ATI Firth Sterling - Tungsten Heavy Alloy and Tungsten Carbide Solutions For Industry.

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ATI Firth Sterling is a business unit of ATI Metalworking Products, an Allegheny Technologies company. We are a vertically integrated market leader in manufacturing rough mold, semi-finished and finished cemented tungsten carbide and tungsten heavy alloy components. Our products serve a wide range of industries including aerospace, medical, oil/gas and power generation. The unique characteristics of tungsten-based products allow it to be used in a variety of applications requiring high density, wear resistance or hard materials to satisfy a particular requirement. ATI Firth Sterling’s history of accomplishment formed our reputation for quality products, superior grade performance and competitive prices.

Headquartered in Madison, Alabama, we have additional manufacturing facilities in Grant, Alabama and Houston, Texas. All facilities are certified to ISO 9001:2000 standards and our Madison facility is AS 9100 certified as well. Production expertise in pressing, extrusion, shaping, sintering and finishing allow us to offer superior quality and service to our customers worldwide.

Our premier grade H17 has
exceptional properties for
machining titanium.

Quality, high performance materials and precision products are required for the aerospace industry. A number of innovative tungsten carbide grades used in high temperature alloys make up the foundation for a variety of tooling blanks and rod. Tungsten heavy alloy grades for counter-balances and weights round out our offering for quality and dependability.

Products commonly used: Carbide rod and cutting blanks, Tungsten Heavy Alloy blanks

Our grades combined with your
design will result in superior
drilling performance.

Tungsten carbide grades specifically designed for hard rock drilling applications are used to produce compacts, nozzles, diamond substrate and infiltrated powders for downhole rotary and percussive drill bits. Our wide selection of grades allow our customers to match the design of their bits, carbide dome configurations and rock conditions with the material that will give them the maximum combination of toughness and wear possible resulting in maximum performance. Tungsten heavy alloy is used in a variety of shielding products for downhole logging applications.

Products commonly used: Carbide compacts, nozzles, wear parts, powder/binder. Also Tungsten Heavy Alloy blanks.

We offer many Densalloy™ grades
that will provide optimum radiation shielding.

The density of tungsten heavy alloy makes it the first choice for radiation shielding applications in the medical imaging and treatment industry. We offer several Densalloy™ grades that will best satisfy your specific requirements. Tungsten heavy alloy is an excellent replacement for lead!

Products commonly used: Tungsten Heavy Alloy blanks and semi finished parts

Exceptional wear characteristics make us your choice for centrifuge tiles.

Exceptional wear characteristics make our tiles your choice for all of your centrifuge applications. Our tungsten carbide grades also offer toughness second to none for use in the coal crushing process. Because of the dense nature of tungsten heavy alloy, our products offer the best properties for counter-balances and weights used in turbines and fans.

Products commonly used: Carbide wear tiles and crushing blanks. Tungsten Heavy Alloy blanks.

Rock formation’s drillability is hard
to classify but our full spectrum of
grades will certainly provide a solution
to your most difficult drilling problems.

Carbide compacts used in today’s mining bits are precisely engineered with high quality materials. Each grade of tungsten carbide possesses a unique set of properties suited for specific bit designs and drilling conditions. Our Multi-Dome compacts are specially designed for faster drilling rates in percussion bits. Their unique shapes allow for extended bit life before re-sharpening is required.

Products commonly used: Carbide compacts, wear parts.

Check out our wide variety of
tungsten carbide insert blanks
and rod…many in stock!

Tungsten heavy alloy chassis weights are widely used for lowering the center of gravity and for balancing in a variety of racing series vehicles. Heavy alloy is also used for balancing performance crank and camshafts. Specific tungsten carbide grades designed for machining automotive materials are available in a wide range of tooling blanks, such as insert blanks and rod.

Products commonly used: Carbide rod and cutting blanks, Tungsten Heavy Alloy blanks

Our comprehensive grade offering will allow you to choose the best material for your woodworking application. Flat blanks and rod are available in grades to give you the performance and excellent brazing characteristics required for your routing, reaming, milling and drilling requirements.

Products commonly used: carbide blanks