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A HARD CASE TO CRACK ...
In search of the ideal compound

In the research projects being carried out by Dr Wolfgang Strelsky, Head of R&D at Betek, finding a way to combine two different properties is at the very top of his list of objectives. The aim is to create a material that is as hard as diamond and as impact resistant as tungsten carbide.

However, this task is going to be occupying the staff in the R&D department for a while yet. The greatest hurdle is combining these two hard substances, diamond and tungsten carbide, with each other. The manufacturing technology to do this has still to be developed! However, Betek’s business partners would benefit enormously from a material featuring the optimum combination of the two properties, ‘hard’ and ‘impact resistant’, as this would enable the service life of tools to be significantly improved. Research is continuing at full pace and the team from R&D is getting ever closer to the objective – once the technical issues are solved, the cost-effectiveness will then be assessed.