Abstract:
A tool (1) for cutting, drilling or crushing of solid material, wherein -said tool (1) comprises a cemented carbide body (2) attached to a steel holder (3) by a braze joint located between a base surface (8) of the cemented carbide body (2) and the steel holder (3), -said cemented carbide body (2) comprises a hard phase mainly comprised by tungsten carbide, WC, and a binder consisting of cobalt, wherein the cobalt content of the cemented carbide body (2) is equal to or lower than about 5.5 wt%, and wherein, - the cemented carbide body (2) presents a cobalt content gradient therein wherein the cobalt content increases towards said base surface (8) and is at least 4.5 wt% at said base surface (8), - the ratio cobalt content at the base surface to cobalt content of the cemented carbide is ≥ 1.09. A method for producing the tool is also presented.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of producing a cemented carbide body comprising providing: (1 ) a grain refiner compound comprising a grain refiner and carbon and/or nitrogen, and, (2) a grain growth promoter, on at least one portion of the surface of a compact of a WC-based starting material comprising one or more hard- phase components and a binder, and then sintering the compact, the invention also relates to a cemented carbide body comprising a WC-based hard phase and a binder phase, wherein at least one part of an intermediate surface zone has a lower average binder content than a part further into the body, and at least one part of an upper surface zone has in average a larger average WC grain size than the intermediate surface zone. The cemented carbide body can be used as a cutting tool insert for metal machining, an insert for a mining tool, or a coldforming tool.
Abstract:
A rock drill insert made of cemented carbide that comprises hard constituents of tungsten carbide (WC) in a binder phase comprising Co, wherein the cemented 5 carbide comprises 4-18 mass % Co and balance WC and unavoidable impurities, characterized in that said cemented carbide also comprises Cr in such an amount that the mass ratio Cr/Co is within the range of 0.04-0.19, and, the difference between the hardness at 0.3 mm depth at any point of the surface of the rock drill insert and the hardness of the bulk of the rock drill insert is at least 40 HV3. 10
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of producing a cemented carbide body comprising providing: (1) a grain refiner compound comprising a grain refiner and carbon and/or nitrogen, and, (2) a grain growth promoter, on at least one portion of the surface of a compact of a WC-based starting material comprising one or more hard-phase components and a binder, and then sintering the compact. the invention also relates to a cemented carbide body comprising a WC-based hard phase and a binder phase, wherein at least one part of an intermediate surface zone has a lower average binder content than a part further into the body, and at least one part of an upper surface zone has in average a larger average WC grain size than the intermediate surface zone. The cemented carbide body can be used as a cutting tool insert for metal machining, an insert for a mining tool, or a coldforming tool.
Abstract:
A rock drill insert made of cemented carbide that comprises hard constituents of tungsten carbide (WC) in a binder phase comprising Co, wherein the cemented carbide comprises 4-18 mass % Co and balance WC and unavoidable impurities, characterized in that said cemented carbide also comprises Cr in such an amount that the mass ratio Cr/Co is within the range of 0.04-0.19, and, the difference between the hardness at 0.3 mm depth at any point of the surface of the rock drill insert and the hardness of the bulk of the rock drill insert is at least 40 HV3.
Abstract:
A tool for cutting, drilling or crushing of solid material, wherein the tool includes a cemented carbide body attached to a steel holder by a braze joint located between a base surface of the cemented carbide body and the steel holder. The cemented carbide body has a hard phase mainly of tungsten carbide, WC, and a binder consisting of cobalt, wherein the cobalt content of the cemented carbide body is equal to or lower than about 5.5 wt %. The cemented carbide body has a cobalt content gradient therein wherein the cobalt content increases towards the base surface and is at least 4.5 wt % at the base surface. The ratio of the cobalt content at the base surface to the cobalt content of the cemented carbide is ≥1.09. A method for producing the tool is also presented.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of producing a cemented carbide body comprising providing: (1) a grain refiner compound comprising a grain refiner and carbon and/or nitrogen, and, (2) a grain growth promoter, on at least one portion of the surface of a compact of a WC-based starting material comprising one or more hard-phase components and a binder, and then sintering the compact. the invention also relates to a cemented carbide body comprising a WC-based hard phase and a binder phase, wherein at least one part of an intermediate surface zone has a lower average binder content than a part further into the body, and at least one part of an upper surface zone has in average a larger average WC grain size than the intermediate surface zone. The cemented carbide body can be used as a cutting tool insert for metal machining, an insert for a mining tool, or a coldforming tool.