WC-Co hard scrap
WC-Co cemented carbide hard scrap
A mix of segments, blocks, inserts and other discarded carbide parts.
COMPLETE MATERIAL OVERVIEW
Cemented carbide, tungsten and production waste we purchase
We have divided the overview according to the actual material type: sintered cemented carbide, production and fine fractions, composite tools, tungsten alloys and HSS. This lets you quickly find the correct category without searching the entire catalogue.
Turning inserts – a separate category:
if you have used VBD, carbide inserts or cutting inserts from CNC machining, go to turning insert purchasing. Complete steel turning tools with a brazed tip belong to the category
turning tools.
QUICK GUIDE
Hard scrapSK/VBD inserts, drills, end mills, dies, drawing dies and wear parts
Soft scrapSludges, filters, filter cartridges, chips, dusts, powders and green scrap
Composite toolsCarbide bonded to steel, brazing alloy or another carrier
Tungsten and alloysW, WNi, WCu, coils, wires, pieces and production residues
HSSHigh-speed steel, drills, end mills, taps and chips
01 · Hard scrap – sintered cemented carbide
Solid materials containing WC-Co / WC-Ni and other sintered carbide parts. They may be clean, coated, worn, cracked or part of larger assemblies.
Carbide inserts, VBD and turning insertsWC-Co hard scrap – dies, punches, wear partsdrills, end mills, reamersbrazed turning toolsroad milling bits / milling picksmining bits and mining partsMorgan Rolls / mill rollsdrawing dies and diespunchesforming and pressing toolswear parts and wear-resistant partshousings, inserts, seats, nozzlescarbide balls and grinding mediarods, blanks, semi-finished parts and rejectsoversized hard scrapmicrodrills and PCB drillsrotary burrs / carbide burrscountersinks and centring toolsplaner and profile knivescarbide cutting ringsprecision engineered partsguides and guide bushingssealing and sliding ringsnozzles and wear-resistant inserts
02 · Soft scrap – fine and production fractions
Materials that do not look like conventional carbide tools but may contain significant amounts of tungsten and binder metals. Composition, moisture, oil and impurity content are crucial for this group.
grinding and production sludgesfilters, filter elements and cartridges from carbide tool productioncarbide chips and swarfshavings / turningsdusts and sweepingsunsintered powdersnon-conforming powderspressed unsintered rejects / green scrapproduction sedimentspress scrap / press breakagegreen scrap from pressingnon-conforming RTP / powder mixes after assessmentfine production fractions and collected dust
03 · Composite and technically demanding materials
The material does not need to be cleanly separated in advance. We purchase and, for selected assemblies, technologically process carbide bonded to steel, brazing alloy or another carrier.
Morgan Rolls on steel shaftscarbide tips on steel bodiesbrazed carbide on steelreal brazed carbide photoslarge mining and drilling headssawing and woodworking tools with carbideforming tools and composite partsmixed inventory stockcarbide parts from saw toolspressing and forming assembliesrepaired and welded wear components
04 · Metallic tungsten and tungsten alloys
We separate pure tungsten and technical tungsten alloys from cemented carbide as a separate material group. Value depends on actual composition and W content.
pure tungsten – pieces and rodsW 99.9% – high-purity tungstentungsten sheet offcuts and meshtungsten wires and filamentstungsten electrodes and heating elementscoils from vacuum coatingW-Ni-FeW-Ni-CoW-Ni-CuW-Cu contacts and electrodesW-Re and other technical alloys after assessmenttungsten-based chips and offcuts
05 · HSS and high-speed steel
HSS is a separate group of high-alloy tool steels. We purchase tools, shank material, offcuts and chips according to grade and composition.
HSS drills and end millstaps and reamersHSS shank materialHSS chipsM2 / M35 / M42ASP 23 / 30 / 601.3343 / 1.3243 / 1.3247
Hard scrap · WC-Co
WC-Co hard scrap outside standard tool categories
Dies, punches, drawing dies, housings, rings, segments, wear parts, blanks and other solid sintered parts. This group covers carbide hard scrap that is neither a standard VBD insert nor a solid drill or end mill.
WC-Co hard scrap
Rings and segments
Larger carbide rings, segments and broken pieces.
WC-Co hard scrap
Non-standard parts and blanks
A mix of cemented-carbide hard scrap from tooling and production.
Materials that are often overlooked
Valuable tungsten is not only found in drills or inserts
In manufacturing, cemented carbide also occurs in parts that do not initially look like conventional cutting tools. It makes sense to sort these materials separately and offer them for individual assessment.
01
Wear parts
Housings, guides, nozzles, inserts, balls, sealing rings and other wear-resistant sintered-carbide components.
02
Semi-finished parts and blanks
Rods, cylindrical and shaped blanks, non-conforming pieces, work-in-progress parts and residues from tool manufacturing.
03
Forming tooling
Cold-heading dies, punches, die centres, drawing and pressing working parts and other carbide forming tools.
04
Microtools
Microdrills, PCB drills, small end mills, centring tools and fine solid-carbide tools from precision manufacturing.
05
Unsintered material
Press scrap, green scrap, powder mixtures and other production residues before sintering – always according to known composition and cleanliness.
06
Mixed inventories
Old tool inventories and mixtures of several carbide types. For larger quantities, separation into material fractions is worthwhile.
Forming, pressing and shaping
Carbide dies and punches come in many forms
In addition to conventional drawing dies, cemented carbide is also used in pressing and forming tools. Purchased stock may therefore contain individual cores as well as complete working parts in steel housings.
- cold-heading and hardening dies
- punches and punch tooling
- drawing and forming dies
- die centres and draw pads
- cut-edge and blank/draw dies
- profile working inserts
- carbide housings and guides
- other worn forming parts
You do not need to know the exact part name
Documentation is often missing for old tool inventories. For an initial assessment, information about quantity, origin and use is sufficient; markings or a material analysis help with classification if available.
COMPOSITE TOOLS
Milling heads and composite milling tools
We purchase used milling heads, cutters and other machining tools in which carbide is bonded to a steel or other metal body.
The material does not need to be dismantled in advance. We accept individual pieces as well as larger mixed lots of industrial tools. Depending on the tool design, we separate the carbide fraction from the carrier and process the material further.
milling headscarbide cutting edgescomposite toolssteel carrier
Tungsten alloys
WNi and tungsten heavy alloys
We purchase W-Ni-Fe, W-Ni-Co and other tungsten heavy alloys as solid pieces, offcuts, crushed fractions and machining chips. Actual composition and cleanliness are crucial for these materials.
WNi materials
TUNGSTEN + COPPER
WCu / CuW materials
We purchase tungsten-copper materials: pieces, blocks, plates, electrical contacts, electrodes, offcuts and production residues.
WCu is used mainly in electrical engineering, high-power contacts, electrodes and thermally stressed applications. We assess individual grades according to their actual composition.
More about WCu purchasing →New purchasing category
Tungsten coils from vacuum metallisation
Tungsten coils and wire evaporation sources are used in vacuum coating to heat and evaporate metals. In industry, tungsten coils designed for vacuum metallisation are used, for example, to evaporate aluminium.
Technical context · tungsten recycling
Why sorting, cleanliness and carbide separation from the carrier matter
Industrial tungsten recycling is not a single universal process. Technical literature distinguishes direct recycling, chemical (indirect) recycling, semi-direct routes and smelting metallurgy. The choice of subsequent processing depends primarily on waste form, cleanliness, composition and degree of contamination.
01 / HARD SCRAP
Solid sintered cemented carbide
SK/VBD inserts, solid-carbide drills and end mills, drawing dies, dies, wear parts and other solid WC-Co components. Well-sorted and clean material creates better conditions for efficient downstream recycling.
02 / SOFT SCRAP
Sludges, dusts, chips and powders
Fine production waste requires a different assessment. In industrial recycling chains, chemical conversion routes are often used for soft scrap and can also handle more complex inputs.
03 / COMPOSITE PARTS
Carbide + steel + brazing alloy
For milling picks, mining tools and brazed parts, pre-processing is a key step: dismantling, steel separation, removal of brazing alloy and concentration of the valuable carbide fraction.
Material flow
From waste to secondary raw material
Technical sources note that tungsten can be lost mainly through wear, dilution in another metal stream or disposal without separation. It therefore makes sense to capture tungsten-bearing material at the source, identify it correctly and separate it from steel or other carriers.
ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIAL INPUTS
Additional industrial forms we purchase
Our purchasing scope also includes materials that do not fit the usual “inserts or drills” categories. These are further real industrial input forms.
Mining and drilling crowns
Complete or worn crowns with carbide working parts.
Full rolls and large forms
Large cylindrical and oversized parts containing carbide or tungsten components.
Carbide rings
Standalone or combined ring parts and other robust hard scrap.
Large and long drills
Long drilling tools, combined pieces and atypical dimensions.
Sludge and powder residues
Fine production residues, sludge, powder fractions and other soft scrap for individual assessment.
WNiFe (Cu) turnings
Machining turnings from tungsten heavy alloys; actual composition and material cleanliness are decisive.
WCP turnings
Material identified as WCP is accepted for individual assessment. Chemical composition must be verified for the specific lot.
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The list is not exhaustive. For non-standard components, mixtures or production residues, a basic description, quantity and contact details are enough. We assess the material individually.