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Weve been using high speed tool steels (HSS) drills so far. Can tungsten carbide drills prevent from making bend holes when drilling?

April 26, 2017Carbide Drills hss steels Tool Tungsten

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Weve been using high speed tool steels (HSS) drills so far. Can tungsten carbide drills prevent from making bend holes when drilling?

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The rigidity of tungsten carbide is higher than high speed tool steels (HSS) and the tungsten carbide can prevent from making bend holes, because Young’s modulus of tungsten carbide are higher (about three times) than high speed tool steels (HSS).