Ready-to-press (RTP) powder is a free-flowing powder that enables efficiency and precision in different pressing applications. Ready-to-press powders are made using a binding agent and specific additives. These are precisely combined and processed to create optimal flow characteristics for compacting the powder into the desired form.
At Ultra-Met, we have been developing our ready-to-press powders over the years, honing our formulations to manufacture high-quality RTP products for our clients. Our team has the knowledge and experience to deliver a quality ready-to-press powder that matches your exact specifications, with standard and custom grades available to meet your unique requirements. Keep reading to learn more about RTP powders from Ultra-Met Carbide Technologies.
Tungsten Carbide Ready-to-Press Powder
At Ultra-Met, we manufacture quality RTP powder using a state-of-the-art batch weight system to ensure consistency. Our team utilizes a propriety water-based process that is environmentally friendly and does not use any volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Our RTP powder can be made with either cobalt, nickel, or hybrid binders (the element responsible for holding the substrate together after sintering) based on your specifications and the performance demands of your application.
Tungsten carbide ready-to-press powder is shaped into spherical granules using an advanced spray drying process that gives the powder excellent flowability. This process involves:
- Formulating, precisely measuring, and adding the specific form of tungsten carbide to a ball mill to make a slurry.
- This slurry is then spray-dried and cooled using advanced technology, which creates a fine metal powder.
- As it comes out of the spray dryer, each granule is spherically shaped to optimize flow characteristics during pressing.
Tungsten carbide ready-to-press powder has excellent spherical morphology and flowability, with minimal residual moisture after spray-drying. This makes it a highly valuable material in the production of sintered cemented carbide products such as solid cutting tools, drilling tools, mining tools, downhole tools, wear parts, and other precision components. By using a paraffin-based slurry, spray drying is also an environmentally friendly process, with the only outputs being water vapor and the carbide powder.
Ready-to-Press Powder at Ultra-Met
Tungsten carbide ready-to-press powder is an ideal starting material for the production of cemented carbide parts, with specific formulations used to achieve the necessary combination of strength and durability. To guarantee the quality of the RTP powder you purchase, it is essential to partner with an experienced manufacturer you can trust. It’s also important to consider the process they use and how they can help you achieve your specific performance goals.
At Ultra-Met Carbide Technologies, we are committed to providing our customers with quality and consistency in every order, which is why our RTP goes through a rigorous manufacturing process. We’ve been supplying premium quality blanks to toolmakers and fabricators since our inception in 1965 and are now the leading independent U.S.-based manufacturer of custom-molded tungsten carbide powder products. From design through manufacture, we work with our customers to deliver quality products at the lowest possible cost to enhance their operations. This includes small batch grade development for 5kg, 15kg, or 50kg batches.
Feel free to contact us today to learn more about our products and services or to request a quote for your project.