Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for breaking or excavating of hard material, such as asphalt. The tool comprises a cutting insert (11) secured to a tool body (10). For purposes maintaining the required cutting force low while ensuring that the risk is low that the cutting insert (11) will get loose the cutting insert (11) is provided with a concave portion (17.sup.1) between the tip portion (12) of the cutting insert and a rear shoulder (13) thereon.

Abstract: The present invention relates to powder particles consisting of hard principles and binder metal for the manufacture of superior, uniquely fine-grained hard material alloys and to a procedure for the preparation of said particles.The preparation is performed in an economical way because the procedure starts from conventional melt metallurgical raw materials. A pre-alloy consisting of hard principle forming and binder phase forming elements is subjected to a heat treatment such as nitriding and carburizing after being crushed. The final product is particles composed by hard principle phases and binder metal phases formed "in situ" in an effective binding.

Abstract: A cutting insert for a slot milling tool is provided with recesses in the cutting corners behind each second cutting edge in the flank wear direction of the cutting insert. A shank of the recess and the second cutting edge form a narrow flange which limits the surface exposed to flank wear.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for breaking or excavating hard material, such as asphalt. The tool comprises a cutting insert (11) secured to a tool body (10). For purposes of maintaining the required cutting force low while ensuring that the risk is low that the cutting insert (11) will get loose the cutting insert (11) is provided with a concave portion (17.sup.1) between the tip portion (12) of the cutting insert and a rear shoulder (13) thereon.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making tubes of Zirconium alloys containing 1-5 percent by weight of alloying elements such as Sn, Fe, Cr and Ni. According to the invention an improved corrosion resistance can be reached by means of annealing after extrusion and between cold rollings within a well defined temperature range in the .alpha.-phase zone during considerably longer times than standardized for the purpose of reaching equilibrium between secondary phase particles and Zirconium matrix and in that way a minimum content of Fe in solid solution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to powder particles consisting of hard principles and binder metal for the manufacture of superior, uniquely fine-grained hard material alloys and to a procedure for the preparation of said particles.The preparation is performed in an economical way because the procedure starts from conventional melt metallurgical raw materials. A pre-alloy consisting of hard principle forming and binder phase forming elements is subjected to a heat treatment such as nitriding and carburizing after being crushed. The final product is particles composed by hard principle phases and binder metal phases formed "in situ" in an effective binding.

Abstract: Tools for machining etc can according to the invention be made better and cheaper by being composed of a compound material forming core and cover resp of the tool. The core consists thereby of a material which is situated in the gap between cemented carbide and high speed steel regarding its properties and which contains 30-70 vol % hard constituents in the form of carbides, nitrides and/or carbonitrides of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, and/or W in a matrix based on Fe, Ni, and/or Co and that the cover comprises an alloy based on Fe, Co and/or Ni generally steel and preferably tool steel or stainless steel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sintered body for chip forming machining containing at least one hard constituent comprising a carbide, nitride and/or carbonitride of a metal of group IVB, VB or VIB in the periodical system and a binder metal based upon Co, No and/or Fe, in which the body comprises a core containing eta-phase or an intermediate phase, substantially free of carbon and/or nitrogen surrounded by a hard constituent- and binder phase-containing surface zone, free of said eta-phase or intermediate phase.

Abstract: A drill bit has a plurality of roller cutters mounted on a front face of the drill bit. The roller cutters are mounted in pairs which are equidistantly spaced from an axis of rotation of the drill bit. Each roller cutter is rotatably mounted in a saddle affixed on the front face. The roller cutters are reversibly mounted in their saddles. Each roller cutter includes a plurality of circumferentially extending cutting structures spaced apart along an axis of rotation of the roller cutter. The cutting structures are arranged non-symmetrically relative to a center plane through the roller cutter so that when a roller cutter is reversed, the location of kerfs cut by the roller cutter change.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cemented carbide body, preferably for rock drilling, mineral cutting and wear parts, in which the content of binder phase in the surface is lower and in the center higher than the nominal content. In the center there is a zone having a uniform content of binder phase. The WC grain size is uniform throughout the body.

Abstract: Cutting insert for chip-removing machining comprising an upper face (11), a lower face (12) and, connecting those, edge surfaces (13). Lines of intersection between the edge surfaces and the upper face form cutting edges. The insert (10) has a substrate (14) comprising a metal and a photon-emitting material. The substrate (14) is covered by a photon-tight layer (15). During wear of the layer (15) the substrate (14) is exposed, and therefore the intensity and direction fo the photons can be detected for determination of the size and type of the wear damage.

Abstract: A drill bit for use in a drill string comprising a set of a plurality of central rod members and a set of a plurality of tubular members surrounding said rod members. The drill bit is provided with a longitudinally extending flushing channel which communicates with an annular space between the rod members and the tubular members via a transverse passage. The flushing channel comprises at least two end passages terminating in the bit front. The cross section area of each of the end passages is smaller than the overall cross section area of the portion of the flushing channel located between the end passages and the transverse passage.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for chip removal comprising a cutting insert mechanically clampable within a slot of a holder. The insert is clamped by the resilient force arising during deflection of a clamping arm provided in the holder. The insert and the clamping arm are engageable at contact regions separated from each other, a first contact region of which forms an acute angle relative to the lower side of the insert.

Abstract: The present invention presents a ferritic-austenitic Cr-Ni-N-Steel alloy with a stable austenite phase, high corrosion resistance and good weldability, said steel alloy consisting essentially of the following elements by weight; max 0.06% C, 21-24.5% Cr, 2-5.5% Ni, 0.05-0.3% N, max 1.5% & Si, max 4.0% Mn, 0.01-1.0% Mo, 0.01-1.0% Cu, the remainder being iron and normal impurities, the contents of said elements being balanced so that the ferrite content, .alpha., amounts to 35-65%. The analysis of the steel is so optimized that it becomes especially useful for those environments where the steel is exposed to temperatures above 60.degree. C. and chloride amounts up to 1000 ppm while the alloy being stable towards deformation form austenite into martensite at a total deformation oft 10-30% in room temperature.

Abstract: A button insert (10) for rock drill bits comprising a base portion (11) intended to be secured in the body of the drill bit and a cutting tip (12) being integral with the base portion (11). The cutting tip (12) comprises a portion (13) that is concave in an arbitrary longitudinal section through the button insert (10).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a unique and advantageous method making possible a superior technical and economical separation of cemented carbide bodies based upon their compositions and structures.The critical point of the method is, that after formation of a melt by melting of the binder metal including dissolved elements from the hard constituents there are so strong driving forces dependent on the grain size variables, proportions and compositions of the hard constituent phases, that melt is re-distributed between cemented carbide bodies in communicating contact. The re-distribution is determined by differences of mean grain sizes, grain size distributions, relative proportions and compositions of the hard constituent phases of the bodies.

Abstract: A drill tool for rotary and/or percussion drilling includes a drill string and a cutting apparatus connected to a lower end of the drill string. The cutting apparatus has an intermediate portion which is rotatable with the drill string and includes an outer surface, a reamer is mounted eccentrically on the intermediate portion for rotation relative thereto about a longitudinal axis. The reamer includes an inner surface facing the outer surface. The reamer is driven by an arrangement comprised of a tongue disposed on either of the inner and outer surfaces and a pair of circumferentially spaced shoulder surfaces disposed on the other of the inner and outer surfaces. The tongue is selectively engageable with the shoulder surfaces along an area of contact having an upper longitudinal end which terminates below an uppermost end of the reamer, and a lower longitudinal end which terminates above a lowermost end of the reamer.

Abstract: According to the invention there is a high nitrogen containing duplex stainless steel with high corrosion resistance and good structure stability. Characteristic is the analysis of the alloy being in % by weight max 0.05% C, 23-27% Cr, 5.5-9.0% Ni, 0.25-0.40% N, max 0.8% Si, max 1.2% Mn, 3.5-4.9% Mo, max 0.5% Cu, max 0.5% W, max 0.010% S, max 0.5% V, max 0.18% Ce and Fe and normally present impurities, at which the contents of the alloying elements are so adjusted that the ferrite content after solution heat treatment at about 1075.degree. C. amounts to 30-55%. The analysis of the steel is so optimized that it in solution heat treated, cold worked and also welded condition is particularly suitable for use in such environments where the presence of chloride ions gives rise to a high corrosivity.

Abstract: A drill bit has a plurality of roller cutters mounted on a front face of the drill bit. The roller cutters are mounted in pairs which are equidistantly spaced from an axis of rotation of the drill bit. Each roller cutter is rotatably mounted in a saddle affixed on the front face. The roller cutters are reversibly mounted in their saddles. Each roller cutter includes a plurality of circumferentially extending cutting structures spaced apart along an axis of rotation of the roller cutter. The cutting structures are arranged non-symmetrically relative to a center plane through the roller cutter so that when a roller cutter is reversed, the location of kerfs cut by the roller cutter change.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sintered body for chip forming machining containing at least one hard constituent comprising a carbide, nitride and/or carbonitride of a metal of group IVB, VB or VIB in the periodical system and a binder metal based upon Co, No and/or Fe, in which the body comprises a core containing eta-phase or an intermediate phase, substantially free of carbon and/or nitrogen surrounded by a hard constituent- and binder phase-containing surface zone, free of said eta-phase or intermediate phase.