Facts About Tungsten Carbide Rotary Burrs
04 Jan 2022

What are Tungsten Carbide Rotary Burrs? ZhuZhou Apple Carbide Produced Tungsten Carbide Rotary Burrs, often referred to as rotary files or die grinder bits are used for cutting, shaping, and grinding, and for the removal of sharp edges, burrs and excess material (deburring). What Materials could be used for Carbide Burrs ? Tungsten Carbide Rotary Burrs can be used on a multitude of materials: metals including steel, aluminum and cast iron, all types of wood, acrylics, fibreglass and plastics. Carbide burrs are also perfect for working on softer metals such as gold, platinum and silver as they last a long time with no chipping or breaking. Carbide Burrs Commonly Come in Two Cuts; Single Cut and Double Cut Single cut (one flute) carbide burrs have a right handed (Up cut) spiral flute. These tend to be used with stainless steel, hardened steel, copper, cast iron, and ferrous metals and will remove material quickly. Use for heavy stock removal, milling, deburring and cleaning. Double cut carbide burrs tend to be used on ferrous and non ferrous metals, aluminium, soft steel and also for all non-metal materials such as plastics and wood. They have more cutting edges and will remove material faster. These are the most popular cut and will see you through most applications. Various Shapes of Carbide Burrs Making a decision on what shape to use will depend on the profile or cut you are looking to achieve.These different shaped burs will get into many a nook and cranny and produce some interesting profiles. Carbide Ball Burrs Carbide Tree Burrs Carbide Inverted Cone Burrs Carbide Pointed Cone & Carbide Round Nose or Ball Nose Burrs Cylinder Burrs. Round Nose/Ball nose/End Cut Oval Burrs Flame Burrs Oblate Spheroid Countersink Burrs Carbide Burrs are Harder than HSS Burrs Good quality Carbide Burrs are machine ground from a specially chosen grade of carbide. Due to the extreme hardness of the Tungsten Carbide they can be used on much more demanding jobs than HSS (High Speed Steel). Carbide Burrs also perform better at higher temperatures than HSS so you can run them hotter, for longer. If you have problem for choosing a corre