Method for producing polycrystalline compact tool blanks with flat carbide support/diamond or CBN interfaces
US4954139A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 31, 1989 |
| Grant date | Sep 4, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC04B2237/76
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for making a supported PCD or CBN compact comprising placing in an enclosure a cup assembly having a mass of diamond or CBN particles having a surface and the mass of cemented metal carbide having a surface, and optionally a catalyst for diamond (or optionally, CBN) recrystallization, said surfaces being in adjacency to form an interface. The enclosure then is subjected to a high pressure/high temperature process which results in diamond or CBN compacts preferably characterized by diamond-to-diamond or CBN-to-CBN bonding joined to a cemented carbide support at their respective surfaces. The supported compacts are recovered from the enclosure and cup assemblies and finished. The finished supported compacts in the enclosure exhibit non-planar bonded interface resulting in PCD or CBN compacts of substantially non-uniform thickness. The improvement in process of the present invention comprises said carbide mass surface being the mirror image of the finished PCD or CBN non-planar interface for making a finished supported compact of substantially uniform diamond or CBN compact thickness. Preferably, at least two compacts are produced in the proce…
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