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PowerCarbide®

Sandvik PowerCarbide® is a family of grades that represent our most advanced materials technology. They significantly enhance both performance and cost-effectiveness. The grades – XT, Dual Property® (DP®), Self-hardening (SH) and Gradient Grade (GC) – offer unique combinations of strength, hardness, toughness and wear resistance to optimize your drilling application.

PowerCarbide

The industry's most powerful carbide grades

Our ability to develop the most advanced material compositions for our cemented carbide buttons is based on our extensive knowledge and experience, and our world-class R&D center in Sweden. Our own tungsten mine also offers unique capabilities in terms of product development and quality control – to provide us with unique competitive advantages in the rock drilling industry.

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PowerCarbide® - SH69

PowerCarbide® SH69 is a major innovation in Down-The-Hole drilling, capable of increasing your service life with up to 45%. The PowerCarbide® family includes Sandvik’s most powerful carbide grades and the SH69 is no exception. The truth is, the harder you make it work, the better it performs.

PowerCarbide® - GC81 and SH70

Our latest PowerCarbide® addition is the most significant carbide innovation in the rock drilling industry for decades. The new grades, the GC81 (Gradient Carbide) and SH70 (Self-Hardening), are based on improved knowledge about the wear of the drill bit in different types of rock.

PowerCarbide® - SH75

PowerCarbide® SH75 from Sandvik offers superior wear resistance in hard or abrasive rock compared with conventional carbide grades, extending bit life and reducing the need for bit changes.

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