Cutting element and a method of manufacturing a cutting element

Abstract

The present disclosure relates in one aspect to a cutting element comprising a substrate and a cutting layer disposed on a surface of the substrate. The cutting layer comprises an ultra hard material. The substrate comprises tungsten carbide and a metal binder. The substrate has a magnetic saturation value in the range of from 80 to less than 85%. In another aspect, the magnetic saturation value may increase within the substrate along a gradient, wherein proximal to the interface with the cutting layer, the substrate has a magnetic saturation value in the range of from 80 to less than 85%. Also included are drill bits incoiporating such cutting elements. Additionally, the present disclosure relates to methods of manufacturing cutting elements.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.