Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Support structure for a body of polycrystalline diamond material during leaching
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Application No.: US14758586Application Date: 2013-12-23
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Publication No.: US10166523B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Terry Scanlon , Desmond Kenneth Sullivan , James Doyle , James Martin Redmond , Humphrey Samkelo Lungisani Sithebe
- Applicant: Element Six Abrasives S.A. , Element Six Limited
- Applicant Address: IE County Clare
- Assignee: Element Six Limited
- Current Assignee: Element Six Limited
- Current Assignee Address: IE County Clare
- Agency: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Priority: GB1223523.0 20121231
- International Application: PCT/EP2013/077929 WO 20131223
- International Announcement: WO2014/102247 WO 20140703
- Main IPC: E21B10/46
- IPC: E21B10/46 ; C08K5/13 ; B01J19/02 ; B24D18/00 ; C04B41/91 ; C04B41/53 ; B01J3/03 ; B01J3/06

Abstract:
A support structure (40) for a PCD element (10) comprises a support (42) into which a PCD element (10) is locatable and a sealing element (48) for location in the support structure (40) and configured to protect a non-leached portion of a PCD element (10) during a leaching process. The support (42) is formed from or coated with a polyketone based plastics material.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150352514A1 A SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR A BODY OF POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND MATERIAL DURING LEACHING Public/Granted day:2015-12-10
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