Exactaform designs, manufactures, and supplies solid carbide cutting tools for CNC machining and precision metal cutting in demanding industrial environments.
With decades of experience and specialist expertise, we support manufacturers producing complex parts, delivering reliable performance from standard solid tooling through fully designed solutions and custom solutions for real-world production.
Carbide is a highly durable and wear-resistant material widely used in cutting tools for precision machining. Manufactured from tungsten carbide tips combined with a cobalt binder, carbide materials offer exceptional hardness, thermal stability, and resistance to wear.
These properties make carbide ideal for carbide end mills and solid carbide drills, as well as router tooling and carbide cutting tips used for shaping, slotting, profiling, and machining abrasive materials. Compared with traditional HSS steel tools, carbide cutting tools maintain sharp cutting edges for longer, delivering improved machining efficiency, accurate drilling, and extended tool life.
Whether machining stainless steel, nickel alloys, carbon steel, or hardened materials, carbide tools deliver consistent performance that reduces downtime and increases productivity.
Carbide tools are a preferred choice for machining applications requiring extreme precision, strength, and longevity. Their hardness and heat resistance allow for higher cutting speeds, reducing cycle times and improving machining efficiency. They maintain sharp cutting edges longer than HSS tools and other conventional machine tools, making them ideal for tough materials like hardened steel, titanium alloys, and carbon steel.
Additionally, carbide tools resist wear, chipping, and deformation, providing the all-important consistency needed in high-volume production environments. Whether used in aerospace industry, automotive industries, or general precision engineering, carbide tools enhance performance, reduce tooling costs, and extend tool longevity.
Carbide tools support a wide range of machining operations, including:
Carbide is particularly effective in cutting tool steels and materials that standard tools may struggle with, especially where accuracy and tool life are essential.
Used for machining aluminium wing panels, ribs, stringers, and flying controls, as well as titanium pylons and load-bearing structures. Inconel and Nimonic 60 components, such as engine exhausts and high-temperature engine parts, require carbide tools for their strength and wear resistance. Carbide tools are essential for machining nickel alloys, titanium alloys, and tool steel components.
For machining aluminium turbo housings, pump housings, cylinder heads, break components and gearbox housings. Carbide tools are also used in cast iron engine blocks and brake callipers, as well as steel steering systems and drive shafts. Hardened steel camshafts and crankshafts require carbide for their high wear resistance. Carbide tools play a crucial role in drilling applications for mild steel, alloy steels, and carbon steel.
Used in high-performance applications, including aluminium panelling and engine parts, titanium engine components, and Nimonic 60 valve seats, guides, and exhaust components.
Exactaform supplies a comprehensive range of Carbide Turning Tools designed for stability, precision, and performance in CNC turning and metal cutting applications. Our turning tool solutions include:
Turning tools are available with multiple chipbreaker options to control chip formation, surface finish, and tool life during demanding turning operations. For branded indexable solutions, view WIDIA Carbide Tooling.
Alongside carbide turning tools, Exactaform supports a comprehensive range of drilling, milling, and solid carbide tooling to meet wider metal cutting requirements. This includes carbide drill bits and solid carbide drills for accurate holemaking, solid carbide router tooling, tungsten carbide endmills for CNC milling, ball nose milling tools for 3D profiling, and carbide taps with thread milling ranges for internal threading. We also supply carbide lathe tools for precision applications, with all tooling designed to deliver stability, effective chip evacuation, and long-term durability in demanding CNC machining environments.
In addition to our standard range, Exactaform provides bespoke carbide tooling and custom solutions programs for manufacturers with specific machining challenges. Where off-the-shelf tools are not suitable, our engineering team develops tailored carbide tools to optimise your machining process.
Bespoke solutions are designed around:
These designed solutions ensure optimal performance and long-term process security.
At Exactaform, we don’t just manufacture carbide tools, we engineer cutting tool solutions. With decades of experience and specialist expertise, we support customers across the metalworking industry with tooling designed for real-world production.
Our approach includes:
Our carbide cutting tools deliver greater process security, reduced cycle times, and reliable performance across demanding machining environments.