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Cutting element with improved polycrystalline material toughness and method for making same

US6446740B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 28, 2001
Grant dateSep 10, 2002
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B10/5676
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A cutting element having a cutting table made from sheet segments of commingled ultra hard material and binder. Each segment may be made from a finer or a coarser grade of ultra hard material or from different types of ultra hard material. The segments are aligned side by side over a cutting face of the cutting element to form the cutting table. The material grade and/or the material type of each segment may alternate across the cutting face.

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