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US 2024/0173792 A1Published application
Friction stir welding using a pcbn-based tool
AssigneeElement Six (UK) Limited
InventorsTeresa RODRIGUEZ SUAREZ, Geoffrey Alan SCARSBROOK, Maria Louise CANN, Josquin PFAFF
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to a friction stir welding tool insert comprising a polycrystalline cubic boron nitride, PCBN, composite material with a textured surface layer. The textured surface layer comprises a pre-defined repeating pattern.
Claims20
A friction stir welding tool insert comprising a superhard material with a textured surface layer, as determined by optical microscopy or scanning electron microscopy, the textured surface layer comprising a pre-defined repeating pattern.
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