plants or high-end machines – hard-metal offers advantages such as:
- reater hardness,
- longer tool-life,
- longer running and production-time,
- better quality tools and parts,
- greater system, operational, and process-reliability, as well as
- high heat-resistance.
Just one example: grinding mandrels
Using mandrels made of hard metal means lower unit-costs and at the same time higher quality for you – despite higher purchasing costs than with steel. Hard metal is stiffer, dampens vibrations better, and has nearly no thermal-expansion in comparison to steel. This means you benefit from longer grinding wheel service life (fewer wheel changes), shorter cycle times (cooler grinding, higher removal rate), greater dimensional-accuracy and better surface-quality.