Multiple grade cemented carbide articles and a method of making the same
US5543235A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 26, 1994 |
| Grant date | Aug 6, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 26, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/12097
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides multiple grade, composite cemented carbide articles and a method of making such articles. The cemented carbide articles comprise carbides of different grades (or different compositions and/or microstructures) and, therefore, correspondingly different properties at different locations in the same article. The method of the present invention comprises filling different areas or portions of a die with metallurgical powders having different compositions and/or microstructures. The powder is then compressed as a single compact in the die cavity. The compressed compact is subsequently sintered to produce a multigrade cemented carbide article having composition and/or microstructural variations within the volume of the article.
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