Cutting Nickel and Nickel Alloys
Request Nickel Material and Cut-Size Pricing
Auremo LLC, 505 Ellicott St, Buffalo, NY 14203, reviews U.S. nickel and nickel-alloy material inquiries that include cut-size or drawing requirements. Call +1 716 910 04 21 or send the grade, form, dimensions and quantity.
Available product forms
- sheet, plate and cut blanks
- round and flat bar
- strip and foil by specification
- tube, pipe and custom forms subject to review
Information to include in your request
Please provide the governing standard or grade, product form, dimensions and tolerances, quantity, delivery ZIP code and required documentation. Pricing and availability are confirmed individually for each inquiry.
Frequently asked questions
How is the price for nickel and nickel-alloy material with cut-size requirements confirmed?
Prices are provided on request and depend on the exact grade or standard, dimensions, tolerances, quantity, documentation and freight requirements.
Can non-standard dimensions be requested?
Yes. Include a drawing or dimensional requirements. Availability and manufacturing or sourcing feasibility are confirmed with the quotation.
What is the typical delivery time in the United States?
Typical U.S. delivery is 2–3 weeks after order confirmation. The final lead time and delivery terms are stated in the quotation for the selected material, quantity and destination.
Related materials and references
Nickel 200 products · Nickel 200 sheet and strip · Nichrome materials
Nickel material and cut-size inquiry details
Laser, band-saw, abrasive, waterjet and machining methods require different controls depending on the nickel grade and section. To request material with cut-size requirements, provide the exact UNS, ASTM or project designation, sheet, plate, bar, tube or strip form, starting dimensions, drawing and tolerances, edge and surface requirements, quantity, certificates and destination ZIP code. Processing feasibility is confirmed with the quotation.
Technical Characteristics
Machining, particularly the cutting of nickel and nickel alloys, differs depending on the percentage of the constituent elements. The most popular methods of nickel machining are such as:
-laser cutting;
-Tape saws;
-oxygen flux cutting.
Each of these methods has its own characteristics. For example, high-quality cutting of nickel and nickel alloys with a laser is possible only if there is gas protection (most often argon).
Cutting elements
Carbide inserts are used as an effective cutting element. They are divided into 2 types: solderable and replaceable. The advantage of the latter is that they can be used to perform several different operations on one machine in a row. In the production of carbide inserts (BK6, BK60M, BK8, BK10) refractory metals are used:
- tungsten;
- titanium;
- cobalt;
- tantalum.
Carbide inserts.
For example, soldered carbide insert BK6, according to GOST requirements, is made of tungsten. This makes it possible to use the metal-cutting tool at high cutting speeds at temperatures up to 1000 °C. For the same purpose you can also buy ВК8 carbide plates - they are almost identical to ВК6 in heat resistance, but have a higher bending strength.
Another good option for use as a drill, cutter or milling cutter would be ВК10 carbide inserts with hardness HRA of not less than 87.0. As for the bending strength, it is even higher than that of BK6 and BK8 and amounts to not less than 180 kgf/mm2. Nickel alloys are cut and drilled at low speeds
Carbides
Quite often metal carbides are added to tungsten alloys. This reduces the brittleness of the product and therefore increases its useful life. Besides pure tungsten (BK6, BK8, BK10), there are also carbide plates, in which such rare metal alloys as titanium (T14K8), titanium with tantalum carbide (TT10K8B) and tungsten-free (TN20 or KNT16) are added.
