Ironcrest buys spent carbide tooling and carbide scrap from machine shops, aerospace suppliers and job shops across Florida — through a straightforward mail-in program and freight for larger lots.
Machine shops, aerospace and Space Coast precision suppliers, defense contractors, mold shops, and medical-device manufacturers in Cape Canaveral, Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, Miami, and Fort Lauderdale.
Photos of the tooling, a rough sort by type when possible, approximate weight, your Florida city, and whether the lot is inserts only or mixed with steel shanks and holders.
Florida’s machining work — aerospace along the Space Coast near Kennedy Space Center, defense and marine machining around Jacksonville, medical and mold shops in Orlando and Tampa — generates steady streams of spent carbide. Ironcrest is based in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Smaller lots ship to us by parcel mail through our mail-in program; larger lots move by pallet freight. Sort before you ship and your material grades better.
Separate carbide inserts from end mills, drills, brazed tooling and steel-shanked tooling when practical. Pure, clean insert lots are the easiest to identify and grade. Mixed lots still get reviewed, but honest photos of the mix set expectations up front. If your shop runs both CNC mills and manual machines, expect at least two streams — inserts from the mills and brazed or solid tooling from everything else.
Shake off chips, wipe excess coolant and keep carbide separate from steel scrap, aluminum and trash. Florida’s humidity will not hurt carbide itself, but mixed or contaminated lots get downgraded. A five-gallon bucket of clean inserts photographs better and grades better than a drum of everything.
Take a group photo of the lot, close-ups of inserts or tooling markings, and a shot showing scale or container size. Include the approximate weight and your Florida city. We confirm pricing before you ship anything.
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We review carbide inserts (coated and uncoated), carbide end mills and drills, brazed carbide tooling, carbide burrs and reamers, carbide grinding sludge and swarf, and carbide dies and wear parts. Space Coast aerospace work, defense machining around Jacksonville, and mold and medical shops in Orlando and Tampa all produce exactly this material.
Yes. Our mail-in program covers smaller lots — a padded box or two of inserts and tooling ships by parcel from any Florida city. Larger lots go by pallet freight. Send photos and the approximate weight first; we confirm pricing before you ship anything, and Ironcrest is based in the Chicago area so plan transit time accordingly. Pack carbide in a sturdy box and tape the seams well — it is dense for its size.
Send photos of the tooling, a rough sort by type when possible, and the approximate weight. We price each lot from current market conditions and material grade — per-pound prices are not published. Send photos for today’s price at [email protected] or 312-880-8174.
No. Separate inserts from end mills, drills and brazed tooling when you can, but do not worry about sorting by coating color or grade — that is our job at evaluation. Just keep carbide out of the steel scrap pile. Clean, dry, roughly sorted material grades best.
Yes. For plant closings, shop cleanouts and large tooling inventories in Florida, we can review the lot and coordinate palletized freight — and for large commercial lots we can coordinate pickup directly. Send photos of the inventory, approximate quantities, the Florida location and access details, and we will plan the move from there.
Have carbide inserts, end mills, drills, or brazed tooling to sell in Florida? Send photos, approximate weight, and your Florida city to [email protected] or call 312-880-8174 for today’s price.
Carbide value depends on grade, form and cleanliness — things a photo and a weight tell us fast. Clear pictures before shipping keep surprises off both sides and get you an accurate number.
Photograph the material, nameplates and quantity, then send them through the quote form, by email or by phone.
We review what the material is, its condition and quantity, and whether it fits a direct purchase.
For qualifying material, we discuss a direct purchase offer and the next steps.