Method of producing a sintered diamond compact
AssigneeSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsAkio Hara, Shuji Yazu
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Abstract
A sintered compact for use in a cutting tool and a method of producing the same are disclosed. The compact comprises 95 to 20 volume % of diamond finer than one micron in size and the balance binder also finer than one micron selected from the group of WC, (MoW)C, WC base cemented carbide and (MoW)C base cemented carbide. The method comprises pulverizing a diamond powder by using cemented carbide balls and a pot having a cemented carbide lining, mixing the diamond powder with a powder abraded from the balls and pot to produce a powder mix finer than one micron containing 95 to 20 volume % of diamond, heat-treating the powder mix in vacuum so as to degas, and hot-pressing the powder mix under high pressure at high temperature within the stable range of diamond.
Claims5
A method of producing a sintered compact for use in a cutting tool comprising:
- pulverizing a diamond powder into a particle size finer than one micron by using cemented carbide balls and a pot having a cemented carbide lining, the cemented carbide being selected from the group of WC base cemented carbide and (MoW)C base cemented carbide;
- mixing the diamond powder with a powder abraded from the balls and pot, which is also pulverized into a particle size finer than one micron to produce a powder mix containing 95 to 20 volume % of the diamond powder;
- degassing the powder mix in a vacuum at temperatures over 300.degree. C;
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- hot-pressing the powder mix under high pressure at high temperature within the stable range of the diamond powder.
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