Increasing demands on tools or machine components require material properties that can only be met by metal matrix composites. The so-called Ferro-Titanit® materials can be assigned exactly to this material group.

Ferro-Titanit® is a brand of Deutsche Edelstahlwerke for high-alloyed, machinable and hardenable steels produced by powder metallurgy. The materials combine the properties of steel and cemented carbide and are highly resistant to wear.

Ferro-Titanit® has a titanium carbide content of roughly 45% by volume, embedded in an alloyed steel binder phase.

This carbide-alloyed material can be machined by the familiar methods in as-delivered condition. When heat-treated (up to 70 HRC), Ferro-Titanit® can be used economically to solve numerous wear problems.

Due to its properties Ferro-Titanit is suitable for the following applications:

• Metalworking
• Plastics processing
• Chemical plants
• Pumps and fittings
• Special applications