Recently, the price of tungsten, a strategic metal, has witnessed an epic surge, becoming a hot topic in the manufacturing industry. As of March 10th, the domestic price of 65% wolframite concentrate has hit RMB 955,000 per ton, and tungsten powder has soared to RMB 2,300 per kilogram. Compared with the same period in 2025, the prices of mainstream tungsten products have skyrocketed by 4 to 5 times, with the upward momentum still accelerating.
The drastic surge in tungsten prices has delivered a fatal blow to manufacturing enterprises reliant on cemented carbides: raw material costs have doubled, profit margins have been squeezed sharply, and many small and medium-sized enterprises have fallen into a dilemma where “they can afford raw materials but fail to make profits”. Some even have to cut production or halt operations.
Faced with this industrial predicament, how to reduce costs, improve efficiency and break through the cost bottleneck has become an urgent demand for all manufacturing enterprises.
We are proud to launch our brand-new cermet materials, specially developed to replace traditional cemented carbides. Precisely addressing the pain point of skyrocketing tungsten prices, our cermet materials empower enterprises to cut costs and boost efficiency with high cost performance and superior performance. What’s more, we support non-standard customization for all scenarios to adapt to various industrial processing needs!
Three Core Challenges Plaguing the Industry
- Sky-high costs: Tungsten prices have risen by over 500%, directly doubling the procurement cost of cemented carbide parts and severely eroding corporate profits.
- Unstable supply chains: Tungsten resources are scarce and strictly regulated, leading to tight raw material supply and frequent part shortages that disrupt production schedules.
- Imbalanced cost performance: Even if some enterprises transfer costs through price hikes, they will lose market competitiveness, falling into a double bind.
Cermets vs. Cemented Carbides: More Than Cost Reduction, a Comprehensive Upgrade
Will switching to alternative materials mean compromising on performance?
Answer: Absolutely not – some performance metrics are even better!
Cermets are not a simple mixture of materials. Through powder metallurgy technology, ceramic hard phases such as titanium carbide (TiC) and titanium nitride (TiN) are perfectly combined with metal binders like nickel (Ni) and molybdenum (Mo). This unique composition endows cermets with both the high hardness of ceramics and the toughness of metals. Independent of expensive tungsten resources, cermets fundamentally avoid the cost risks brought by skyrocketing tungsten prices, while achieving multiple breakthroughs in performance:
Core Advantage 1: 30%-50% Cost Reduction, Targeting the Core Cost Pain Point
Free from high-priced rare metals such as tungsten carbide and cobalt, the raw material cost of cermets is immune to tungsten price fluctuations. Compared with traditional cemented carbide parts, the comprehensive procurement cost is directly reduced by 30% to 50%. Long-term use can significantly compress enterprises’ production costs and quickly expand profit margins.
Core Advantage 2: Reliable Performance, Adapting to Diverse Application Scenarios
✅ High hardness & wear resistance: With a hardness of 91-95 HRA, far exceeding ordinary cemented carbides, cermets boast excellent wear resistance and a service life 2 to 3 times longer than traditional cemented carbides. This reduces replacement frequency and downtime losses.
✅ Strong high-temperature stability: Maintaining stable hardness at 800-1000℃, cermets feature outstanding red hardness, avoiding material softening during high-temperature cutting and adapting to complex working conditions such as high-speed cutting and dry cutting.
✅ High machining precision: With low surface free energy, cermets are not prone to built-up edge formation. The surface roughness of machined parts can be as low as Ra 0.4μm, eliminating the need for subsequent grinding and improving production efficiency.
✅ Optimized toughness: Through optimized material ratio, the toughness of cermets has been greatly improved, adapting to most industrial processing scenarios and avoiding brittle chipping.
Core Advantage 3: Non-Standard Customization, Precisely Matching Customer Needs
Understanding the diverse part requirements of different industries and enterprises, we offer full-scenario non-standard customization. Whether it is size, specification, shape, or performance requirements under specific working conditions (e.g., impact resistance, corrosion resistance), we can conduct precise R&D and production according to customers’ drawings and samples. Enterprises do not need to adjust existing production equipment – our cermet parts can directly replace the original cemented carbide parts for immediate use.
Wide Application Scenarios, Covering Cost Reduction Needs Across Industries
With excellent cost performance and adaptability, our cermet materials are widely applicable to machinery processing, automobile manufacturing, aerospace, new energy, 3C electronics, mold processing and other fields, perfectly replacing traditional cemented carbide parts. They are especially suitable for the following scenarios:
- Machinery processing: Cutting tools, rolls, bearing rings, etc. – wear-resistant and durable, reducing tool change frequency.
- Automobile manufacturing: Processing of gearbox gears, brake discs and other parts – realizing “turning instead of grinding” to improve efficiency.
- New energy sector: Wind power main shafts, lithium battery pole piece cutting parts – meeting high-end processing requirements.
- 3C electronics: Micro parts such as mobile phone middle frames and semiconductor fixtures – achieving micron-level precision processing.
- General machinery: Pump valves, seals, wear-resistant liners, etc. – wear-resistant with a long service life, reducing maintenance costs.
Performance Table of Selected Cermet Grades
| Grade | Application Range | Density (g/cm³) | Hardness (HRA) | Transverse Rupture Strength (TRS, MPa) |
| JTN35 | Wear-resistant parts | 6.9 | 86 | 2000 |
| JTN30 | Lawn mower saw teeth | 7.0 | 89.5 | 1800 |
| JTN20 | Woodworking saw teeth | 6.9 | 90 | 1800 |
| JTN105 | Steel cutting saw teeth | 7.0 | 91.5 | 1800 |
| JTN108 | Circular cutters (paper/steel cutting) | 7.0 | 89.5 | 1800 |
Choose Us: More Than a Product, a Guaranteed Cost Reduction Solution
Against the backdrop of high tungsten prices and mounting cost pressures in the manufacturing industry, choosing cermet parts is not a “compromise”, but a “wise decision”. It not only avoids the risks of tungsten price fluctuations, but also delivers a more stable and superior user experience at a lower cost, helping enterprises gain a firm foothold in the industry reshuffle.
With years of deep cultivation in the material field, we have a mature R&D and production team that strictly controls every production process. From raw material selection to finished product inspection, we implement standardized operations throughout to ensure stable and reliable product quality. Meanwhile, we provide one-on-one technical docking services, offering full support from demand communication and solution design to production delivery and after-sales service, so that enterprises have no worries about product adaptation.