At General Carbide, we produce finished tooling used to manufacture assemblies and components for flow control operations and Measurement While Drilling (MWD) apparatus, including:
- Cages
- Chokes
- Fixed Cutter Bit Substrates
- Mud Nozzles
- Plugs
- Polycrystalline Diamond Compact (PDC) Cutters
- Seats
- Valve Assemblies
- Valves
- Wear Sleeves and Stabilizer Rings
The materials we manufacture can satisfy oil/gas wear applications that experience:
- Erosive wear from drilling mud
- Abrasive wear from rock formations
- Chemical/mechanical corrosive wear
- Impact
Our experienced applications engineering team can help you select the ideal properties for your particular application, including:
- Grade
- Grain Size
- Hardness
- Binder Type
With shaping capabilities that set the industry standard, we can maintain a stock of preforms for your exclusive use, or we can supply finish-ground components that are ground in-house. To ensure zero lates and help our customers maximize uptime, we maintain ample safety stock.
Page links to:
- Oil & Gas Brochure
- Erosion/Corrosion Resistance in Flow Control Tech Sheet
- Substrates Sheet (https://generalcarbide.com/assets/pdf/GCPCDSubstrates.pdf)