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Tungsten Carbide Preforms for Tooling and Wear Parts

With decades of experience and a comprehensive portfolio of cobalt, nickel, mixed-binder, and lightweight-binder grades, Vista Metals delivers tungsten carbide preforms engineered for precise hardness, density, corrosion resistance, and wear performance. Our materials support the most demanding applications with consistency and control.

  • Automotive Tooling
  • Cold Heading
  • Compacting
  • Currency
  • Drawing
  • EDM Blocks
  • Medical
  • Metal Packaging
  • Munitions
  • Oil & Gas
  • Pipe & Tube
  • Progressive Stamping Dies
  • Slitter Knives
  • Specialty Tool & Die


EDM Blocks

We offer an On-The-Shelf Tungsten Carbide EDM Plus Blocks Program that consists of various sizes and grades ready for same day shipment. Ask how your custom block sizes can be added to the program. View Our 3x4 & 4x4 Block Charts


Our WIRE EDM PLUS Process Guarantee is available on all of our grades of tungsten carbide. Extensively tested against cracking, you can utilize on every die and wear part application.