Custom Tungsten Copper Alloy Parts

Tungsten copper alloys are made with powdered metallurgy. The initial step is to combine copper and tungsten powders, and is followed by compacting these and sintering them to get dense products. The step to improve the electrical properties of the resultant alloy is copper infiltration. The advantage of copper infiltration is that the alloys can be made complex to suit various engineering applications. The electrical discharge machining and electronic packaging in the aerospace industry are examples of applications that can use these complex alloys. These tungsten copper alloy parts are characterized by very high performance because of the properties of the metals from which they are made. Copper is a very good conductor of heat and electricity. On the other hand, tungsten, with a very high melting point, is very hard.