Quality Hardfacing Powders for Extreme Applications

Our agglomerated and sintered tungsten carbide powders are engineered for exceptional hardness, wear resistance, and durability. They are ideal for use in challenging environments where high performance and longevity are essential.

Tungsten Carbide Powders

At Powderloop, we supply a selection of agglomerated and sintered tungsten carbide powders, with various compositions and particle size distributions, that offer excellent flowability and high purity for demanding processes including thermal spraying, hardfacing, additive manufacturing, metal injection moulding and more. All powders are produced under strict quality control to ensure consistent performance.

Tungsten Carbide Cobalt Chrome

WC-10Co-4Cr

Produce dense, hard coatings with superior wear, erosion, and corrosion resistance. Enhanced toughness and corrosion resistance. Environmental friendly alternative to hard chrome plating. 

Typical uses: For wear parts in the oil and gas (valves, shafts), aerospace (landing gear), mining (drilling tools), and power generation industries (turbine components).

Tungsten Carbide 12% Cobalt

WC-12Co

Exceptional hardness and resistance against abrasion, erosion, impact and sliding wear. For coatings with high density, low porosity and strong bond strength, ideal for high-stress, non-corrosive environments.

Typical uses: For wear parts in the oil & gas, mining industry (valves, pumps), aerospace  (turbine blades), manufacturing (extrusion dies).

Tungsten Carbide 17% Cobalt

WC-17Co

Higher ductility and fracture toughness compared to other WC-Co formulations.  Not as hard as WC-12Co but increased impact resistance. For coatings with superior fretting and impact resistance. 

Typical uses: For use in environments with significant impact or fretting wear, including aircraft landing gear, pump seals, exhaust fans, and crushing rollers.

Tungsten Carbide Nickel Chrome

WC-10Ni-5Cr

Combines high hardness and wear resistance of WC and superior corrosion resistance of NiCr. Good impact, cavitation and erosion resistance with fair abrasion and slurry erosion resistance.

Typical uses: For protection in the oil and gas (valves, pipeline repair), marine, paper mills, etc. subjected to both erosion and corrosion.

Tungsten Carbide Cobalt Chrome

WC-9Co-5Cr-1Ni

Superior wear, oxidation and corrosion resistance. For coating requires high hardness and toughness, with high bond strength and an improved service temperature to 500°C (930°F).

Typical uses: For components in the oil and gas, power generation and steel industries. Mining carrier belt rollers, paper machinery rolls, etc.

Tungsten Chrome Carbide Nickel

WC-20CrC-7Ni

Exceptional hardness, wear resistance and good chemical resistance, especially at elevated temperatures up to 750°C (1290°F). Offer high resistance to both corrosive and erosive wear.

Typical uses: For the oil and gas industry (valves, pumps), steel production (furnace rolls), chemical processing (valves), paper mill etc.

Tungsten Carbide Boride Cobalt

WC-30WB-10Co

Superior wear and corrosion resistance in aggressive environments. The ternary CoWB phase enhanced the coating’s microhardness, and lower fracture toughness. 

Typical uses: For aggressive wear and corrosion environments, such as equipment for zinc baths, aluminising or components contact with liquid metal.

WC-12Co Blend 40% Ni-Braze

WC-12Co + 40(NiCrBSi)

Exceptional hardness of tungsten carbide with the corrosion and wear resistance of a self-fluxing nickel braze (NiCrBSi) alloy matrix. Custom braze proportion to meet specifications.

Typical uses: For aerospace ( turbine blades), oil and gas (pump housings, valves) and heavy machinery components (conveyor screws, blades).

Applications of Tungsten Carbide Powders

Our powders are developed to provide consistent, reliable performance across these demanding applications. All powders are REACH compliant and produced under ISO-aligned processes. Tungsten carbide powders are used in a variety of industries and applications where extreme hardness and wear resistance are essential. Common uses include:

Flame & Thermal Spraying

Thermal spraying, such as High Velocity Oxygen Fuel (HVOF), is the most used hard-facing technique against wear and corrosion. Hard-facing coating is high density, low oxide content and excellent bond strength to the substrate.

Directed Energy Deposition

DED or laser cladding is the most used AM process at industrial level. Unlike thermal spraying processes, DED coating is metallurgically bonded to the substrate, and offers better powder usage (deposition) efficiency up to 90%.

Additive Manufacturing

AM is a process by which a 3D part is formed from the successive addition of 2D layers of powder selectively fused together, using laser or electron beam, in pre-defined geometries. No tooling is required making AM a very versatile process.

Metal Injection Moulding

MIM is a commonly used technology for mass production of cemented carbide inserts, dies, punches etc. Powder is compressed into a mould of predefined geometry by applying high temperature and pressure simultaneously.

Looking for Custom Powder?

While we offer a wide selection of standard tungsten carbide powders, our true value lies in collaboration. We work closely with customers to develop customised powders that meet specific performance, process and environmental requirements.

Together, we can explore tailored powder microstructures to achieve the optimal balance of wear resistance, toughness and processability for your applications.

Whether you are working on hardfacing, additive manufacturing, or surface engineering projects, we can help unlock the full potential of your processes.