March 31, 2025
Dear Valued Customers,
Over the weekend, a severe ice storm swept through Northern Michigan, causing widespread power outages, downed trees, and road closures. As a result, our plant operations have been impacted, and we are currently operating with limited resources, which may temporarily affect our service levels.
Our top priority is ensuring the safety and well-being of our employees while working to restore normal operations as quickly as possible. Our leadership team is actively coordinating with local authorities to assess the situation and expedite recovery efforts. While conditions remain challenging, we are optimistic about returning to full-service levels soon. We will continue to provide updates via direct communications and through our website to keep you informed.
We sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding during this time. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to your sales representative.
Thank you for your continued support.
Best regards,
Jon Dreher
General Manager Operations
H.B. Carbide
Jon Wyniemko
Director of Sales
H.B. Carbide
High-performance machining in heat-resistant alloys, titanium, and stainless-steel alloys. The grade features high abrasion resistance, superior cutting-edge integrity to reduce corner and microchipping, and predictable tool life with consistency & reliability.
Excellent wear properties, abrasion resistance, medium grade, general purpose grade for cutting tools, drills, endmills, and reamers for finishing and semi-finishing and wear parts with little impact, EDM blanks, seal rings and knives.
Extremely hard material, high abrasion resistance, micro grain size grade, for finishing machining cutting tools, drills, endmills, reamers, and wear parts, with very little or no shock, EDM blanks, wire guides and sand blast nozzles.
Extremely hard material, high abrasion resistance, ultra-fine grain size grade, for finish machining cutting tools, drills, endmills, reamers, and wear parts, with very little or no shock, EDM blanks, wire guides, sand blast nozzles.
Exceptional performance in punch applications, Heat-resistant steels, Stainless steels, Non-ferrous metal alloys
Exceptional toughness/wear properties, Ideal for deep hole drilling
Bimodal grain structure offering excellent wear properties, Ideal for deep hole drilling
High Impact forming applications, Header dies, draw dies, stamping die details, Thread rolling, Ammunition dies
Med-/High-impact forming applications, Header dies, draw dies, stamping die details, Fastener forming dies, Ammunition dies
Low impact/light shock resistance, Capability for wide variety of forming applications, Ammunition dies, Light stamping
Steels, SS, non-ferrous varieties forming applications, Light stamping carbide die and nib deep draw, Fine blanking stamping dies, Ammunition dies
Excellent thermal cycling properties, Optimal braze adhesion, Non-cutting grade, Good toughness characteristics
Excellent wear properties, micro grain size grade, general purpose cutting tool grade for semi-finishing and finishing, drilling, endmills, reamers, stamping dies, punches, knoves and all types of cutting tools, will withstand slight shock, EDM blanks.
High wear, low to medium impact, micro grain size grade, for cutting tools, dies, knives, punches, rough tools, will withstand slight shock, EDM blanks, crush rolls, form rolls, coining dies.