Cemented Carbide Balls

Cemented carbide balls are a unique category of balls because it is manufactured in a sintering process, whereupon the metal powder is formed under extreme heat and pressure. Cemented carbide balls are extremely hard. The manufacturing technique makes cemented carbide ball substantially more expensive than other materials, but practically inert. Their relative inertness makes them extremely resistant to interaction with various liquids and alloys. Cemented carbide balls can be found in heavy machinery applications, since they are much stronger than stainless steel or chrome. Particularly, cemented carbide balls have been used in industrial sprayers to regulate the flow of fertilizers or pesticides to crops.

Cemented Carbide Balls
Due to the strength of cemented carbide, the balls are frequently used in the downhole tool industry for hardbanding. These are critical applications for the petroleum drilling industry.

Cobalt binder cemented carbide is in many ways an ideal material for ball production. Its hardness and stiffness allows the production of extremely accurate balls, with very fine control of final size. The material is extremely stable and these properties make cemented carbide balls the ideal choice for reference standards in metrology. Equally, the same properties make the balls and ideal choice for all applications where wear rates need to be low.

Applications of Cemented Carbide Balls

Cemented carbide balls are used where extreme hardness and wear resistance is required. Use of cemented carbide balls is basically seen for heavy machinery applications. The main reason for using tungsten carbide ball in heavy machinery is because of their performance and stability. Cemented carbide balls are much stronger than chrome or stainless steel; it also makes it flexible and easy to use for heavy operations.

Apart from heavy machinery, cemented carbide balls has also been used for other applications like industrial sprayers. Industrial sprayers make use of such balls for their daily operations. Cemented carbide balls regulate the flow according to the requirement. In short the flow of spray can be adjusted (increased or decreased) according to the requirement of specific crops. Cemented carbide balls also contribute in saving of excessive usage of pesticides, wastage is avoided.

The petroleum drilling industry also uses cemented carbide balls for their applications. Cemented carbide balls are multitasking tools that have been tested and tried for various industrial applications. Strength of the balls helps in hardbanding down hole tool. Cemented carbide balls keep the pressure intact and ensures the entire process to be completed in the expected manner.Cemented carbide balls are also one of the critical applications of the petroleum mining industry.

They are commonly used in ballizing. Ballizing is a fast low-cost process to sizing and finishing tubing and holes in metal. Pressing a slightly oversized tungsten carbide ball through the unfinished hole brings the hole up to desired size in seconds. Pressing a high precision tungsten carbide ball through an undersized hole in metal is to eliminate tool marks and to obtain dimensional accuracy. As the ball passes through the hole it does not remove material, but compresses it to form a much improved work hardened surface and a large improvement in hole tolerance.