This study aims to development of production process of hard metal by tungsten carbide powder with the particle sized of 0.1 - 0.35 µm. This carbide powder were made of recycling cemented carbide tool scraps so it is mixed with Ta = 2.82 % Mo = 0.45 % Nb = 1.22 % Ti = 4.56 % Zr = 0.37 % The shape of the carbide powder are roughly round due to ball milling for 300 hours. It was mixing cobalt 10 % and Paraffin wax 2 % which is found the work piece that running through the process of sintering with a temperature of 1400 °c and 1430 °c have the hardness of 1368.5 and 1346.3 HV respectively. In one hour of holding time process the work piece with 1430 °c of the sintering causes less wear. After the test of turning operation it can be concluded that the tungsten carbide cutting tool provides the equivalent quality as a standard cutting tool.

Recovering of tungsten carbide (WC) with the electrolysis solution in the electrolyte to a reaction with cemented carbide scraps 0.2-1.0 V between temperature from 30-80 C concentration 1-7 N hydrochloric acid solution within 48 hours the results showed the cemented carbide dissolution proper to the influence of voltage temperature and solution concentration. Can recovering tungsten carbide purity over 95.62% of which contain other ingredients include titanium 1.74% tantalum 1.68% and niobium 0.42% concluded that the electrolysis recovering tungsten carbide is appropriate under voltage is 0.4 V temperature 80C 7 N solution of hydrochloric acid recovery rate of tungsten carbide powder about 91.37% with an average particle size of 1.0 m