Carbide Material Selection ● Stringent selection of high purity and high quality raw materials ● Consistent quality and shorter delivery from the latest production facilities and techniques ● Fully equipped with a system that ensures the highest quality ● Constant R&D to develop the latest materials ■ Grade Map ● Hardness vs Toughness ● Co Content vs Hardness Good 5 Good 94 AFU AF1 F0 XF1 TRS (GPa) Fracture Resistance AF0 Hardness (HRA) Wear Resistance AF0 4 KH12 XF1 93 EH10 ZF16 AFU H1 ZF16 AF1 KH05 A1 EH10 3 92 KH12 KH03 KH03 A1 2 H1 F0 91 90 KH05 90 91 92 93 94 6 9 12 15 Hardness (HRA) Wear Resistance Good Good Rigidity Co Content (wt%) ■ Characteristics and Applications Classificationon Properties Grades Grain Size Co Content Toughness Hardness Hardness HV Characteristics Applications (µm) (wt %) (GPa) (HRA) (GPa) Ultra-fine Grain Carbide XF1 0.2 9.0 4.0 93.5 19.2 World's finest grained carbide Micro drills, Small diameter drills (*1) AF1 0.5 12.0 4.4 92.5 17.3 World's toughest ultra-fine grained Micro drills, Mini-tools, Punches carbide AF0 0.5 10.0 4.1 93.0 18.0 High toughness and wear resistant Micro drills, Routers ultra-fine grained carbide AFU 0.5 8.0 3.8 93.6 19.4 Enhanced wear resistant ultra-fine Micro drill, Endmill for high K grained carbide Toughness Carbide Materials Micro-fine Grain A1 0.7 13.0 3.2 91.4 15.6 Tough micro-grained carbide Endmills, Taps, Drills for cast iron, Brazed Tools Punches Carbide KH12 0.7 10.0 4.0 92.4 17.2 Micro-fine grained carbide with good Endmills, Drills for steel balance of hardness and toughness F0 0.7 5.0 2.0 93.6 20.1 Superior wear resistant micro-grained Micro drills, Routers carbide KH03 1.0 10.0 3.3 91.4 15.2 Fine grained carbide with good Dies, Drills, Endmills hardness and toughness Fine Grain Carbide KH05 1.0 13.0 3.5 90.4 13.6 High toughness fine grained carbide Dies H1 1.0 5.0 2.1 92.9 17.7 Superior wear resistant fine-grained Drills for cast iron, Reamers carbide EH10 1.2 6.0 3.4 92.4 17.3 Fine-grained carbide with good Drills for exotic alloy, Reamers balance of hardness and toughness ZF16 1.0 6.0 3.5 93.0 18.6 Wear and chipping resistant fine-grained Micro drills carbide for high speed machining (*1) ZF21 was the development code for XF1. K2