Products Markets Company Sustainability Career Contact search We know hardmetal Tungsten carbide is the most important material for the manufacture of hardmetals. Features like hardness and wear resistance put tungsten carbide in a class of its own. Above all hardmetal made of tungsten-carbide and cobalt has become indispensable in many areas of industrial manufacturing today. From their discovery in the 1920s to today, hardmetals made of tungsten-carbide and cobalt have undergone an incredible development process. New production processes in all sectors of industry and increasing use of special, high-performance materials required constant adaptation to new application profiles – both for carbides and for the tools made from them. Because tungsten carbide powder influences important properties of hardmetals, H.C. Starck Tungsten Powders was closely involved from the outset in the development of hardmetals made of tungsten-carbide and cobalt. Over time, we have constantly expanded the spectrum of tungsten carbide qualities. Today we offer carbide manufacturers a broad range of raw materials that meet various demands for hardness, toughness, strength, and other important characteristics of tools and wear parts. A few facts about hardmetal Applications Cutting tools Wearing parts Mining bits Forming dies Advantages Hardness Wear resistance Strength Manufacture Hardmetals are manufactured from tungsten carbide and a binder metal such as cobalt or nickel. Tungsten carbide Tungsten carbide is ideally suited as a composite material with cobalt or nickel. Discover our tungsten carbide powders. Go to our tungsten carbide product page Tantalum and niobium carbide Our portfolio also includes powder from tantalum and niobium carbide, which can be used in the manufacture of hardmetal and cermet. Go to our tantalum and niobium carbide product page Your contact at H.C. Starck Tungsten Powders contact@hcstarck.com Contact via email Privacy Legal Notice Contact Downloads © 2021 by H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH North America H.C. Starck Tungsten LLC Europe H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH Asia H.C. Starck Nonferrous Metals Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. Group Masan High-Tech Materials Partners ChemiLytics GmbH & Co. KG Headquarters Metallurgie Park Oker (MPO) Cookies and external media Here you will find an overview of all cookies and external media used. You can give your consent to entire categories or have further information displayed and thus select only certain cookies and external media. Your consent is voluntary and can be revoked by you at any time. You can find more information on data processing under the link "Privacy policy". Caution: Only by accepting all cookies and external media can the website be displayed correctly. Essential External media Accept all Save & close settings Accept essential cookies only Individual cookie settings Cookie details Privacy policy Legal notice