ANC offers its oil and gas products in a variety of different grades of carbide specially formulated for use in tough applications like oil and gas drilling, mining, tunneling, construction, and horizontal drilling. Click on the grade designation below for additional information.
| Grade | Cobalt % | Grain Size | Hardness (Ra) | T.R.S. (p.s.i.) | Product / Application |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C2VAL) | 6 | Fine | 92.0 | 330,000 | Rectangular stabilizer inserts |
| AN106) | 6 | Medium / Coarse | 90.2 | 350,000 | Spherical dome inserts for percussion and hammer bits |
| AN106M | 6 | Medium | 90.9 | 350,000 | Spherical dome inserts for percussion and hammer bits |
| AN108M | 8 | Medium | 90.0 | 360,000 | Compacts for percussion and hammer bits |
| AN110C | 10 | Coarse | 87.8 | 420,000 | Rotary drilling compacts |
| AN1010 | 10 | Medium / Coarse | 88.3 | 420,000 | Roller reamers, stabilizers and inserts for geophysical / drag bits |
| AN110 | 10 | Medium / Coarse | 88.5 | 445,000 | Rotary drilling compacts |
| AN110M | 10.25 | Medium | 89.0 | 435,000 | Rotary drilling compacts |
| AN1010M | 10 | Medium | 89.5 | 435,000 | Roller reamers, stabilizers and inserts for geophysical / drag bits |
| AN1012C | 12 | Coarse | 87.0 | 430,000 | Inserts for geophysical / drag bits |
| AN1012 | 12 | Medium / Coarse | 87.4 | 420,000 | Inserts for geophysical / drag bits |
| AN1012M | 12 | Medium | 88.0 | 425,000 | Inserts for geophysical / drag bits |
| AN113 | 13 | Medium | 88.2 | 430,000 | Rotary drilling compacts, PDC substrates |
| AN1015 | 15 | Medium / Coarse | 86.8 | 440,000 | PDC substrates |
| AN1015M | 15 | Medium | 87.4 | 435,000 | PDC substrates |
| AN1016 | 16 | Medium / Coarse | 86.4 | 430,000 | PDC substrates |
| AN116M | 16 | Medium | 86.7 | 450,000 | Large diameter / large extension rotary drilling compacts, PDC substrates |
| AN1017 | 17 | Medium / Coarse | 86.0 | 415,000 | PDC substrates |