AlexanderSteel balls come in a wide variety of sizes, shapes, and materials, making them useful in a wide variety of industries, from the petroleum and gas industries to the beauty industry. All the balls serve a different function. Tungsten ball, also known as tungsten ball or tungsten alloy balls, are created by combining WC powder with binders including cobalt, nickel, and other metals. Additionally, these balls are well-known for their excellent resistance to wear, extreme hardness, inflexibility, and corrosion. For this reason, we’ll be talking about a few different uses for tungsten carbide balls that include particularly harsh environments, processes, materials, and/or grades.
Tungsten Carbide Ball – Definition
Tungsten sphere ball, also known as a WC sphere or hard alloy ball, is a ball composed of WC powder bound together with elements such as cobalt, nickel, etc. Because of its exceptional durability, TC ball has earned a reputation as an industry standard. This makes it a great option for uses in which the most demanding requirements must be met.
Tungsten Carbide Ball Grades
Miller carbide offers two series of grades so that customers may choose the best one for their tungsten carbide ball needs. We recommend WC-Co grades if more wear resistance is desired. Grain sizes may be anything between 0.4 and 3 m, and the binder content can be anywhere from 6% to 25%. The wear resistance varies with the amount of cobalt, which is shown in the table below.
Durability
In the majority of corrosion-wear scenarios, the WC-Ni grades, which are resistant down to pH 2 to 3, are the best option to go with. The hard phase is still WC, but Ni has been replaced with Co, therefore the mechanical and thermal characteristics are very close to those of WC-Co grades.
Applications as well as Classifications
Surface finish is used to categorize tungsten carbide balls, both sintered and finished. Grinding and milling media, high-load bearings, precision hydraulic valves, linear bearings in slideways, measuring and checking devices, and meters all benefit from tungsten carbide balls due to their exceptional wear resistance and dimensional stability.
Applications Of Tungsten Sphere Ball
Tungsten For Heavy Machinery
The wear resistance and hardness of tungsten make it a desirable material for a variety of ball applications. Due to their superior performance and reliability, they are often used in industrial equipment. They are significantly stronger than stainless steel and chrome, but they are also much more flexible, making them ideal for use in heavy equipment and activities.
Industrial spray
In addition to their employment in heavy equipment, tungsten balls have found widespread use in an industrial spray for routine tasks. They assist in controlling the flow in accordance with the necessary specifications. They are also flexible enough to be scaled up or down depending on the nature of the required raw materials. In addition, it saves money by not squandering the effective insecticides it uses.
Applicators
As a bonus, its high melting point makes it non-brittle and simple to work with. The high melting point of this material makes it ideal for use in applicators. The characteristics of metals like iron and nickel may be improved when combined with the tungsten alloy balls. Even among tungsten balls, carbide balls have the most widespread usage in industrial settings. Ball screws, flowmeters, bearings, valves, tracers, gauge tips, and a great many more applications need this material.
Ballizing
Ballizing is a low-cost alternative to sizing that may be used to polish metal holes and tubes. And if you squeezed a big ball through a small one, it would instantly shrink to the size you specified. Furthermore, you may get precise measurements and get rid of tool marks by pushing a high precision ball through a tiny metal hole.