Health and Safety Risks of Grinding Tungsten Carbide and ...
Cadmium, Chromium, Cobalt and Nickel are all metals used in tungsten carbide brazing and grinding. 1. If you breathe in chunks of these materials they get into your lungs and can tear up the lung tissue. This is pure physical damage. In wet grinding it is chunks in the grinding fluid droplets. In dry grinding it is airborne chunks. 2.