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AssigneeNorton Company
InventorsHyun S. Cho, Chien-Min Sung, Leo Merrill, Sy-Hwa Chen, Frank Csillag
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Superabrasive cutting elements, backed compacts and methods for their manufacture are disclosed wherein metal coated superabrasive particles are cemented under HPHT conditions. The superabrasives bond to the metal of the coating and the metal coatings of adjacent particles bond to each other forming a matrix. A binding aid with thermal expansion characteristics close to that of the superabrasive particle can be infiltrated through or otherwise mixed with the particles to assist in the bonding between the metal coatings and to fill in voids. Catalyst and non-catalyst binding aids can also be used. Uncoated, smaller superabrasive particles can be interstitially dispersed among the coated particles to increase the superabrasive concentration and can self bond to form a cemented/sintered structure. Tungsten is a preferred metal coating and silicon is a preferred binding/sintering aid. The superabrasive can be diamond, cubic boron nitride, boron doped diamond or crushed sintered polycrystalline aggregates. The free-standing cutting element can have a brazeable layer and the compact can be backed with, for example, cemented tungsten carbide. Free-standing cutting elements can be thermally stable up to 1,200.degree. C. Backed compacts can be thermally stable up to 1,100.degree. C.
A thermally stable superabrasive product comprising a plurality of "metal coated superabrasive particles", said superabrasive particles having a hardness at least equal to that of diamond or cubic boron nitride, said metal being selected from Groups IVA, VA, VIA and alloys thereof, "said coating forming a matrix cementing said superabrasive particles together into a coherent mass" of high structural strength having a predetermined configuration, said superabrasive particles comprising at least 70% by volume of said coherent mass, said metal coating comprising about 4 to 30% of the volume of said coherent mass.
The superabrasive product of claim wherein said product is a cutting element for a woodworking tool.
A thermally stable superabrasive product comprising a plurality of metal coated superabrasive particles, said superabrasive particles having a hardness at least equal to that of diamond or cubic boron nitride, said metal being selected from Groups IVA, VA, VIA and alloys thereof, said coating forming an electrically conductive, matrix cementing said superabrasive particles together into a coherent mass of high structural strength so that said mass may be cut by a wire electrical discharge machine, said superabrasive particles comprising at least 70% by volume of said product.
A thermally stable superabrasive product comprising a plurality of uniformly sized grits, each of said grits comprising a plurality of metal coated superabrasive particles, said superabrasive particles having a hardness at least equal to that of diamond or cubic boron nitride, said metal being selected from Groups IVA, VA, VIA and alloys thereof, said coating forming a matrix cementing adjacent superabrasive particles in each of said grits into a coherent mass of high structural strength, said superabrasive particles comprising at least 70% by volume of said grits, said metal coating comprising about 4 to 30% by volume of said grits.
A method for manufacturing a superabrasive grit comprising the step of:
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