Abstract: A preparation method of cemented carbide with FeCoCu medium-entropy alloy as binding phase is provided. The preparation method includes: 1) preparing FeCoCu precursor powders by solution combustion synthesis; 2) preparing FeCoCu medium-entropy alloy powders by mechanical alloying; 3) evenly mixing the FeCoCu medium-entropy alloy powders with ultra-fine WC powders and a binder to obtain mixed powders and pressing the mixed powders into a shaped green body; 4) preparing a WC-FeCoCu cemented carbide by microwave sintering after removing the binder from the shaped green body. The preparation method reduces sintering temperature and time and obtains a new-type cemented carbide with fine grains, high hardness and good toughness while reducing the cost.

Abstract: A cemented carbide comprising 55-90 parts by mass of WC particles and 10-45 parts by mass of a Fe-based binder phase; the binder phase having a composition comprising 0.5-10% by mass of Ni, 0.2-2% by mass of C, 0.5-5% by mass of Cr, 0.2-2.0% by mass of Si, and 0.1-5% by mass of W, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and containing 0.05-2.0% by area of Fe—Si—O-based particles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a manufacturing system and method for manufacturing a part. A negative powder forms a holder suitable to hold particles of a positive powder in proximity to one another. A connection scheme such as heating, the use of pressure and/or a binder, when employed, connects the particles to one another to form the part.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cutting tool including a cemented carbide substrate having WC, gamma phase and a binder phase. The substrate is provided with a binder phase enriched surface zone, which is depleted of gamma phase, wherein no graphite and no ETA phase is present in the microstructure and wherein the binder phase is a high entropy alloy.

Abstract: A cemented carbide comprising a predetermined hard phase, a predetermined binder phase and a predetermined composite compound phase, wherein: a content ratio of each of the hard phase, the binder phase and the composite compound phase based on total contents of the hard phase, the binder phase and the composite compound phase in the cemented carbide falls within a predetermined range; and the composite compound phase comprises an aggregate containing a small-diameter aggregate which satisfies a predetermined condition and a large-diameter aggregate which satisfies a predetermined condition.

Abstract: In one aspect sintered cemented carbide articles are described herein which, in some embodiments, exhibit enhanced resistance to wear and thermal fatigue. Further, sintered cemented carbide articles described herein can tolerate variations in carbon content without formation of undesirable phases, including eta phase and/or free graphite (C-type porosity). Such tolerance can facilitate manufacturing and use of carbide grades where carbon content is not strictly controlled. A sintered cemented carbide body described herein comprises a hard particle phase including tungsten carbide and a metallic binder phase comprising at least one of cobalt, nickel and iron and one or more alloying additives, wherein the sintered cemented carbide has a magnetic saturation (MS) ranging from 0% to 73% and no eta phase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making a cemented carbide or a cermet body comprising the steps of first forming a powder blend comprising powders forming hard constituents and metal binder. The powder blend is then subjected to a mixing operation using a non-contact mixer wherein acoustic waves achieving resonance conditions to form a mixed powder blend and then subjecting said mixed powder blend to a pressing and sintering operation. The method makes it possible to maintain the grain size, the grain size distribution and the morphology of the WC grains.

Abstract: A composite powder is provided. The composite powder comprises 80-97 wt % of carbide and 3-20 wt % of blending metal powder comprising cobalt and a first metal powder, wherein the first metal powder is formed of one of aluminum, titanium, iron, nickel, or a combination thereof, and the amount of cobalt is 90-99% of total blending metal powder.

Abstract: Carbide pellets including relatively small amounts of metallic binder are produced by steps of pressing, comminuting, shaping and sintering. The carbide pellets may be used as wear resistant hard facing materials that are applied to various types of tools. The carbide pellets provide improved mechanical properties such as hardness and abrasiveness while maintaining required levels of toughness and strength.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fine grained WC-Co cemented carbide. By adding an extremely small amount of Ti, V, Zr, Ta or Nb alone or in combinations, a grain refined cemented carbide structure with less abnormal WC-grains has been obtained.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of surface hardening a plurality of sintered bodies having a hard phase and a binder phase. The method includes the steps of placing the bodies in a container, and forming a system including the container and the bodies therein, and causing the bodies to move and collide with each other and with inside walls of the container. The container is vibrating utilizing a mechanical resonance frequency of the system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making a cemented carbide comprising mixing in a slurry a first powder fraction and a second powder fraction, subjecting the slurry to milling, drying, pressing and sintering. The first powder fraction is made from cemented carbide scrap recycled using the Zn recovery process, comprising the elements W, C, Co, and at least one or more of Ta, Ti, Nb, Cr, Zr, Hf and Mo, and the second powder fraction comprising virgin raw materials of WC and possibly carbides and/or carbonitrides of one or more of Cr, Zr, W, Ta, Ti, Hf and Nb. The first powder fraction is subjected to a pre-milling step, prior to the step of forming the slurry, to obtain an average grain size of between 0.2 to 1.5 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cemented carbide article comprising a core of metal carbide grains and a binder selected from cobalt, nickel, iron and alloys containing one or more of these metals and a surface layer defining an outer surface for the article, the surface layer comprising 5 to 25 weight percent of tungsten and 0.1 to 5 weight percent carbon, the balance of the surface layer comprising a metal or alloy selected from the binder metals and alloys and the surface layer being substantially free of carbide grains as determined by optical microscopy or SEM. A method for the production of a cemented carbide article is also provided.

Abstract: A method of preparing a functionally graded cemented tungsten carbide material via heat treating a sintered cemented tungsten carbide is disclosed and described. The heat treating process comprises at least a step that heats the sintered material to the multi-phase non-equilibrium temperature range in which multiple phases including solid tungsten carbide, liquid metal binder, and solid metal binder coexist. Additionally, the material, after the heat treating process comprises a surface layer with lower metal binder content than the nominal value of metal binder content of the bulk of the material.

Abstract: A method for forming a component includes providing a first layer of a mixture of first and second powders. The method includes determining the frequency of an alternating magnetic field to induce eddy currents sufficient to bulk heat only one of the first and second powders. The alternating magnetic field is applied at the determined frequency to a portion of the first layer of the mixture using a flux concentrator. Exposure to the magnetic field changes the phase of at least a portion of the first powder to liquid. The liquid portion couples to at least some of the second powder and subsequently solidifies to provide a composite component.

Abstract: Methods of forming at least a portion of an earth-boring tool include providing at least one insert in a mold cavity, providing particulate matter in the mold cavity, melting a metal and a hard material to form a molten composition, and casting the molten composition. Other methods include coating at least one surface of a mold cavity with a coating material having a composition differing from a composition of the mold, melting a metal and a hard material to form a molten composition, and casting the molten composition. Articles comprising at least a portion of an earth-boring tool include at least one insert and a solidified eutectic or near-eutectic composition including a metal phase and a hard material phase. Other articles include a solidified eutectic or near-eutectic composition including a metal phase, a hard material phase and a coating material in contact with the solidified eutectic or near-eutectic composition.

Abstract: A capacitor anode including a tungsten sintered body having an average pore diameter of 0.3 ?m or less; and a method for producing the anode. The method includes forming tungsten powder into a molded body having a density (Dg) of 8 g/cm3 or more and then sintering the molded body to a density (Ds) of at least 1.15 times the density (Dg) to form a tungsten sintered body having an average pore diameter of 0.3 ?m or less.

Abstract: A process for producing a component includes providing a composition comprising hard material particles and a binder metal, and sintering the composition at a sintering temperature of from 1250° C. to 1400° C. for a period of from 3 to 15 minutes. The hard material particles comprise an inner core comprising fused tungsten carbide and an outer shell comprising tungsten carbide. The binder metal is selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni, Fe and alloys comprising at least one metal selected from Co, Ni and Fe.

Abstract: A polycrystalline diamond composite compact element comprises a body of polycrystalline diamond material and a cemented carbide substrate bonded to the body of polycrystalline material. The cemented carbide substrate has tungsten carbide particles bonded together by a binder material comprising an alloy of Co, Ni and Cr. The tungsten carbide particles form between 70 weight percent and 95 weight percent of the substrate. The binder material comprises between about 10 to 50 wt. % Ni, between about 0.1 to 10 wt. % Cr, and the remainder weight percent comprising Co. The size distribution of the tungsten carbide particles in the substrate has fewer than 17 percent of the carbide particles with a grain size of equal to or less than about 0.3 microns, between about 20 to 28 percent of the tungsten carbide particles having a grain size of between about 0.3 to 0.5 microns; between about 42 to 56 percent of the tungsten carbide particles having a grain size of between about 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making a cemented carbide or a cermet body comprising the steps of first forming a powder blend comprising powders forming hard constituents and metal binder. The powder blend is then subjected to a mixing operation using a non-contact mixer wherein acoustic waves achieving resonance conditions to form a mixed powder blend and then subjecting said mixed powder blend to a pressing and sintering operation. The method makes it possible to maintain the grain size, the grain size distribution and the morphology of the WC grains.

Abstract: Carbide pellets including relatively small amounts of metallic binder are produced by steps of pressing, comminuting, shaping and sintering. The carbide pellets may be used as wear resistant hard facing materials that are applied to various types of tools. The carbide pellets provide improved mechanical properties such as hardness and abrasiveness while maintaining required levels of toughness and strength.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an anode body of a capacitor. An anode body of a capacitor is obtained by sintering a molded body of tungsten powder, which includes sintering the molded body by exposing the molded body to silicon vapor so that at least a part of the surface of the obtained sintered body is made to be tungsten silicide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the development of an alloy material with significantly improved low-temperature brittleness, recrystallization brittleness, and irradiation brittleness by the introduction of a recrystallization microstructure into an alloy, particularly a tungsten material, to significantly strengthen a weak grain boundary of the recrystallization microstructure. The present invention comprises the steps of: mechanically alloying at least one species selected from a group-IVA, VA, or VIA transition metal carbide and a metallic raw material; sintering base powders obtained through the mechanically alloying step, by using a hot isostatic press; and performing plastic deformation of at least 60% on the alloy obtained through the sintering step, at a strain rate between 10?5 s?1 and 10?2 S?1 and at a temperature between 500° C. and 2,000° C.

Abstract: In one aspect, tungsten carbide material systems are described herein which, in some embodiments, can provide desirable characteristics including chemical inertness, high hardness, reduced sensitivity to local compositional fluctuations and/or enhanced machining properties. In some embodiments, a tungsten carbide material described herein comprises 5.85-6.13 wt. % carbon, 0.85-1.05 wt. % chromium, less than 0.3 wt. % binder, less than 0.3 wt. % impurities and a balance being tungsten.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include methods of producing a composite article. A method comprises introducing a first powdered metal grade from a feed shoe into a first portion of a cavity in a die and a second powdered metal grade from the feed shoe into a second portion of the cavity, wherein the first powder metal grade differs from the second powdered metal grade in chemical composition or particle size. Further methods are also provided. Embodiments of the present invention also comprise composite inserts for material removal operations. The composite inserts may comprise a first region and a second region, wherein the first region comprises a first composite material and the second region comprises a second composite material.

Abstract: A process is presented which produces at least one block of dense material constituted by hard particles dispersed in a binder phase, it being possible for the dense material to be enriched locally with binder phase by imbibition. The process includes bringing at least one imbibition area of a surface of the block, preferably coated with a coating material, into contact with an imbibiting material which locally enriches the block with binder phase. The block in contact with the imbibiting material is then subjected to a suitable thermal cycle constituted by heating, temperature maintenance and cooling. This serves to bring some or all of the imbibiting material and the binder phase of the block into the liquid state in such a manner that the enrichment with binder phase takes place solely through the imbibition area. The block is used in connection with the building of a drill bit or tool.

Abstract: Cemented carbide material comprising tungsten carbide (WC) material in particulate form having a mean grain size D in terms of equivalent circle diameter of at least 0.5 microns and at most 10 microns, and a binder phase comprising cobalt (Co) of at least 5 weight per cent and at most 12 weight per cent, W being present in the binder at a content of at least 10 weight per cent of the binder material; the content of the WC material being at least 75 weight per cent and at most 95 weight per cent; and nanoparticles dispersed in the binder material, the nanoparticles comprising material according to the formula CoxWyCz, where X is a value in the range from 1 to 7, Y is a value in the range from 1 to 10 and Z is a value in the range from 0 to 4; the nanoparticles having a mean particle size at most 10 nm, at least 10 per cent of the nanoparticles having size of at most 5 nm; the cemented carbide material having a magnetic coercive force in the units kA/m of at least ?2.1×D+14.

Abstract: A mining pick is disclosed. The pick has a body, at least part of the body being formed of a metal matrix composite comprising particles dispersed in a metal, a cutting element mounted to body, and a shank extending from the body. The at least part of the body formed of the metal matrix composite is configured to provide a barrier during an excavation operation.

Abstract: Methods of forming bit bodies for earth-boring bits include assembling green components, brown components, or fully sintered components, and sintering the assembled components. Other methods include isostatically pressing a powder to form a green body substantially composed of a particle-matrix composite material, and sintering the green body to provide a bit body having a desired final density. Methods of forming earth-boring bits include providing a bit body substantially formed of a particle-matrix composite material and attaching a shank to the body. The body is provided by pressing a powder to form a green body and sintering the green body. Earth-boring bits include a unitary structure substantially formed of a particle-matrix composite material. The unitary structure includes a first region configured to carry cutters and a second region that includes a threaded pin. Earth-boring bits include a shank attached directly to a body substantially formed of a particle-matrix composite material.

Abstract: A process for forming a remateable machined titanium powder base alloy connecting rod using a titanium alloy powder having an average particle size of about 1-20 microns, a mean aspect ratio of about 5 to 300, and a specific surface area of at least about 25 m2/g.

Abstract: An earth-boring drill bit having a bit body with a cutting component formed from a tungsten carbide composite material is disclosed. The composite material includes a binder and tungsten carbide crystals comprising sintered pellets. The composite material may be used as a hardfacing on the body and/or cutting elements, or be used to form portions or all of the body and cutting elements. The pellets may be formed with a single mode or multi-modal size distribution of the crystals.

Abstract: A high-energy treated cutter comprising a substrate having a top surface, an outer region, and an inner core and a wear resistant layer coupled to the top surface. The high-energy treatment alters the substrate's physical properties so that the inner core provides greater toughness and the outer region provides greater hardness, and greater abrasion resistance. The layer is protected prior to commencement of the treatment. In one embodiment, a cover is positioned to surround the layer and then the cutter undergoes treatment, wherein the cutter is subjected to impact forces with other cutters. In another embodiment, the cutter is positioned within a recess formed in a tray table, thereby providing protection to the layer. The cutter is secured in place via vacuum, glue, or weight. A spray nozzle applies shot material directed to the substrate of the cutter, thereby applying the impact forces to alter the substrate's properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cemented carbide comprising WC grains, 3-20 wt. % binder selected from Co or Co and Ni and grain growth inhibitors wherein the WC mean grain size lies in the range of 180 nm and 230 nm, at least 10±2% WC grains are finer than 50 nm and 7±2% WC grains have a size from 50 to 100 nm. The invention further relates to a process for production the cemented carbide including the stages of milling WC powder with specific surface area (BET) of 3.0 m2/g or higher with binder and grain-growth inhibitors; pressing green parts; pre-sintering the green parts in H2 at 400° C. to 900° C. for 5 to 30 min; sintering in vacuum at temperatures of 1340° C. to 1410° C. for 3 min to 20 min; and HIP-sintering in Ar at pressures of 40 to 100 bar at temperatures of 1340° C. to 1410° C.

Abstract: A cemented carbide including WC, a binder phase based on Co, Ni or Fe, and gamma phase, in which said gamma phase has an average grain size <1 ?m. A method of making the cemented carbide is provided in which the powders forming gamma phase are added as mixed cubic carbides of one or more of Ti, Ta, Nb, Zr, Hf and V, and a ratio, fWC, between an amount of WC (in mol fraction of WC) and an equilibrium gamma phase WC content at a sintering temperature (in mol fraction WC) is given by fWC=xWC/xeWC, wherein fWC is 0.6 to 1.0.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing functionally graded cemented tungsten carbide with hard and wear-resistant surface and tough core is described. The said functionally graded cemented tungsten carbide (WC—Co) has a surface layer having a reduced amount of cobalt. Such a hard surface and tough core structure is an example of functionally graded materials in which mechanical properties are optimized by the unique combination of wear-resistance and toughness. WC—Co with reduced-cobalt surface layer may be fabricated through a carburization heat treatment process following conventional liquid phase sintering. The graded WC—Co thus obtained contains no brittle ? phase.

Abstract: A powder mixture composition for forming a jewelry article is described, comprising about 20-44% by weight tungsten carbide, and one or more of titanium carbide, chromium, nickel, and molybdenum. Methods of forming a jewelry article also are described, as are formed jewelry articles.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cutting insert green body having undercuts includes providing a die cavity formed in closed top and bottom dies; closing a bottom of the die cavity by a bottom punch accommodated in a punch tunnel formed in the bottom die; filling the die cavity with a pre-determined amount of sinterable powder; moving a top punch towards the die cavity through a punch tunnel formed in the top die; compacting the powder by urging the top and bottom punches towards each other, thereby forming the green body; and moving the top die and punch away from the bottom die and punch, thereby enabling removal of the formed green body. An apparatus for manufacturing a cutting insert green body having undercuts includes top and bottom dies which abut each other and top and bottom punches which slide in their respective dies.

Abstract: Coated cemented carbide inserts are particularly useful for wet or dry milling steels. The inserts are formed by a cemented carbide body including WC, NbC and a W-alloyed Co binder phase, and a coating including an innermost layer of TiCxNyOz, with equiaxed grains, a layer of TiCxNyOz with columnar grains and a layer of ?-Al2O3.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lightweight, anti-scratch and fracture resistant material for use in manufacture of jewelry prepared by sintering a powered mixture consisting essentially of 20% by weight of titanium carbide, 25% by weight of tungsten carbide, 35% by weight of titanium nitride, and balance being a binder consisting essentially of nickel, molybdenum and cobalt.

Abstract: An ultra-hard composite material and a method for manufacturing the same, including mixing a metal carbide powder and a multi-element high-entropy alloy powder to form a mixture, green compacting the mixture, and sintering the mixture to form the ultra-hard composite material. The described multi-element high-entropy alloy consists of five to eleven principal elements, with every principal element occupying a 5 to 35 molar percentage of the alloy.

Abstract: A process of using a molybdenum-containing binder alloy powder to produce a sintered hard metal based on a tungsten carbide includes providing a molybdenum-containing binder alloy powder with a FSSS value as determined in accordance with an ASTM B 330 standard of from 0.5 to 3 ?m and comprising from 0.1 to 10% by weight of a molybdenum in at least one of an alloyed form and a prealloyed form, less than 60% by weight of an iron, up to 60% by weight of a cobalt, and from 10 to 60% by weight of a nickel. The molybdenum-containing binder alloy powder is incorporated into a hard metal. The hard metal is sintered so as to provide the liquid-phase-sintered hard metal based on a tungsten carbide.

Abstract: A method of making a hard particle-dispersed metal matrix-bonded composite, includes the steps of mixing hard particles and ductile metal particles to yield a mixture, and sintering the mixture under a pressure of less than 2.0 GPa and at a temperature of less than 1200° C. for a sufficient time to yield the composite. A composite material made by the above method is disclosed.

Abstract: An earth-boring bit has a steel body and bearing pin for rotatably supporting a cone. The cone has an exterior surface containing rows of cutting elements. The cone and cutting elements are formed of cemented tungsten carbide. The cone may be manufactured by applying pressure to a mixture of hard particles and metal alloy powder to form a billet, then machining the billet to a desired over-sized conical shaped product. Then the conical-shaped product is liquid-phase sintered to a desired density, which causes shrinking to the desired final shape.

Abstract: Subterranean drill bits having good erosion resistance, strength, toughness, and thermal stability are disclosed. The drill bits comprise a bit body carrying at least one cutting element and having an infiltrated metal matrix. The infiltrated metal matrix comprises a matrix powder composition bound together by an infiltrant. The matrix powder mixture includes cast tungsten carbide powder having a particle size of ?30 (600 micron) +140 mesh (106 micron), a second component powder consisting of one or more other types of tungsten carbide particles, and a metal powder.

Abstract: A process for forming a remateable machined titanium powder base alloy connecting rod using a titanium alloy powder having an average particle size of about 1-20 microns, a mean aspect ratio of about 5 to 300, and a specific surface area of at least about 25 m2/g.

Abstract: A cemented carbide body is 1-30% by mass of binder consisting of Co, Co/Ni, Co/Fe, Co/Ni/Fe or Ni/Fe and a hard material having a hexagonal WC phase and having a face-centered cubic phase of the form (M1, M2, M3)C or (M1, M2, M3)(C, N) or (M1, M2, M3)(O, C, N) where M1=Ti and/or Zr and M2=W and M3 optionally means none or one or a plurality of the elements Ta, Nb, Hf, Cr, Mo or V, wherein the proportion of the face-centered cubic phase based on the total mass is 2% to 97%, preferably 5 to 12% by mass, and the microstructure of the hexagonal phase and of the face-centered cubic phase has a mean grain size of between 0.2 ?m and 1 ?m, preferably ?0.9 ?m, and the mean grain sizes of the hexagonal phase and of the face-centered cubic phase differ at most by 30%.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an ultrahard compact includes assembling a mass of ultrahard material with a mass of substrate material such that the mass of ultrahard material extends radially outward a greater extent than the substrate material to compensate for a difference in the radial shrinkage of the ultrahard material compared to the substrate material during a sintering process. The method may further includes subjecting the assembled compact to a high pressure high temperature process mat results in the forming of an ultrahard compact including an ultrahard layer integrally bonded with a substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a powder injection-molded body, the method including: mixing at least titanium hydrogen compound (TiHx) powder and a binder to prepare a molding mixture; powder-injecting the molding mixture to form a molded product; degreasing the molded product; and sintering the degreased molded product, wherein in the titanium hydrogen compound, the ratio of hydrogen(H) to titanium(Ti) is greater than 0.45 and less than 1.98. Accordingly, during the degreasing process or the sintering process, the titanium hydrogen compound is decomposed into titanium and hydrogen and the hydrogen reacts with oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen, thereby significantly decreasing production rates of impurities in the sintered product. In addition, during the degreasing process, hydrogen is less released from the titanium hydrogen compound, and then, explosion possibility due to the generated hydrogen can be significantly decreased.

Abstract: A method of preparing a functionally graded cemented tungsten carbide material via heat treating a sintered cemented tungsten carbide is disclosed and described. The heat treating process comprises at least a step that heats the sintered material to the multi-phase non-equilibrium temperature range in which multiple phases including solid tungsten carbide, liquid metal binder, and solid metal binder coexist. Additionally, the material, after the heat treating process comprises a surface layer with lower metal binder content than the nominal value of metal binder content of the bulk of the material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fine grained WC-Co cemented carbide. By adding an extremely small amount of Ti, V, Zr, Ta or Nb alone or in combinations, a grain refined cemented carbide structure with less abnormal WC-grains has been obtained.