Zirconium layer for bonding diamond compact to cemented carbide backing
OwnerRobert Dennis Mitchellinventor
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Abstract
An abrasive body comprising a diamond compact bonded to a cemented carbide backing by means of a continuous zirconium layer, the thickness of which is less than 0.5 mm, the diamond compact being substantially free of graphite and having a bonding matrix selected from a metal of Group VIII of the Periodic Table or an alloy containing one or more such metals and at least 70 percent by volume of diamond particles, and the cemented carbide backing being selected from cemented tantalum carbide, cemented tungsten carbide and cemented titanium carbide and mixtures thereof.
Claims5
An abrasive body comprising a diamond compact bonded to a cemented carbide backing by means of a continuous zirconium layer, the thickness of which is less than 0.5 mm, the diamond compact being substantially free of graphite and having a bonding matrix selected from a metal of Group VIII of the Periodic Table and an alloy containing one or more such metals and at least 70 percent by volume of diamond particles, and the cemented carbide backing being selected from cemented tantalum carbide, cemented tunsten carbide and cemented titanium carbide and mixtures thereof.
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