Abstract:
A method of making a coated member (30) comprising the steps of: providing a sintered substrate that includes hard grains bonded together by metallic binder; removing material from the sintered substrate to form an as-ground substrate; reducing the residual stresses in the substrate; resintering the substrate to form a resintered substrate; and adherently depositing a coating on the resintered substrate.
Abstract:
A method of producing a green compact (218) which includes the steps of forming a generally homogeneous powder blend of powder components; consolidating the powder blend into a green body (218) wherein the green body includes a flashing (354); impinging the green body (218) with a fluid stream so as to dislodge the flashing (354); and removing the dislodged flashing (354) from the surface of the green body (218).
Abstract:
A cutting bit assembly (30) which includes a driven member (66) and a cutting bit (22) detachably connected to the driven member by a retainer (70, 72). The retainer includes a magnetic pin (70, 72) that removably engages at least one of the cutting bit (22) and the driven member (66).
Abstract:
A cutting tool retention system for retaining a cutting tool having a tool recess. The cutting tool retention system comprises a support block having a block bore and a block recess intersecting the block bore and a clip movably situated in the block recess, the clip having a spring structure which engages the support block and urges the clip into an engaging relationship with the tool recess of the cutting tool situated within the block bore, the spring structure allowing the clip to be disengaged from an engaging relationship with the tool recess of the cutting tool situated within the block bore by applying force directly to the clip so as to overcome the urging of the spring structure.
Abstract:
A ceramic composition produced by the consolidation of a blend of starting components. The composition comprises a matrix with one or more of the carbides, nitrides and carbonitrides of hafnium, molybdenum, zirconium, tantalum, niobium, vanadium, tungsten and titanium, and solid solutions thereof in an amount that is greater than 50 volume percent of the matrix. The matrix comprises between 60 and 99.8 volume percent of the composition. Ceramic whiskers are uniformly dispersed throughout the matrix wherein the ceramic whiskers comprises between 0.2 and 40 volume percent of the composition.
Abstract:
An excavation cutting tool holder retention system. The cutting tool holder retention system includes a cutting tool holder having a holder engagement surface and a support block having a tool holder bore into which the cutting tool holder is inserted. A pin having a pin engagement surface is movably mounted to the support block such that the pin engagement surface may be moved to engage the holder engagement surface. At least one of the holder and pin engagement surfaces defines an inclined surface such that when the pin engagement surface is moved to engage the holder engagement surface, the shank portion of the cutting tool holder will be drawn into the tool holder bore. In the preferred embodiment, at least one of the shank portion of the cutting tool holder and tool holder bore is tapered such that the shank portion of the cutting tool holder will be drawn and wedged into the tool holder bore of the support block when the pin engagement surface is moved to engage the holder engagement surface.
Abstract:
A mining drum assembly (22) for use in the mining of a substrate that has a drum (26). A plurality of bars (48), each one of the bars has a plurality of laterally-spaced apart mining bit assemblies (38, 56, 58, 60) connected thereto, are affixed to the surface (28) of the drum (26). The bars (48) define first and second regions of discrete bars equi-spaced about the circumference of the drum (26). The bars of the first region being circumferentially and laterally spaced-apart from the bars of the second region.
Abstract:
A clamping apparatus (35) for detachably connecting a tool unit (10) to a tool supporter (37) with increased holding force is provided. The clamping apparatus (35) includes a housing (41), a pair of opposing locking spheres (57a, b) within the housing (41), a cylindrical canister member (39) mounted within the housing (41) that is matable with an insert-supporting tool unit (10) and which has a pair of opposing apertures (55a, b) in its sidewalls for conducting the locking spheres (57a, b) from a locking to an unlocking position, and a lock rod (60) reciprocally movable within the interior of the canister member (39) along an axis (A) and having opposing cam portions (64a, b) for radially moving the locking spheres (57a, b) through the canister apertures (55a, b) into wedging engagement with opposing angled walls (30) of sphere receiving openings (20) in the tool unit (10). To increase the mechanical advantage of the wedging action between the locking spheres (57a, b) and the angled walls (30) of the tool unit (10), the aperture walls (56) of the canister member (39) are angled with respect to a line (R) extending radially from the lock rod axis (A) to reduce the angle between the aperture wall (56) and the tool unit wall (30). Such angling increases the force of wedging and locking engagement between the locking spheres (57a, b) and the angled walls (30) of the tool unit (10). In the preferred embodiment, the aperture walls (56) are angled 15 DEG with respect to the aforementioned radial line (R), thereby increasing the holding force of the clamping mechanism (35) by 30 %.
Abstract:
A cutting insert (1) having a chipbreaking configuration for effectively embrittling and breaking thin, foil-like chips (61) produced by drilling or other fine-cutting operations is provided. The cutting insert (1) includes a polygonal insert body (3) having a top surface (5), a side relief surface (9), and a cutting edge (11) defined therebetween, and a chipbreaker (23) formed by an elongated groove (25) disposed on the top surface (5) behind the cutting edge (11) in combination with a plurality of recesses (27) disposed over the groove (25) having opposing side edges (43). The back wall (34) of the groove (25) applies curling forces to the chips (61), while the opposing side edges (43) of the recesses (27) engage and corrugate the chips (61) thereby embrittling them by work-hardening. The corrugated chips are broken by the curling forces applied by the back (34) and rear (42) walls of the groove (25) and the recesses (27) into small pieces that are easily expelled from the vicinity of the cutting operation.
Abstract:
A diamond-coated tool (80) and a process for making it. The process includes a sintering step. In that step, the tool substrate is sintered in an atmosphere and for a time and at a temperature so that superficial, exaggerated grain growth is promoted that imparts a surface roughness which may serve as anchoring sites during a subsequent diamond coating step which is performed by a vapor deposition technique. The diamond-coated tool includes a large grain substrate surface, and a high bond strength between the diamond coating and the substrate surface.