# US 10,500,666 B2 · Wear-resistant component and method for producing the same

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- Number: US 10,500,666 B2
- Document ID: US10500666B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/500,689
- Filed: 2014-11-18
- Published: 2017-08-03
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2014-11-18
- Assignees: Komatsu Ltd.
- Applicants: Komatsu Ltd.
- Inventors: Masayuki Ohishi; Masaharu Amano
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10500666B2

## CPC

- B23K 9/04: Welding for other purposes than joining, e.g. built-up welding
- B23K 9/295: {using consumable wire electrodes}
- B23K 31/025: {Connecting cutting edges or the like to tools; Attaching reinforcements to workpieces, e.g. wear-resisting zones to tableware}
- B23K: SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

## Abstract

A tooth which is an example of a wear-resistant component includes a base made of a first metal, and an overlay disposed in contact with the base to cover a covered region that is a part of a surface of the base. In an overlay edge portion corresponding to a boundary between the covered region and an exposed region other than the covered region on the surface of the base, the exposed region and a surface of the overlay are flush with each other to form a forged surface.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A wear-resistant component, comprising:
a base made of a first metal; and
an overlay disposed in contact with the base to cover a covered region, the covered region being a part of a surface of the base,
wherein:
an exposed region other than the covered region on the surface of the base and a surface of the overlay are flush with each other to form a forged surface in an overlay edge portion corresponding to a boundary between the covered region and the exposed region,
the overlay includes hard particles located in at least an overlay surface region that is within an average particle diameter of the hard particles from the surface of the overlay, and
among the hard particles located in the overlay surface region, any hard particle having a region exposed from the surface of the overlay has an acute central angle corresponding to the region exposed from the surface of the overlay.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The wear-resistant component according to claim 1, wherein:
the overlay further includes
a matrix made of a second metal, and
the hard particles are dispersed in the matrix.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The wear-resistant component according to claim 2, wherein the hard particles located in the overlay surface region are arranged side by side while being embedded in the overlay.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The wear-resistant component according to claim 3, wherein the hard particles located in the overlay surface region are in contact with the surface of the overlay.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The wear-resistant component according to claim 2, wherein in a region including an interface between the overlay and the base, the overlay includes a protrusion that protrudes toward the base.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The wear-resistant component according to claim 5, wherein the protrusion has at least a part of one of the hard particles received therein.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A method for producing the wear-resistant component according to claim 1, comprising the steps of:
preparing the base member made of the first metal;
forming the overlay, which includes the hard particles in the overlay surface region, to come into contact with and cover the covered region; and
forging the base member having the overlay formed, including working the overlay edge portion.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The wear-resistant component producing method according to claim 7, wherein the step of forging the base member having the overlay formed includes hot forging the base member having the overlay formed.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The wear-resistant component producing method according to claim 7, wherein the step of forming the overlay includes
forming the overlay including a matrix made of a second metal, and
dispersing the hard particles in the matrix.