Slug for industrial ballistic tool
US6640724B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 4, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 4, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 4, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB22F2998/10
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A frangible projectile for expelling from an industrial ballistic tool may be formed by a powder metallurgy process. A preferred embodiment of slug consists essentially of compacted and optionally sintered material and comprises up to 35% ferrotungsten in particulate form, up to 3% lubricant, and the balance iron in particulate form with inevitable impurities.
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