Industry solutions

Carbide performance for wear-critical applications.

Extramet Products supports buyers who already know the application matters as much as the part drawing. A carbide grade that works in one machine may fail early in another if impact, abrasion, corrosion, heat, or finish requirements are different.

Use this section as a practical starting point. Choose the closest industry, then share the drawing, grade requirement, current wear issue, quantity, and inspection needs so the Extramet team can review the best path.

Automotive

Carbide components for forming, tooling, locating, and repeat production.

Energy

Wear-resistant components for power, flow-control, and production equipment.

Food packaging

Durable carbide for cutting, slitting, sealing, and packaging-line wear points.

Medical equipment

Precision carbide blanks and components for medical manufacturing support.

Oil and gas

Carbide wear parts for abrasive drilling, pumping, and flow environments.

Need help matching a carbide part to the application?

Send the drawing, current material, failure mode, and operating environment. Extramet will review whether stock material, a blank, a ground component, or a fully manufactured part is the right fit.

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Why industry context matters

A carbide component is rarely selected from the drawing alone. A pin used for locating, a punch used for piercing, and a sleeve used in abrasive flow may all need different grade priorities even if the dimensions look simple. Industry context tells the team what the part touches, how often it cycles, whether impact is present, and which failure mode is most expensive.

Wear mode

Abrasion, erosion, sliding contact, impact, and corrosion each point toward different material decisions.

Part geometry

Thin edges, long pins, heavy sections, and small features all affect grade, grinding, and inspection planning.

Production reality

Prototype work, repair urgency, and repeat production need different quote details and schedule conversations.

Food Packaging

Greater productivity for the food and packaging industry. The valves used in the industrial homogenization of milk are subject to tremendous wear. Partnering with a Swiss leader in milk processing, we found several productivity-enhancing solutions.
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Automotive

Extramet is particularly experienced in developing and producing tools for the automotive industry and may deservedly be called the top tungsten carbide partner in the automotive sector.
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Medical Equipment

Tungsten carbide has proven to be the metal alloy above all others that possesses the physical properties, versatility, and usefulness to stand up to the needs of healthcare professionals across the world.
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Oil & Gas

Extramet is one of the best suppliers to the oil and gas industries, where the durability of hard metal products makes them suitable to use in the hostile subsea engineering environment. Tungsten carbide is used to manufacture extremely hard wearing components such as control valves, liners and bearing housings for use in exploration and flow control applications.
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Energy

Extramet hardmetal components deliver exceptional performance under challenging conditions – quality is engrained in everything we do and every component we touch. We are committed to providing responsive, localized support to our customers.
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Aerospace and Defense

Aerospace industry requires a long-lasting and reliable material in the construction and implementation of various machinery and equipment. Tungsten Carbide is providing a material that is changing the way the aviation industry produces parts.
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