I was looking to get some information and also find places to order Cerbide a substitute for carbide. Does anyone know where I can get this stuff from???
I'm with Cerbide (the company) that earlier this year introduced Cerbide (the product) onto the market. Everything Tom has written is correct, 6 years ago 2 companies licensed the same patent(s). However, Cerbide has been in R&D mode until 2004, completely reinventing the manufacturing process to allow much greater formability (and pricing) than the original process.
Because we can produce virtually any shape available in ceramics or tungsten carbide, we have been invited into more than a dozen industries - worldwide. You'll start to see various sales channels and manufacturers introduce Cerbide product in the coming months. We've passed most of their tests, but have to ensure we have capacity to deliver to you on time.
If you're frustrated with us now, imagine if you were promised delivery and we couldn't...
I truly appreciate the strong interest and assure you we'll be ramping up as fast as we can.
Yes it's conductive, not quite as good as tungsten carbide - 6% cobalt, yet still easily EDM'd or used for ground paths / current flow, etc. Also, somewhat unique it's non-magnetic.