Carbide is a derivative of hard metals. If we trace back in History, hard metal was extensively used in industrial operations and ventures till the onset of the industrial revolution. With changing needs and aspirations of the people, researchers went on to create a much harder substance, harder than the hard metals. Scientists named this invention as carbide. Later, years of relentless research revealed that if Iron (Fe) is reacted with harder carbide substances, the resultant is a harder tool. Carbide cutting tools are used for cutting and shaping some of the sturdiest substances. Most of these tools have carbide coating at the end of the tip of that tool has the end of the tool. Just after the invention of this device, the industrial revolution embraced the new technologies and also carbide cutting fixtures. The carbide cutting tools proved to be absolute necessity in the industrial applications due to its worthy and wide use. This kind of tools, generally, prefers use of particles of carbides like the tungsten carbide, titanium carbide and tantalum carbide grains and a host of other carbide derivatives. The process in which carbide cutters are prepared involves heating of carbide in a furnace up to a temperature of at least 1400 degrees Celsius. This makes such kind of devices extremely useful even in extreme temperatures. Application areas: To manufacture machine To shape a wide range of tools To produce prototypes from metal To remove material from an uniform block of metal To lend cutting edge finished output Carbide cutting tools find extensive applications in chemical industry as they are resistant to strength, heat and chemical reactions ( most of the times) To cut hard metals like steel and iron To prepare metal molds and castings To prepare cutting devices for shaping plastic or wood To prepare screws, nuts and bolts Benefits of Carbide Cutting Tools: - It is highly rigid and tough thus helping its primary cause; To cut harder metals Its unmatched resistance against abrasions Resistant to thermal deformations hence materials with low boiling point are also worth shaping with it High modulus of elasticity hence justifies its use in the molding of relatively soft materials Chemical inertness helps to stay 'noble' while dealing with some of the most fiercely active metals. Chemical inertness helps the cutter people to get their due output without probability of adulterants whatsoever High torque index that makes it faster than other tools available in the industry High compressive strength makes it easier to work with metals and crystals. Carbide cutting tool tips are an amalgam from a compound of carbon and tungsten chemically known as tungsten carbide. Tungsten carbide is harder than most metals and is regarded as 'stable' towards chemical reactions. Hence carbide is very much popular as a cutting tool because of its hardness along with its chemical inactiveness. Source: GOARTICLES