ENG Inch Sandvik Form

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Almost everything made of metal is machined with an insert. The insert has to withstand extreme heat and force so it's made of some of the hardest material in the world. A typical insert is made of 80% tungsten carbide and a metal matrix that binds the hard carbide grains together, where cobalt is the most common. It takes more than two days to produce an insert so it's a complicated process. In the material warehouse, row after row of raw material are stacked. The tungsten carbide we use is either recycled or comes from our own mine in Austria. Cobalt, titanium and all other ingredients come from carefully selected suppliers, each batch meticulously tested in the lab. Some recipes contain very small amounts of selected ingredients that are added by hand. The main ingredients are then automatically dispensed at different stops along the weigh line. In the milling room, the ingredients are milled to the required particle size, together with ethanol, water and an organic binder. This pro