Provided is a veined end mill tool blank including a body having at least one cutting edge formed of a veined superabrasive material. An anchoring substrate supports the superabrasive material, the substrate including tungsten carbide (WC). An interface integrally joins the veined superabrasive material with the substrate. For each cutting edge, the tool blank is provided with a slot having a curved surface sintered with the superabrasive material. A locator notch is carved on the veined end mill tool blank relative to the veined superabrasive material as a reference point to aid in locating the superabrasive material on the tool blank. The locator notch engraved on the veined end mill tool blank indicates the location of the superabrasive material on the tool blank, thereby eliminating the need for manually locating coordinates of the superabrasive material during a grinding process by a tool fabricator to achieve a precise grinding.
Provided is a cemented carbide composition that includes a carbide phase including reclaimed carbide material in an amount of greater than 70 wt.% of the cemented carbide composition. The cemented carbide composition further includes a binder phase. The reclaimed carbide material includes from about 45 wt.% to about 100 wt.% zinc-reclaimed carbide. The cemented carbide composition is devoid of any electrochemically processed recycled material. The cemented carbide composition exhibits equivalent or superior mechanical properties including e.g. hardness, fracture toughness, and transverse rupture strength when compared to a reference material including solely virgin raw materials. Further provided is a method of making a sintered cemented carbide article as well as a cutting tool or cutting tool blank using the provided cemented carbide composition.
C22C 1/051 - Making hard metals based on borides, carbides, nitrides, oxides or silicides; Preparation of the powder mixture used as the starting material therefor
C22C 29/06 - Alloys based on carbides, oxides, borides, nitrides or silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e. g. oxynitrides, sulfides based on carbides or carbonitrides based on carbides, but not containing other metal compounds
C22C 29/08 - Alloys based on carbides, oxides, borides, nitrides or silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e. g. oxynitrides, sulfides based on carbides or carbonitrides based on carbides, but not containing other metal compounds based on tungsten carbide
E21B 10/42 - Rotary drag type drill bits with teeth, blades or like cutting elements, e.g. fork-type bits, fish tail bits
B22F 5/00 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the special shape of the product
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CEMENTED TUNGSTEN CARBIDE BODY AND METHOD OF FORMING THE CEMENTED TUNGSTEN CARBIDE BODY
A cemented tungsten carbide body is formed by mixing a tungsten carbide powder and a cobalt powder together to form a powder mixture. The tungsten carbide powder makes up greater than or equal to 80 weight percent of the powder mixture, while the cobalt binder powder makes up about 1.5 weight percent to about 20 weight percent of the powder mixture. Next, the powder mixture is compacted to form a green compact, and a boron nitride coating is applied to a surface of the green compact to form a coated compact. The coated compact is sintered at a temperature sufficient to melt the cobalt powder, such that boron from the boron nitride coating diffuses into the compact and creates a gradient of metallic cobalt and boron extending inward from the surface. The metallic cobalt content increases from the surface inward, while the boron content decreases from the surface inward.
C22C 29/08 - Alloys based on carbides, oxides, borides, nitrides or silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e. g. oxynitrides, sulfides based on carbides or carbonitrides based on carbides, but not containing other metal compounds based on tungsten carbide
B22F 5/00 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the special shape of the product
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COMPOSITE FORMED OF CUBIC BORON NITRIDE WITHOUT TI-BASED CERAMIC COMPOUND AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF
C04B 35/5831 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides based on boron nitride based on cubic boron nitride
B23B 27/14 - Cutting tools of which the bits or tips are of special material
C04B 35/626 - Preparing or treating the powders individually or as batches
A wear- protected substrate (10) includes a substrate (14) and a continuous wear protection layer (12) brazed to the substrate. The continuous wear protection layer includes components (16) having interlocking features (18) that are configured to interlock the components side-by-side to form the continuous wear protection layer.
C04B 35/5831 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides based on boron nitride based on cubic boron nitride
B23B 27/14 - Cutting tools of which the bits or tips are of special material
C04B 35/626 - Preparing or treating the powders individually or as batches
Polycrystalline diamond compacts, polycrystalline diamond blanks, polycrystal line diamond cutters, and tools incorporating same for cutting, milling, grinding, drilling and other abrasive operations, particularly in metal cutting applications or geological formation drilling applications, include a diamond table having a gradient in iron content that increases as distance into the volume of the diamond table increases, The iron gradient increases resistance to wear, such as in interrupted milling tests. The disclosure further relates to methods of manufacturing polycrystalline diamond compacts having a gradient in iron concentration in the diamond table, blanks and cutters including polycrystalline diamond compacts, cutting tools incorporating such compacts, blanks and cutters, and methods of cutting, milling, grinding and drilling, particularly metal machining or rock drilling, using such compacts, blanks, cutters, cutting tools and drill bits.
B24D 3/10 - Physical features of abrasive bodies, or sheets, e.g. abrasive surfaces of special nature; Abrasive bodies or sheets characterised by their constituents the constituent being used as bonding agent and being essentially inorganic metallic for porous or cellular structure, e.g. for use with diamonds as abrasives
E21B 10/567 - Button-type inserts with preformed cutting elements mounted on a distinct support, e.g. polycrystalline inserts
B24D 3/06 - Physical features of abrasive bodies, or sheets, e.g. abrasive surfaces of special nature; Abrasive bodies or sheets characterised by their constituents the constituent being used as bonding agent and being essentially inorganic metallic
Provided are bearing assemblies including one or more substrate assemblies, such as thrust bearing assemblies. The substrate assemblies include a bearing element fixed to a substrate. The bearing elements are formed from a thermally stable material such as a ceramic-bonded diamond composite. Methods for manufacturing the bearing assemblies are also provided.
Polycrystal line diamond cutters (600, 650) and methods of making thereof are described, the cutters (600, 650) including a substrate (601, 654) and a diamond body (602, 652), the diamond body (602, 652) having at least one side including a concave portion and at least a portion of the surface of the concave portion (603, 680) on the second side of the diamond body (602, 652) includes a plurality of exposed sintered diamond particles that retain a physical structure of as-sintered diamond particles.
C04B 35/528 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbon, e.g. graphite obtained from carbonaceous particles with or without other non-organic components
B01J 3/06 - Processes using ultra-high pressure, e.g. for the formation of diamonds; Apparatus therefor, e.g. moulds or dies
A cubic boron nitride particle population having highly-etched surfaces and a high toughness index is produced by blending a reactive metal powder with a plurality of cubic boron nitride particles to form a blended mixture. The blended mixture is compressed to form a compressed mixture. The compressed mixture is subjected to a temperature and a pressure, where the temperature is controlled to cause etching of the plurality of cubic boron nitride particles by reaction of cubic boron nitride with the reactive metal powder, thereby forming a plurality of etched cubic boron nitride particles. Also, the temperature and pressure are controlled to cause boron nitride to remain in a cubic boron nitride phase. Afterwards, the plurality of etched cubic boron nitride particles is recovered from the compressed mixture to form the particle population. Preferably, the particle population contains no hexagonal boron nitride.
C01B 21/064 - Binary compounds of nitrogen with metals, with silicon, or with boron with boron
C04B 35/5831 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides based on boron nitride based on cubic boron nitride
C04B 41/00 - After-treatment of mortars, concrete, artificial stone or ceramics; Treatment of natural stone
C04B 41/53 - After-treatment of mortars, concrete, artificial stone or ceramics; Treatment of natural stone involving the removal of part of the materials of the treated article
The present application is a new improvement in the fine-grained cubic boron nitride sintered compact which may be employed to manufacture a cutting tool. The compact contains at least 80 vol % cBN with a metallic binder system and is sintered under HPHT conditions. The improvement incorporates alloys of aluminum in the metallic binder system. The invention has proved beneficial in the machining of cast iron.
B22F 7/06 - Manufacture of composite layers, workpieces, or articles, comprising metallic powder, by sintering the powder, with or without compacting of composite workpieces or articles from parts, e.g. to form tipped tools
C04B 35/5831 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides based on boron nitride based on cubic boron nitride
C04B 35/63 - Preparing or treating the powders individually or as batches using additives specially adapted for forming the products
C22C 29/06 - Alloys based on carbides, oxides, borides, nitrides or silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e. g. oxynitrides, sulfides based on carbides or carbonitrides based on carbides, but not containing other metal compounds
B22F 3/14 - Both compacting and sintering simultaneously
Polycrystalline diamond cutters (500, 520, 540, 560) and methods of making thereof are described, the cutters including a substrate (502, 522, 542, 562), and a diamond body (501, 521, 541, 561), the diamond body including diamond particles spatially arranged according to a gradient of particle sizes. The methods include steps of suspending diamond particles in a liquid and allowing their sedimentation according to a gradient of particle sizes resulting in regions spatially arranged axially and/or radially in which a majority of diamond particles in one region (405, 428, 449) have lower average sizes or average diameters comparative to a majority of diamond particles in a second region (406, 429, 448).
B24D 18/00 - Manufacture of grinding tools, e.g. wheels, not otherwise provided for
C04B 35/528 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbon, e.g. graphite obtained from carbonaceous particles with or without other non-organic components
C04B 35/626 - Preparing or treating the powders individually or as batches
Polycrystalline diamond cutters (400) have a substrate (402) and a diamond body (401) where the diamond body (401) includes bonded diamond particles and discernable diamondene fragments. The polycrystalline diamond cutter (400) is manufactured by high pressure high temperature method that sinters a diamond feed layer (302) that includes diamond particles (310) and diamondene fragments (318) into a diamond body (401).
B24D 18/00 - Manufacture of grinding tools, e.g. wheels, not otherwise provided for
C04B 35/528 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbon, e.g. graphite obtained from carbonaceous particles with or without other non-organic components
Provided are a luminescent diamond material and method of producing the same. The method may include the steps of providing a catalyst selected from one or more of the group of cobalt, iron, manganese and nickel; providing an enhancer selected from one or more of the group of boron, germanium, phosphorous, silicon and tin; providing graphite; blending the catalyst, enhancer and graphite to form a homogenized blend; and subjecting the homogenized blend to a high temperature, high pressure process to form a luminescent diamond material having a plurality of diamond particles having a plurality of defect centers, wherein the luminescent diamond material luminesces at a wavelength of about 700 nm to about 950 nm and energy of about 1.77 eV to about 1.30 eV.
A transition metal catalyst free polycrystalline diamond compact having enhanced thermal stability is disclosed herein. The diamond compact may be attached to a hard metal substrate. The polycrystalline diamond body includes a plurality of diamond grains bonded to adjacent diamond grains by diamond-to-diamond bonds. Sintering of the PCD and the formation of diamond-to-diamond bonding is achieved by transforming graphene treated diamond crystals that are blended with non-metal additives at high pressure and high temperature into a diamond compact that is free of transition metal catalysts. Non-metal additives include vitreous and other non-equilibrium forms of carbon as well as Sr-, K- and Ca-containing carbon sources.
B24D 3/06 - Physical features of abrasive bodies, or sheets, e.g. abrasive surfaces of special nature; Abrasive bodies or sheets characterised by their constituents the constituent being used as bonding agent and being essentially inorganic metallic
E21B 10/55 - Drill bits characterised by wear resisting parts, e.g. diamond inserts the bit being of the rotary drag type, e.g. fork-type bits with preformed cutting elements
E21B 10/567 - Button-type inserts with preformed cutting elements mounted on a distinct support, e.g. polycrystalline inserts
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COPPER AND TIN BASED PCD CUTTING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MAKING
Diamond particles with enhanced reactivity are used to sinter polycrystalline diamond (PCD), under high pressure and high temperature conditions. Copper and tin form a solution with transition metal catalyst (cobalt) used to sinter diamond particles. Copper and tin enhance the reactivity of the diamond particles, reduce the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) mismatch between cobalt and polycrystalline diamond, and lead to a more homogeneous distribution of catalyst metal in PCD. A cutting element may comprise a substrate and a polycrystalline diamond table bonded to the substrate produced by sintering diamond particles with enhanced reactivity mixed with standard diamond particles and chemical additives. These combined effects (more reactive diamond particles, reduced CTE mismatch, and homogeneous distribution of catalyst metal) lead to better performing tools.
B24D 3/06 - Physical features of abrasive bodies, or sheets, e.g. abrasive surfaces of special nature; Abrasive bodies or sheets characterised by their constituents the constituent being used as bonding agent and being essentially inorganic metallic
E21B 10/55 - Drill bits characterised by wear resisting parts, e.g. diamond inserts the bit being of the rotary drag type, e.g. fork-type bits with preformed cutting elements
E21B 10/567 - Button-type inserts with preformed cutting elements mounted on a distinct support, e.g. polycrystalline inserts
The present application is a new improvement in the fine-grained cubic Boron Nitride sintered compact which may be employed to manufacture a cutting tool. The compact contains at least 80 vol % cBN and is sintered under HPHT conditions. The invention has lower levels of unreacted cobalt in the final sintered material than conventions materials. The invention has proved beneficial in the machining of ferrous metal alloys such as sintered metal alloys.
C04B 35/5831 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides based on boron nitride based on cubic boron nitride
C22C 29/16 - Alloys based on carbides, oxides, borides, nitrides or silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e. g. oxynitrides, sulfides based on nitrides
B22F 3/14 - Both compacting and sintering simultaneously
B22F 7/06 - Manufacture of composite layers, workpieces, or articles, comprising metallic powder, by sintering the powder, with or without compacting of composite workpieces or articles from parts, e.g. to form tipped tools
C04B 35/63 - Preparing or treating the powders individually or as batches using additives specially adapted for forming the products
Polycrystalline diamond cutters have a substrate (110), a diamond body (120) including a planar oriented portion (240) and a projecting portion (250), and a passage (130) extending through the cutter along an axis (140) from an opening in a lower side of the substrate to an opening in a first side of a diamond body. The planar oriented portion of the diamond body is attached to the upper side of the substrate and the projecting portion of the diamond body forms at least a portion of an inner wall surface of the first passage. When mounted on drilling tools, heat generated in the cutters by drilling action is transported away from heat generating regions through the diamond body's contact with fluid medium in the passage as well as through the diamond body itself with the body of the drilling tool functioning as a heat sink. Methods of production of the cutter are also disclosed.
E21B 10/573 - Button-type inserts with preformed cutting elements mounted on a distinct support, e.g. polycrystalline inserts - characterised by support details, e.g. the substrate construction or the interface between the substrate and the cutting element
E21B 10/60 - Drill bits characterised by conduits or nozzles for drilling fluids
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DETERMINING TEMPERATURE INSIDE A HIGH PRESSURE CELL BY EVALUATING SOLID SOLUTION COMPOSITION
A method for the measurement of temperature in high temperature and high pressure processes includes the steps of providing at least a first material compound and at least a second material compound. The at least first and second compounds are mixed to form a material sample. The material sample is loaded into a device and the device and material sample are subjected to a high pressure of up to about 10 GPa and a high temperature of up to about 1700 °C to form the material sample into a solid crystalline solution. The material sample is recovered for analysis and the composition of the crystalline solid solution is measured to determine the temperature.
Multi-part abrasive tools are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an abrasive tool includes a first body, a second body, and a braze layer that couples the first body to the second body. The braze layer includes a braze alloy having a liquidus temperature and insoluble particles at least partially surrounded by the braze alloy. The insoluble particles are insoluble with the braze alloy at temperatures at least I 00C above the liquidus temperature of the braze alloy.
B24D 3/00 - Physical features of abrasive bodies, or sheets, e.g. abrasive surfaces of special nature; Abrasive bodies or sheets characterised by their constituents
B24D 3/02 - Physical features of abrasive bodies, or sheets, e.g. abrasive surfaces of special nature; Abrasive bodies or sheets characterised by their constituents the constituent being used as bonding agent
B24D 3/34 - Physical features of abrasive bodies, or sheets, e.g. abrasive surfaces of special nature; Abrasive bodies or sheets characterised by their constituents characterised by additives enhancing special physical properties, e.g. wear resistance, electric conductivity, self-cleaning properties
B23K 35/00 - Rods, electrodes, materials, or media, for use in soldering, welding, or cutting
B23K 35/22 - Rods, electrodes, materials, or media, for use in soldering, welding, or cutting characterised by the composition or nature of the material
B23B 27/18 - Cutting tools of which the bits or tips are of special material with cutting bits or tips rigidly mounted, e.g. by brazing
B23K 31/02 - Processes relevant to this subclass, specially adapted for particular articles or purposes, but not covered by any single one of main groups relating to soldering or welding
B24D 18/00 - Manufacture of grinding tools, e.g. wheels, not otherwise provided for
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METHODS OF MAKING POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND BODIES HAVING ANNULAR REGIONS WITH DIFFERING CHARACTERISTICS
Polycrystalline diamond bodies having an annular region of diamond grains and a core region of diamond grains and methods of making the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a polycrystalline diamond body includes an annular region of inter-bonded diamond grains having a first characteristic property and a core region of inter-bonded diamond grains bonded to the annular region and having a second characteristic property that differs from the first characteristic property. The annular region decreases in thickness from a perimeter surface of the polycrystalline diamond body towards a centerline axis.
B22F 3/14 - Both compacting and sintering simultaneously
C04B 35/528 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbon, e.g. graphite obtained from carbonaceous particles with or without other non-organic components
C22C 1/05 - Mixtures of metal powder with non-metallic powder
E21B 10/567 - Button-type inserts with preformed cutting elements mounted on a distinct support, e.g. polycrystalline inserts
B30B 11/00 - Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses or tabletting presses
Polycrystalline diamond bodies having an annular region of diamond grains and a core region of diamond grains and methods of making the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a polycrystalline diamond body (120) includes an annular region (142) of inter-bonded diamond grains having a first characteristic property and a core region (140) of inter-bonded diamond grains bonded to the annular region and having a second characteristic property that differs from the first characteristic property. The annular region decreases in thickness from a perimeter surface of the polycrystalline diamond body towards a centerline axis.
A polycrystalline diamond compact includes a polycrystalline diamond material having a plurality of grains of diamond bonded to one another by inter-granular bonds and an intermetallic gamma prime (γ') or κ-carbide phase disposed within interstitial spaces between the inter-bonded diamond grains. The ordered intermetallic gamma prime (γ') or ҡ-carbide phase includes a Group VIII metal, aluminum, and a stabilizer. An earth-boring tool includes a bit body and a polycrystalline diamond compact secured to the bit body. A method of forming polycrystalline diamond includes subjecting diamond particles in the presence of a metal material comprising a Group VIII metal and aluminum to a pressure of at least 4.5 GPa and a temperature of at least 1,000°C to form inter-granular bonds between adjacent diamond particles, cooling the diamond particles and the metal material to a temperature below 500°C, and forming an intermetallic gamma prime (γ') or ҡ-carbide phase adjacent the diamond particles.
Polycrystalline diamond compacts having interstitial diamonds and methods of forming polycrystalline diamond compact shaving interstitial diamonds with a quench cycle are described herein. In one embodiment, a polycrystalline diamond compact includes a substrate and a polycrystalline diamond body attached to the substrate. The polycrystalline diamond body includes a plurality of inter-bonded diamond grains that are attached to one another in an interconnected network of diamond grains and interstitial pockets between the inter-bonded diamond grains, and a plurality of interstitial diamond grains that are positioned in the interstitial pockets. Each of the plurality of interstitial diamond grains are attached to a single diamond grain of the interconnected network of diamond grains or other interstitial diamond grains.
C04B 35/52 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbon, e.g. graphite
C04B 35/528 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbon, e.g. graphite obtained from carbonaceous particles with or without other non-organic components
A drill bit for a drill includes at least one flute having a rake face (32) including a flute edge and at least one cutting edge (20, 22) having a profile that extends along at least a portion of a length of the cutting edge, the rake face extending from the cutting edge. A chip breaker (40) formed in the rake face, the chip breaker being a continuous groove located adjacent the cutting edge, the groove having a starting end and an exit end opening into the flute edge, the starting end having a depth that is less than a depth of the exit end of the groove, wherein a shape of the groove at the starting end is different from a shape of the groove at the exit end.
Polycrystalline diamond cutters for rotary drill bits and methods of making the same are disclosed. A polycrystalline diamond compact (100) includes a polycrystalline diamond body having a working surface, an interface surface, and a perimeter surface. The polycrystalline diamond compact also includes a substrate bonded to the polycrystalline diamond body along the interface surface. A non-diamond volume fraction of the polycrystalline diamond body is greater at the interface surface than at the working surface.
B22F 3/14 - Both compacting and sintering simultaneously
B24D 3/10 - Physical features of abrasive bodies, or sheets, e.g. abrasive surfaces of special nature; Abrasive bodies or sheets characterised by their constituents the constituent being used as bonding agent and being essentially inorganic metallic for porous or cellular structure, e.g. for use with diamonds as abrasives
Cutting elements having accelerated leaching rates and methods of making the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of forming a cutting element includes assembling a reaction cell having diamond particles, a non-catalyst material, a catalyst material, and a substrate within a refractory metal container, where the non-catalyst material is generally immiscible in the catalyst material at a sintering temperature and pressure. The method also includes subjecting the reaction cell and its contents to a high pressure high temperature sintering process to form a polycrystalline diamond body that is attached to the substrate. The method further includes contacting at least a portion of the polycrystalline diamond body with a leaching agent to remove catalyst material and non-catalyst material from the diamond body, where a leaching rate of the catalyst material and the non-catalyst material exceeds a conventional leaching rate profile by at least about 30%.
B23P 15/28 - Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass cutting tools
C22C 29/02 - Alloys based on carbides, oxides, borides, nitrides or silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e. g. oxynitrides, sulfides based on carbides or carbonitrides
C22C 29/08 - Alloys based on carbides, oxides, borides, nitrides or silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e. g. oxynitrides, sulfides based on carbides or carbonitrides based on carbides, but not containing other metal compounds based on tungsten carbide
E21B 10/46 - Drill bits characterised by wear resisting parts, e.g. diamond inserts
B23B 27/14 - Cutting tools of which the bits or tips are of special material
B23B 27/20 - Cutting tools of which the bits or tips are of special material with diamond bits
B24D 3/08 - Physical features of abrasive bodies, or sheets, e.g. abrasive surfaces of special nature; Abrasive bodies or sheets characterised by their constituents the constituent being used as bonding agent and being essentially inorganic metallic for close-grained structure, e.g. using metal with low melting point
Polycrystalline diamond cutting elements having enhanced thermal stability, drill bits incorporating the same, and methods of making the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a cutting element includes a substrate having a metal carbide and a polycrystalline diamond body bonded to the substrate. The polycrystalline diamond body includes a plurality of diamond grains bonded to adjacent diamond grains by diamond-to-diamond bonds and a plurality of interstitial regions positioned between adjacent diamond grains. At least a portion of the plurality of interstitial regions comprise lead or lead alloy, a catalyst material, metal carbide, or combinations thereof. At least a portion of the plurality of interstitial regions comprise lead or lead alloy that coat portions of the adjacent diamond grains such that the lead or lead alloy reduces contact between the diamond and the catalyst.
B22F 5/00 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the special shape of the product
B23B 27/20 - Cutting tools of which the bits or tips are of special material with diamond bits
B24D 3/06 - Physical features of abrasive bodies, or sheets, e.g. abrasive surfaces of special nature; Abrasive bodies or sheets characterised by their constituents the constituent being used as bonding agent and being essentially inorganic metallic
B24D 99/00 - Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
Polycrystalline diamond cutting elements having enhanced thermal stability, drill bits incorporating the same, and methods of making the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a cutting element includes a substrate having a metal carbide and a polycrystalline diamond body bonded to the substrate. The polycrystalline diamond body includes a plurality of diamond grains bonded to adjacent diamond grains by diamond-to-diamond bonds and a plurality of interstitial regions positioned between adjacent diamond grains. At least a portion of the plurality of interstitial regions comprise a non-catalyst material, a catalyst material, metal carbide, or combinations thereof. At least a portion of the plurality of interstitial regions comprise non-catalyst material that coats portions of the adjacent diamond grains such that the non-catalyst material reduces contact between the diamond and the catalyst.
B22F 3/14 - Both compacting and sintering simultaneously
B22F 7/06 - Manufacture of composite layers, workpieces, or articles, comprising metallic powder, by sintering the powder, with or without compacting of composite workpieces or articles from parts, e.g. to form tipped tools
Diamond bodies and methods of manufacture are disclosed. Diamond bodies are formed from at least a bimodal, alternatively a tri-modal or higher modal, feedstock having at least one fraction of modified diamond particles with a fine particle size (0.5-3.0 µm) and at least one fraction of diamond particles with coarse particle size (15.0 to 30 µm). During high pressure - high temperature processing, fine particle sized, modified diamond particles in the first fraction preferentially fracture to smaller sizes while preserving the morphology of coarse particle sized diamond particles in the second fraction. Diamond bodies incorporating the two fractions have a microstructure including second fraction diamond particles dispersed in a continuous matrix of first fraction modified diamond particles and exhibit improved wear characteristics, particularly for wear associated with drilling of geological formations.
C04B 35/52 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbon, e.g. graphite
Ceramic-bonded diamond composite particle includes a plurality of diamond grains and silicon carbide reaction bonded to the diamond grains having a composition of 60-90 wt.% diamond, 10-40 wt.% silicon carbide, ≤2 wt.% silicon. Particles are formed by processes that forms granules in a pre-consolidation process, forms a densified compact including ceramic-bonded diamond composite material in a consolidation process or forms ceramic-bonded diamond composite material directly, and a post-consolidation process in which the densified compact or ceramic-bonded diamond composite material is mechanically broken to form a plurality of the particles. Inert or active material can be incorporated into the densified compact or coated on granules to reduce the number and extent of diamond to silicon carbide bonding occurring in the consolidation process and make the ceramic-bonded diamond composite material more friable and easily breakable into composite particles.
C04B 35/528 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbon, e.g. graphite obtained from carbonaceous particles with or without other non-organic components
Polycrystalline diamond cutters for rotary drill bits and methods of making the same are disclosed. Polycrystalline diamond cutters include a support substrate and a polycrystalline diamond body coupled to the support substrate. The polycrystalline diamond body includes a plurality of diamond grains exhibiting inter-diamond bonding therebetween and defining a plurality of interstitial regions, a non-catalytic material distributed throughout the polycrystalline diamond body in a detectable amount, and a catalytic material distributed throughout the polycrystalline diamond body in a detectable amount.
Polycrystalline cubic boron nitride compact include a body having sintered microcrystalline cubic boron nitride in a matrix of binder material. The microcrystalline cubic boron nitride particles have a size ranging from 2 microns to 50 microns. The particles of microcrystalline cubic boron nitride include a plurality of sub-grains, each sub-grain having a size ranging from 0.1 micron to 2 microns. The compacts are manufactured in a high pressure - high temperature (HPHT) sintering process. The compacts exhibit intergranular defect formation following introduction of wear. The sub-grains promote crack propagation based on micro-chipping rather than on a cleavage mechanism and, in sintered bodies, cracks propagate intergranularly rather than intragranularly, resulting in increased toughness and improved wear characteristics as compared to monocrystalline cubic boron nitride. The compacts are suitable for use as abrasive tools.
C04B 35/5831 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides based on boron nitride based on cubic boron nitride
C04B 35/626 - Preparing or treating the powders individually or as batches
Multi-step milling processes to prepare cBN composite powder forms a first powder mixture by adding a binder and a first cBN component, mills the first powder mixture for a first time period, combines a second cBN component with the milled first powder mixture to form a second powder mixture, and mills the second powder mixture for a second time period (less than the first time period) to form the cBN composite powder. A ratio of the D50 value of the second cBN component to the D50 value of the first cBN component is at least 3.0. Two-step milling with different milling times for the two cBN component fractions controls the amount of mill debris in the cBN composite powder mixture. Further processing of the cBN composite powder under HPHT conditions forms a cBN-based ceramic with an average value of a cBN particle free diameter of less than 2.0 microns.
C04B 35/5831 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides based on boron nitride based on cubic boron nitride
C04B 35/626 - Preparing or treating the powders individually or as batches
35.
SUBSTRATES FOR POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND CUTTERS WITH UNIQUE PROPERTIES
A compact, a superabrasive compact and a method of making the compact and superabrasive compact are disclosed. A compact may comprise a plurality of carbide particles, a binder, and a species. The binder may be dispersed among the plurality of tungsten carbide particles. The species may be dispersed in the compact, wherein the binder has a melting point from about 600 C to about 1350 C at ambient pressure. A superabrasive compact may include a diamond table and a substrate. The diamond table may be attached to the substrate. The substrate may have a binder. The melting point of the binder is from about 600 C to about 1350 C at high pressure from about 30 kbar to about 100 kbar.
C04B 35/52 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbon, e.g. graphite
C04B 35/528 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbon, e.g. graphite obtained from carbonaceous particles with or without other non-organic components
A superabrasive compact and a method of making the superabrasive compact are disclosed. A superabrasive compact may include a diamond table and a substrate. The diamond table may be attached to the substrate. The substrate may have a metric of being defined as a ratio of carbon content over tungsten carbide content, wherein the metric ranges from about 6.13% to about 7.5%.
C04B 35/528 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbon, e.g. graphite obtained from carbonaceous particles with or without other non-organic components
C22C 29/08 - Alloys based on carbides, oxides, borides, nitrides or silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e. g. oxynitrides, sulfides based on carbides or carbonitrides based on carbides, but not containing other metal compounds based on tungsten carbide
37.
CUTTERS COMPRISING POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND ATTACHED TO A HARD METAL CARBIDE SUBSTRATE
Superabrasive compacts and methods of making superabrasive compacts are disclosed. A superabrasive compact includes a polycrystalline diamond table and a substrate attached to the polycrystalline diamond table. The substrate includes a hard metal carbide and a binder having a compound with a composition of AxByCz, where A and B are transition metals, where C is carbon, and where 0≤x≤7, 0≤y≤7, x+y=7, and 0≤z≤3.
C22C 29/06 - Alloys based on carbides, oxides, borides, nitrides or silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e. g. oxynitrides, sulfides based on carbides or carbonitrides based on carbides, but not containing other metal compounds
C22C 29/08 - Alloys based on carbides, oxides, borides, nitrides or silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e. g. oxynitrides, sulfides based on carbides or carbonitrides based on carbides, but not containing other metal compounds based on tungsten carbide
B22F 7/06 - Manufacture of composite layers, workpieces, or articles, comprising metallic powder, by sintering the powder, with or without compacting of composite workpieces or articles from parts, e.g. to form tipped tools
A polycrystalline diamond compact cutter (10) for a tool includes a substrate (12) of cemented carbide and a volume of polycrystalline diamond (14) bonded to the substrate. At least one chamfer (24) extends along an outer circumference of the volume of polycrystalline diamond. A textured surface (30) is disposed on at least the at least one chamfer. The textured surface provides a termination point for crack formation, an increased surface area for heat transfer, and decreases chipping of the volume of polycrystalline diamond.
A coated superabrasive material and method of making the coated superabrasive material are provided. The coated superabrasive material may comprise a core and a glass coating. The core may comprise a superabrasive crystal. The glass coating may be evenly covered at outside of the core. The glass coating may range from about 1 wt% to about 15 wt% of the superabrasive crystal. The glass coating may have thickness from about 1 micron to about 2 microns.
A superabrasive compact and a method of making the superabrasive compact are disclosed. A method of making a superabrasive compact may comprise steps of treating a substrate to remove a first binder material from a portion of the substrate; introducing a first material into the portion of the substrate, forming a first modified substrate; and treating the porting of modified substrate to remove at least a part of the first material to form a second modified substrate.
The present disclosure relates to a brazed superabrasive assembly (100) and to a method of producing such brazed superabrasive assembly (100). The brazed superabrasive assembly (100) includes a plurality of braze alloy layers (108, 110) that are positioned opposite a stress relieving layer (104). The stress relieving layer (104) has a solidus temperature that is greater than a solidus temperature of the plurality of braze alloy layers (108, 110).
B23K 1/00 - Soldering, e.g. brazing, or unsoldering
B23K 1/19 - Soldering, e.g. brazing, or unsoldering taking account of the properties of the materials to be soldered
B23K 31/02 - Processes relevant to this subclass, specially adapted for particular articles or purposes, but not covered by any single one of main groups relating to soldering or welding
B24D 18/00 - Manufacture of grinding tools, e.g. wheels, not otherwise provided for
C04B 37/00 - Joining burned ceramic articles with other burned ceramic articles or other articles by heating
C04B 37/02 - Joining burned ceramic articles with other burned ceramic articles or other articles by heating with metallic articles
E21B 10/573 - Button-type inserts with preformed cutting elements mounted on a distinct support, e.g. polycrystalline inserts - characterised by support details, e.g. the substrate construction or the interface between the substrate and the cutting element
42.
POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND COMPACT WITH ENHANCED THERMAL STABILITY
A superabrasive compact and a method of making the superabrasive compact are disclosed. The superabrasive compact comprises a diamond table and a substrate. The diamond table is attached to the substrate. The diamond table includes bonded diamond grains defining interstitial channels. The interstitial channels are filled with non-binder materials (42) in the first region, such as for instance SiC. The interstitial channels in the second region is filled with a binder material (46) and an additive from the substrate. The binder material is for instance Co, Fe or Ni, whereas the additive is Cr, Mn, boron or Mo. The additive lowers the melting temperature of the metallic binder to below 1350°C, thereby facilitating the infiltration of the diamond porous body.
C04B 35/52 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbon, e.g. graphite
B01J 3/06 - Processes using ultra-high pressure, e.g. for the formation of diamonds; Apparatus therefor, e.g. moulds or dies
B22F 7/06 - Manufacture of composite layers, workpieces, or articles, comprising metallic powder, by sintering the powder, with or without compacting of composite workpieces or articles from parts, e.g. to form tipped tools
B24D 3/06 - Physical features of abrasive bodies, or sheets, e.g. abrasive surfaces of special nature; Abrasive bodies or sheets characterised by their constituents the constituent being used as bonding agent and being essentially inorganic metallic
A superabrasive compact and a method of making the superabrasive compact are disclosed. A superabrasive compact may comprise a diamond table and a substrate. The diamond table may be attached to the substrate. The diamond table may include bonded diamond grains defining interstitial channels. The interstitial channels may be filled with at least two types of carbides in the first region. The interstitial channels in the second region may be filled with a metal catalyst from the substrate. The carbides can be SiC and aluminum carbide. The metal catalyst is Fe/Co/Ni or alloys from these.
C04B 35/52 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbon, e.g. graphite
B01J 3/06 - Processes using ultra-high pressure, e.g. for the formation of diamonds; Apparatus therefor, e.g. moulds or dies
A superabrasive compact and a method of making the superabrasive compact are disclosed. A superabrasive compact may comprise a superabrasive volume and a substrate. The substrate may be attached to the superabrasive volume via an interface. The superabrasive volume may be formed by a plurality of polycrystalline superabrasive particles. The superabrasive particles may have nano or sub-micron scale surface texture.The surface texture is the result of treating the diamond or cBN particles in hydrogen or oxygen- containing atmoshere. The diamond or cBN particles are joined with the cemented tungsten carbide substrate by high pressure high temperature sintering.
C04B 35/52 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbon, e.g. graphite
C04B 35/5831 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides based on boron nitride based on cubic boron nitride
C04B 35/626 - Preparing or treating the powders individually or as batches
B01J 3/06 - Processes using ultra-high pressure, e.g. for the formation of diamonds; Apparatus therefor, e.g. moulds or dies
B24D 3/06 - Physical features of abrasive bodies, or sheets, e.g. abrasive surfaces of special nature; Abrasive bodies or sheets characterised by their constituents the constituent being used as bonding agent and being essentially inorganic metallic
A superabrasive compact and a method of making the superabrasive compact are disclosed. A superabrasive compact may comprise a superabrasive volume comprising about 60 to about 99.5 weight % superabrasive particles, about 0.5 to 40 weight % catalysts. The catalyst comprises a non-transitional metal atom.
A superabrasive compact and a method of making the superabrasive compact are disclosed. A superabrasive compact may comprise a plurality of polycrystalline superabrasive particles made of surface functionalized superabrasive particle The surface functionalized superabrasive particles may have halogens or organic moiety instead of hydrogen.
B24D 3/04 - Physical features of abrasive bodies, or sheets, e.g. abrasive surfaces of special nature; Abrasive bodies or sheets characterised by their constituents the constituent being used as bonding agent and being essentially inorganic
C04B 35/52 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbon, e.g. graphite
A lapping slurry and method of making the lapping slurry are provided. The lapping slurry comprises abrasive grains dispersed in a carrier. The carrier comprises water, ethylene glycol and between about 0.5 wt% to about 60 wt% surfactant. Abrasive particles are positively charged when dispersed in ethylene glycol having a pH in a range of from 5 to 9, as evidenced by zeta potentials.
A tool (100) and a method of making the tool is disclosed. The tool comprises a sleeve (102) and a compact (104). The sleeve may have a proximal end (112), a distal end (106), a central axis (120), and a bore (140) extending from the proximal end to the distal end, the bore having an inner wall (210). The compact may have a base end (110) and an impact surface (116) spaced opposite to the base end. The compact may be substantially disposed within the bore of the sleeve. The proximal end may be disposed proximate the base end of the compact.
E21B 10/567 - Button-type inserts with preformed cutting elements mounted on a distinct support, e.g. polycrystalline inserts
E21B 10/573 - Button-type inserts with preformed cutting elements mounted on a distinct support, e.g. polycrystalline inserts - characterised by support details, e.g. the substrate construction or the interface between the substrate and the cutting element
A cutting tool (10) and a method of making a cutting tool are provided. The cutting tool (10) comprises a sintered superabrasive tip (12) with a plurality of superhard particles of polycrystalline boron nitride, a tool body (14) and a non-brazing material (24). The non- brazing material (24) fills a gap (15, 16) between the superabrasive tip (12) and the tool body (14). The method of making a cutting tool comprises steps of providing a superabrasive tip (12); providing a tool body (14); filling a gap (15, 16) between the superabrasive tip (12) and the tool body (14) with a non-brazing material (24); and depositing a first coating (22) to the non-brazing material (24).
B23B 27/18 - Cutting tools of which the bits or tips are of special material with cutting bits or tips rigidly mounted, e.g. by brazing
B22F 7/06 - Manufacture of composite layers, workpieces, or articles, comprising metallic powder, by sintering the powder, with or without compacting of composite workpieces or articles from parts, e.g. to form tipped tools
C23C 16/04 - Coating on selected surface areas, e.g. using masks
B22F 5/00 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the special shape of the product
A synthetic diamond body and method of making the synthetic diamond body are provided. The synthetic diamond body having a low stress and free of cracks may comprise a first single crystal partial volume having the first crystallographic orientation and a one or more of other single crystal partial volumes, wherein the first partial volume occupies less than about 100% of the total volume of synthetic diamond wafer, and each other single crystal partial volume has its own crystallographic orientation; and each other single crystal partial volume comprises a plurality of single crystal volumes all having about the same crystallographic orientation, wherein the crystallographic orientation of each partial volume is fixed against the first crystallographic orientation by a geometrical operation.
A method of making a polycrystalline diamond compact including providing a layer of graphene on top of a sintered PCD and transforming the graphene at high pressure and temperature into diamond that is free of metal catalyst. A method of making PCD by providing a layer of graphene powder (38) on top of a layer of diamond powder (36) and a substrate (20) and sintering at high pressure and temperature to transform the graphene into diamond that is free of metal catalyst at the surface. A cutting element for a tool comprisig a substrate, a PCD table and a diamond volume that is substantially free of catalytic material. The PCD is between the substrate and the diamond volume.
Superabrasive cubic boron nitride particles and method of making the same are disclosed. The cubic boron nitride particles have an irregular surface, wherein the surface roughness of said particles is less than about 0.95. The method for producing abrasive particles having a unique surface morphology comprises the steps of providing a plurality of abrasive particles; blending reactive metal powder with the abrasive particles; compressing the blended components into a pellet; heating said pellet; and recovering modified abrasive particles.
A superabrasive material is provided. The superabrasive material may comprise a superabrasive crystal having an irregular surface. The superabrasive material further comprises a plurality of structure defects within the superabrasive crystal or has a layered or laminar microstructure. The plurality of structure defects may cause micro- chipping when used as grinding materials. The superabrasive crystal is selected from a group of cubic boron nitride, diamond and diamod composite materials. A method of making boron nitride superabrasive materials is also provided.
A composition of a sintered superhard compact is provided. The sintered superhard compact body comprises superhard particles cubic boron nitride and titatium diboride. A binder phase may bond the superhard particles together. The binder phase comprises a titanium compound and a balance aluminum compound. The titanium compound may be formed during the high pressure high temperature condition. The sintered superhard compact body may have an amount of the titanium compound in order to have a mixed wear and toughness application.
B23B 27/02 - Cutting tools with straight main part and cutting edge at an angle
B23B 27/14 - Cutting tools of which the bits or tips are of special material
C22C 29/14 - Alloys based on carbides, oxides, borides, nitrides or silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e. g. oxynitrides, sulfides based on borides
C22C 29/16 - Alloys based on carbides, oxides, borides, nitrides or silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e. g. oxynitrides, sulfides based on nitrides
55.
FUNCTIONALIZATION OF CUBIC BORON NITRIDE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
A superabrasive material and method of making the superabrasive material are provided. The superabrasive material may comprise a superabrasive crystal (12) and a plurality of particles (14). The plurality of particles may be included within the superabrasive crystal (12). The plurality of particles may comprise a non-catalyst material. The superabrasive material may comprise a single crystal structure of cubic boron nitride (cBN).
A polycrystalline cubic boron nitride (PcBN) is fabricated using a process of overlaying layers of cubic boron nitride (cBN) powder, where the layers have cBN mixed with various concentrations of a ceramic. The process of fabricating the PcBN includes depositing, in a refractory capsule, a carbide, a cubic boron nitride (cBN), and a mixture of cBN and a ceramic, then applying a high pressure and high temperature (HPHT) to the content of the refractory capsule. During the depositing step of the process, the concentration of cBN in the mixture of the cBN and ceramic is lower than the concentration of cBN that is in the layer below it. Upon applying HPHT, the carbide first diffuses across the cBN layer, and then diffuses across the layer with the mixture of the cBN and ceramic. After HPHT ends and the content of the refractory capsule cools, the process yields a PcBN having layers with various concentrations of cBN, and at least one cBN layer with a ceramic material.
C23C 28/04 - Coating for obtaining at least two superposed coatings either by methods not provided for in a single one of main groups , or by combinations of methods provided for in subclasses and only coatings of inorganic non-metallic material
57.
UNIQUE CUBIC BORON NITRIDE CRYSTALS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEM
A superabrasive material and method of making the superabrasive material are provided. The superabrasive material may comprise a core and an outgrown region. The core may have a single crystal structure. The outgrown region may also contain a single crystal. The single crystal may extend outwards from the core. The outgrown region may have a lower toughness index than that of the core.
B01J 3/06 - Processes using ultra-high pressure, e.g. for the formation of diamonds; Apparatus therefor, e.g. moulds or dies
C04B 35/5831 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides based on boron nitride based on cubic boron nitride
B30B 11/00 - Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses or tabletting presses
An insert for a cutting tool and a method of making an insert are provided. The insert for a cutting tool may comprise a body and a substrate carrier. The body may have a top, a bottom, and a plurality of side walls connected to the top and the bottom. The body may comprise superhard particles in absence of a support. The substrate carrier may have a recess. The bottom and the sidewall of the body may be adapted to be affixed to the recess of the substrate carrier.
C04B 35/56 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbides
C04B 35/58 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides
C04B 35/5831 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides based on boron nitride based on cubic boron nitride
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SINTERED SUPERHARD COMPACT FOR CUTTING TOOL APPLICATIONS AND METHOD OF ITS PRODUCTION
A method and composition of a sintered superhard compact is provided. The sintered superhard compact body may comprise superhard particles and a binder phase. The binder phase may bond the superhard particles together. The binder phase comprises tungsten and cobalt. The ratio of tungsten to cobalt is between 1 and 2 and sum of W and Co in the sintered superhard compact is in a range of from about 2 to about 20 percent by weight.
C04B 35/52 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbon, e.g. graphite
C04B 35/5831 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides based on boron nitride based on cubic boron nitride
A method of producing at least one through-hole and countersink in at least one ultrahard insert including the steps of providing a body (28, 30, 32, 34) having a first major surface (12) and an opposite second major surface (14); forming at least one pilot hole (28) in said body using a laser, wherein said at least one pilot hole extends from said first major surface to the opposite second major surface of said body;cutting said pilot hole using a wire electrical discharge machine (WEDM) to produce a straight cylindrical portion (26) and top conical portion (22); forming a countersink (24) on at least one side of said body using an electrical discharge grinding machine (EDG); and severing said at least one ultrahard insert from said body forming a finished insert, wherein said finished insert includes a through-hole and a countersink.
A method of making a near-net superhard material body includes preparing granules from a mixture of superhard powder, binders, and fluids, compacting the granules to form a soft green complex-shaped body, heating the soft green body in a furnace to form a hard green body free from residual binders, embedding one or more of the hard green bodies in a containment powder or a containment means and forming a pressure cell, sintering the cell at high pressure and high temperature, and removing the containment powder from the cell or removing the inserts from the containment means to reveal one or more near-net bodies.
C04B 35/52 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbon, e.g. graphite
C04B 35/5831 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides based on boron nitride based on cubic boron nitride
A method of making diamond including mixing graphene with diamond seed to form a powder mixture, and then sintering the powder mixture, in the absence of a transition metal catalyst, at high pressure and high temperature; and a method of making a polycrystalline diamond compact including mixing graphene in diamond powder to form a powder mixture with less than about 50% graphene by weight, and then sintering the powder mixture, in the absence of a transition metal catalyst, at high pressure and high temperature.
A sintered compact for use in making a cutting tool, the sintered compact including about 10 vol. % to about 90 vol.% cubic boron nitride, and a binder phase including about 0.1 vol. % to about 10 vol.% graphene. A method for a sintered compact including mixing a powder blend having about 10 vol. % to about 90 vol. % cubic boron nitride and about 0.1 vol. % to about 10 vol. % graphene, pressing the powder blend into a pill, and sintering the pill at high pressure and high temperature. A sintered cutting tool including about 10 vol. % to about 90 vol.% cubic boron nitride, and a binder phase including about 0.1 vol. % to about 10 vol.% graphene, wherein the sintering is performed at a pressure of about 45 kBar and a temperature of about 1500 C for about 30 minutes.
C04B 35/5831 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides based on boron nitride based on cubic boron nitride
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METHOD OF JOINING TWO COMPONENTS TO ENSURE AXIAL AND ANGULAR ALIGNMENT THEREBETWEEN BY USING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED ELEMENTS
A method of bonding together components (12,14), such as a tip (12) and a shaft (14) include mutually facing carbide end surfaces is described. The tip (12) includes circumferentially spaced flutes formed in its cylindrical outer periphery. The shaft (14) has a cylindrical outer periphery and a plurality of coolant holes extending through the shaft (14). Bonding of the tip (12) to the shaft (14) is performed by inserting gauge wires (40) into the coolant holes and associated flutes, and positioning brazing material (42) between the first and second end surfaces. A water-soluble bond-blocking material is applied to the gauge wires (40) for preventing brazing of the gauge wires (40) to the brazing material. The brazing material (42) is heated to braze the first and second end surfaces together while the flutes and their associated coolant holes are maintained in alignment by the gauge wires (40). Then, the gauge wires (40) are removed, and residual bond-blocking material is dissolved in water.
A method of making a polycrystalline diamond compact includes mixing a diamond particle feed with a binder to form a mixture, forming the mixture into a precompact, heating the pre-compact in a non-oxidizing atmosphere to substantially drive off the binder, oxidizing the pre-compact in an oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature and for a time sufficient to burn off non-diamond carbon without overoxidizing diamond, and sintering the pre-compact at high pressure and high temperature to form a polycrystalline diamond compact. The method may also include oxidizing the diamond particle feed prior to mixing with the binder.
The present disclosure relates to brazed coated diamond-containing materials and methods of producing brazed coated diamond-containing materials. The method for brazing the coated diamond-containing material may include bringing a braze metal into contact with the refractory metal layer and a substrate; heating at least the braze metal above the melting temperature of the braze metal; and bringing the braze metal into contact with the substrate to form a braze metal layer to join the diamond-containing material, braze metal layer, and substrate together. An advantage of the method may include that the brazing step may be performed in air, under ambient pressure, and without the need for a protective layer.
C04B 37/00 - Joining burned ceramic articles with other burned ceramic articles or other articles by heating
C04B 37/02 - Joining burned ceramic articles with other burned ceramic articles or other articles by heating with metallic articles
E21B 10/573 - Button-type inserts with preformed cutting elements mounted on a distinct support, e.g. polycrystalline inserts - characterised by support details, e.g. the substrate construction or the interface between the substrate and the cutting element
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COMPOSITE COMPACTS FORMED OF CERAMICS AND LOW-VOLUME CUBIC BORON NITRIDE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
A composite compact formed by sintering, at high temperature/high pressure, a composition including cBN in a range of about 5 to about 60 vol. %, zirconia (or in the range about 5 to about 20 vol. %), and other ceramic material. Subsequent to sintering, the zirconia exists in the cubic phase and/or tetragonal phase. The zirconia may be either stabilized or unstabilized prior to sintering. The other ceramic material may include one or more of nitrides, borides, and carbides of Ti, Zr, Hf, Al, Si, or AI2O3. Some of the ceramic material is formed during the sintering process. The compact can be bonded to a tungsten carbide substrate during the sintering process.
C04B 35/5831 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides based on boron nitride based on cubic boron nitride
C04B 35/58 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides
C04B 35/56 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbides
68.
INSERT WITH A WIPER TO INDUCE CHIP THINNING ON A LEADING EDGE
A cutting insert (100) includes a body (102) formed with at least one corner. The corner is formed with at least a first radius (128) and a second radius (130) disposed adjacent the first radius. The cutting insert may be adapted to be a part of a cutting tool.
The present disclosure provides methods for preparing a silicon bonded PCD material involving a one step, double sweep process and a temporary barrier.
C04B 35/52 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbon, e.g. graphite
A cutting element including a cutting face and a longitudinal axis passing through the cutting face. The cutting element includes at least a first portion of the cutting face that is angled at an angle of about 81 to about 89 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the cutting element. The cutting element can further include a substrate, a superabrasive an interface between the substrate and superabrasive layer. Further, the cutting face is provided with a surface roughness of 40 microinches or less.
A cutting element include a substrate and a diamond compact including at least two polycrystalline diamond portions separated by at least one metal carbide foil portion. The cutting element is made by placing diamond powder in a reaction container, placing a thin metal layer in the reaction container above or around the diamond powder and binder, placing additional diamond powder in the reaction container above or around the thin metal layer, and placing a pre-sintered substrate containing binder into the reaction container above all diamond powder and thin metal layer components. The assembled reaction container is put into a reactor and is subjected to a high-temperature high-pressure sintering process. The binder in the pre- sintered substrate sweeps through to sinter the first diamond portion, and then reacts with the thin metal layer to form a metal carbide, and then the binder continues to sweep through to sinter the second diamond portion.
B22F 5/00 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the special shape of the product
B22F 7/06 - Manufacture of composite layers, workpieces, or articles, comprising metallic powder, by sintering the powder, with or without compacting of composite workpieces or articles from parts, e.g. to form tipped tools
The present disclosure provides a CMP pad conditioning tool with at least one integral abrasive protrusion. The present disclosure further provides a method for preparing this CMP pad conditioning tool, along with a method for using said tool to condition a CMP pad.
B24D 18/00 - Manufacture of grinding tools, e.g. wheels, not otherwise provided for
B24B 53/017 - Devices or means for dressing, cleaning or otherwise conditioning lapping tools
B24D 3/34 - Physical features of abrasive bodies, or sheets, e.g. abrasive surfaces of special nature; Abrasive bodies or sheets characterised by their constituents characterised by additives enhancing special physical properties, e.g. wear resistance, electric conductivity, self-cleaning properties
B24D 3/06 - Physical features of abrasive bodies, or sheets, e.g. abrasive surfaces of special nature; Abrasive bodies or sheets characterised by their constituents the constituent being used as bonding agent and being essentially inorganic metallic
A superabrasive compact cutting element, for example, an insert utilized in shear cutter bits. The cutting elements include a layer of superabrasive materials that is provided with different shapes and positions relative to the substrate in order to enhance the abrasion resistance performance of the cutting element. The cutting element includes a top, bottom and peripheral surface. The cutting element further includes at least one superabrasive material portion comprising polycrystalline diamond (PCD) or cubic boron nitride (CBN), a substrate supporting the at least one superabrasive material portion, and an interface where the at least one superabrasive material portion and the substrate are joined. The interface slopes downwardly with a slope angle of less than about 40° and/or the cutting element has a longitudinal thickness of the at least one superabrasive material portion measured along a peripheral surface of the cutting element in a longitudinal direction greater than about 3 mm.
E21B 10/567 - Button-type inserts with preformed cutting elements mounted on a distinct support, e.g. polycrystalline inserts
E21B 10/573 - Button-type inserts with preformed cutting elements mounted on a distinct support, e.g. polycrystalline inserts - characterised by support details, e.g. the substrate construction or the interface between the substrate and the cutting element
A sintered cutting element including a superabrasive layer supported on a substrate. The superabrasive layer includes superabrasive material and secondary phase, and the substrate includes a binder phase. The sintered cutting element is formed by a high temperature high pressure sintering process in which separate source elements melt and sweep first through the superabrasive layer, and then to the substrate to form the secondary phase and binder phase. The superabrasive layer is substantially free of or free of eta-phase, Co3W3C. Further, the portion of the substrate nearest the interface between the superabrasive layer and the substrate has equal or more binder phase than portions of the substrate further from the interface. In certain embodiments, the superabrasive material includes polycrystalline diamond, and the substrate includes cobalt tungsten carbide.
A cutting tool having a sintered compact including 30 to 80 vol.% cubic boron nitride and a binder phase, wherein the binder phase includes about 2 to about 6 vol.% ZrN, is disclosed. In more specific examples, the cutting tool has a sintered compact including 30 to 80 vol. % cubic boron nitride, between about 4 vol. % and about 1 5 vol. % aluminum and/or aluminum compound and/or aluminum alloy and/or combinations thereof, and a binder phase, wherein the binder phase includes TiN and about 3 to about 5 vol. % ZrN, and wherein the cubic boron nitride has a grain size of less than 20 microns. Cutting tools of the disclosed composition display improved performance, particularly at higher operating speeds, e.g., about 200 m/min or greater.
C04B 35/5831 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides based on boron nitride based on cubic boron nitride
76.
HIGH STRENGTH DIAMOND-SIC COMPACTS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME
The present disclosure provides a silicon carbide (SiC) bonded diamond compact having less than about 2 weight % unreacted Si and less than about 1 weight % graphite, as well as processes for making the same.
C04B 35/52 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbon, e.g. graphite
C04B 35/63 - Preparing or treating the powders individually or as batches using additives specially adapted for forming the products
A method for increasing the ZT of a material, involves creating a reaction cell including a material in a pressure-transmitting medium, exposing the reaction cell to elevated pressure and elevated temperature for a time sufficient to increase the ZT of the material, and recovering the material with an increased ZT.
H01L 35/16 - Selection of the material for the legs of the junction using inorganic compositions comprising tellurium or selenium or sulfur
H01L 35/34 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof
B01J 3/06 - Processes using ultra-high pressure, e.g. for the formation of diamonds; Apparatus therefor, e.g. moulds or dies
B22F 9/04 - Making metallic powder or suspensions thereof; Apparatus or devices specially adapted therefor using physical processes starting from solid material, e.g. by crushing, grinding or milling
78.
THICK THERMAL BARRIER COATING FOR SUPERABRASIVE TOOL
The present disclosure relates to cutting tool edges that include on a rake face a superabrasive layer and a HPHT sintered or HPHT bonded cap layer. The cap layer improves adhesion between the superabrasive layer and an optional coating system for the cutting insert and acts as a thick anti-friction layer and/or a thermal barrier coating.
B22F 7/06 - Manufacture of composite layers, workpieces, or articles, comprising metallic powder, by sintering the powder, with or without compacting of composite workpieces or articles from parts, e.g. to form tipped tools
B23B 27/00 - Tools for turning or boring machines; Tools of a similar kind in general; Accessories therefor
C23C 30/00 - Coating with metallic material characterised only by the composition of the metallic material, i.e. not characterised by the coating process
79.
BLANK FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A MACHINING TOOL AND METHOD OF USE OF A BLANK FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A MACHINING TOOL
A blank (2) for use in forming a machining tool having a body (4) with at least one end face (5) and at least two recesses (6, 10) formed in the end face including a first recess (6) wherein the first recess extends from the end face at an angle of about 15° to about 60° and a second recess (10) continuing from the first recess extending from the end face at an angle of about 40° to about 90°.
B23P 15/28 - Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass cutting tools
B22F 5/10 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the special shape of the product of articles with cavities or holes, not otherwise provided for in the preceding subgroups
A wire including a surface and diamond particles bonded to said surface by a bond matrix, wherein each diamond particle has a surface roughness of about 0.60 to about 0.80 and a sphericity of about 0.25 to about 0.50.
B23D 61/18 - Sawing tools of special type, e.g. wire saw strands, saw blades or saw wire equipped with diamonds or other abrasive particles in selected individual positions
81.
SUPPORTED PCD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD USING BINDERLESS WC-SUBSTRATE
An exemplary cutting element incorporates a non-magnetic and electrically conductive substrate on which a layer of polycrystalline diamond particles is sintered to the substrate. An exemplary method of forming a cutting element comprises sintering the substrate, a layer of diamond particles and a catalyst source at a pressure greater than 20 kbar and a temperature greater than 1200 QC to form a layer of polycrystalline diamond particles bonded to the substrate. Cutting elements incorporating non-magnetic and electrically conductive substrates can be sectioned using ablation techniques, such as laser cutting.
C22C 29/08 - Alloys based on carbides, oxides, borides, nitrides or silicides, e.g. cermets, or other metal compounds, e. g. oxynitrides, sulfides based on carbides or carbonitrides based on carbides, but not containing other metal compounds based on tungsten carbide
82.
METHOD TO ATTACH OR IMPROVE THE ATTACHMENT OF ARTICLES
The disclosure relates to articles including a first material and a second material, wherein attachment between said first material and said second material is improved or created by gas-phase deposition and/or reaction to form new and adhesive solid phase(s) between the first material and the second material.
B23B 27/18 - Cutting tools of which the bits or tips are of special material with cutting bits or tips rigidly mounted, e.g. by brazing
B23B 27/16 - Cutting tools of which the bits or tips are of special material with exchangeable cutting bits, e.g. able to be clamped
B23K 31/02 - Processes relevant to this subclass, specially adapted for particular articles or purposes, but not covered by any single one of main groups relating to soldering or welding
Cutting elements having a substrate and a layer of superhard material sintered to the substrate are disclosed. The layer includes a working surface at a first surface. From the interface of the layer with the substrate, a reaction zone extends into the layer toward the working surface and a binder metal depletion zone extends into the substrate toward a base surface. The layer of superhard material has a composition including chromium or an alloy thereof. Also disclosed is an abrasive compact having a body with a composition including (i) a superhard material, (ii) a metal from a grain growth inhibitor or a metal from a metallic carbide other than WC, and (iii) an iron group binder metal. Cutting elements incorporating the abrasive compact, and drill bits incorporating abrasive compacts and cutting elements are also disclosed as well as methods of manufacture and methods of cutting material.
B22F 3/00 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering; Apparatus specially adapted therefor
B22F 7/06 - Manufacture of composite layers, workpieces, or articles, comprising metallic powder, by sintering the powder, with or without compacting of composite workpieces or articles from parts, e.g. to form tipped tools
C04B 35/56 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on carbides
B24D 18/00 - Manufacture of grinding tools, e.g. wheels, not otherwise provided for
B24D 3/00 - Physical features of abrasive bodies, or sheets, e.g. abrasive surfaces of special nature; Abrasive bodies or sheets characterised by their constituents
B01J 3/06 - Processes using ultra-high pressure, e.g. for the formation of diamonds; Apparatus therefor, e.g. moulds or dies
A non-rotating mining cutter pick (10) has a shank portion (12) with a non-circular cross-section, a head portion (16) including a tip region (28) distal from the shank portion (12), a shoulder portion (14) separating the shank portion (12) from the head portion (16), and a cutting insert (30) mounted at a front end (32) of the tip region (28). The cutting insert (30) includes a body (34) formed of tungsten carbide and an element (36) formed of a superhard material, such as PCD or other material having a prescribed knoop hardness. At least a portion of a first surface (40) of the element (36) is exposed on a cutting surface (38) of the cutting insert (30), which improves wear properties of the mining cutter pick (10). The element (36) is fused to the body (34) of the cutting insert (30), preferably in a high pressure - high temperature (HPHT) process. A method of manufacture and a cutting machine incorporating the non-rotating mining cutter pick on the rotatable element are also disclosed. ??
A method for increasing the ZT of a semiconductor, involves creating a reaction cell including a semiconductor in a pressure-transmitting medium, exposing the reaction cell to elevated pressure and elevated temperature for a time sufficient to increase the ZT of the semiconductor, and recovering the semiconductor with an increased ZT.
Composite materials composed of cubic boron nitride (cBN) and a matrix component of various ceramic oxides, nitrides, and solid solutions of matrix materials as well as whisker reinforcements. Methods of manufacture and their use in high performance machining of ferrous metals are also claimed and disclosed.
B23B 27/00 - Tools for turning or boring machines; Tools of a similar kind in general; Accessories therefor
C04B 35/10 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on oxides based on aluminium oxide
C04B 35/583 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides based on boron nitride
C04B 35/5831 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides based on boron nitride based on cubic boron nitride
C04B 35/584 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides based on silicon nitride
An abrasive particle having an irregular surface, wherein the surface roughness of the particle is less than about 0.95. A method for producing modified abrasive particles, including providing a plurality of abrasive particles, providing a reactive coating on said particles, heating said coated particles; and recovering modified abrasive particles.
An uncoated abrasive or superabrasive grain having at least one grain face including three or more features projecting from the grain face wherein the height (h) and the lateral length (1) of each feature is greater than about 0.1 micron.
C04B 35/5831 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides based on boron nitride based on cubic boron nitride
89.
BRAZE-METAL COATED ARTICLES AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME
In one embodiment, a carbide-containing article includes a carbide body (54) with an attached superabrasive layer (52). A braze metal coating (56) is attached to a surface the carbide substrate (54). The coating (56) primarily is made of particles of a metal having a melting point of less than 1200 0C, the particles having a size of less than 0.1 mm. In another embodiment, a process for applying a braze metal coating (56) to a carbide body (54) of a superabrasive (52) or other article includes depositing finely divided particles of a low melting point metal onto the carbide body by spraying the particles and gas onto the body at a velocity that is between 500 km/sec and 2 km/sec, with volumetric delivery of the particles being less than 50 grams per minute.
B23K 1/20 - Preliminary treatment of work or areas to be soldered, e.g. in respect of a galvanic coating
B23K 1/00 - Soldering, e.g. brazing, or unsoldering
C23C 30/00 - Coating with metallic material characterised only by the composition of the metallic material, i.e. not characterised by the coating process
C04B 37/00 - Joining burned ceramic articles with other burned ceramic articles or other articles by heating
C04B 37/02 - Joining burned ceramic articles with other burned ceramic articles or other articles by heating with metallic articles
B23K 101/00 - Articles made by soldering, welding or cutting
In an embodiment, an abrasive compact includes ultra-hard particles which are sintered, bonded, or otherwise consolidated into a solid body. The compact also includes various physical characteristics having a continuous gradient, a multiaxial gradient, or multiple independent gradients.
B24D 3/06 - Physical features of abrasive bodies, or sheets, e.g. abrasive surfaces of special nature; Abrasive bodies or sheets characterised by their constituents the constituent being used as bonding agent and being essentially inorganic metallic
B24D 18/00 - Manufacture of grinding tools, e.g. wheels, not otherwise provided for
An abrasive compact may include an ultra-hard phase that may include ultra-hard particles having a Knoop hardness of 5000 KHN or greater, a sinter catalyst, and a reaction phase that may include a catalyst-ceramic compound having a Knoop hardness lower than that of the ultra-hard phase.
B01J 3/06 - Processes using ultra-high pressure, e.g. for the formation of diamonds; Apparatus therefor, e.g. moulds or dies
C04B 35/5831 - Shaped ceramic products characterised by their composition; Ceramic compositions; Processing powders of inorganic compounds preparatory to the manufacturing of ceramic products based on non-oxides based on borides, nitrides or silicides based on boron nitride based on cubic boron nitride
A method for increasing the Seebeck coefficient of a semiconductor involves creating a reaction cell including a semiconductor in a pressure-transmitting medium, exposing the reaction cell to elevated pressure and elevated temperature for a time sufficient to increase the Seebeck coefficient of the semiconductor, and recovering the semiconductor with an increased Seebeck coefficient.
A coating includes a porous a first layer comprising metal coated solid lubricant particles partially fused together. A second layer comprising a metal or a composite that conforms to the surface topography of the first layer.
B32B 3/00 - Layered products essentially comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar form; Layered products essentially having particular features of form
A cutting tool, comprising may include at least one abrasive tip (22) that includes : an abrasive cutting edge, and an insert body (23). The insert body includes a moldable material, and the moldable material is adhered to a portion of the abrasive tip.
The invention includes a prosthesis with improved abrasive wear, comprising a composite material. The composite material may comprise an abrasive or superabrasive material dispersed in a continuous matrix of another material. The prosthesis may be formed partially or entirely of composite material, or may be coated with composite material on one or more surfaces. Embodiments include prosthetic joints and articulation surfaces comprising a composite material. Additional embodiments include methods of making a prosthesis comprising a composite material.
A sintered polycrystalline diamond material (PCD) of extremely fine grain size is manufactured by sintering a diamond powder with pre-blended catalyst metal under high pressure/high temperature (HP/HT) processing. The PCD material has an average sintered diamond grain structure of less than 1.0쎽m.
The present disclosure relates to a quench mold (22) that includes an interior cavity and a coating (20,21) on the interior cavity. The coating includes a plurality of particles (20) such as metal-coated particles, superabrasive particles or metal particles in a metal matrix.
A method and apparatus separates recoverable components (210) from conductive matrix composites (200) for further use or reuse. In an embodiment, the process uses an electrochemical apparatus that includes a cathode (220) and an anode. The conductive composite is electrically connected to the anode, and a non-acidic electrolyte (250) is supplied to an inter-electrode gap between the cathode and the anode.
A method and apparatus separates recoverable components (210) from conductive matrix composites (200) for further use or reuse. In an embodiment, the process uses an electrochemical apparatus that includes a cathode (200) and an anode. The conductive composite is electrically connected to the anode, and a non-acidic electrolyte (250) is supplied to an inter-electrode gap between the cathode and the anode
A cutting element (20) includes a layer (23) of integrally bonded superabrasive particles disposed over a substrate (24). The layer has an outer circumference comprising at least one trough (22) having a distinct cutting point on either side of the trough. A rock drilling drag bit incorporating the cutting element and a method of cutting a material using the cutting element are also disclosed.
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