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Alloy tool of hard metal
Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1987-10-20
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Granted: 1989-09-19
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Expires: 2007-10-20
Abstract
Abstract An alloy tool of hard metal has a working part and a non-working part. The working part is made of a hard metal containing carbide of at least a metal selected from a group of elements belonging to the groups IVa, Va and VIa of the periodic table as a basis metal of the hard phase and an iron family metal as a basis metal of the binder phase. The working part includes a region for working a work piece. The non-working part is made of a hard metal containing carbide of at least a metal selected from a group of elements belonging to the groups IVa, Va and VIa of the periodic table as a basis metal of the hard phase of the non-working part and of an iron family metal as a basis metal of the binder phase of the non-working part. A diffused junction between the working and non-working parts bonds the two parts together. The non-working part has a higher thermal expansion coefficient than the working part, whereby the non-working part, through the diffused junction, applies a residual compressive stress to the working part for an improved tool strength.
Inventors
- 👤 Masao Maruyama
- 👤 Atsushi Seki
- 👤 Yoshihiro Minato
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 20:04
CPC Classifications
B; B22; B22F; B22F5/00; B22F7/00; B22F7/06; B22F2998/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/12; Y10T428/12014; Y10T428/12021; Y10T428/12028; Y10T428/12049; Y10T428/12056; Y10T428/12146
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
238 words
An alloy tool of hard metal comprising: a working part having a hard phase and a binder phase, said hard phase being made of a hard metal containing carbide of at least a metal selected from elements of groups IVa, Va and VIa of the periodic table as a basis metal of said hard phase, said binder phase being made of an iron family metal as basis metal of said binder phase, said working part including a region for working a work piece; a non-working part having a further hard phase and a further binder phase, said further hard phase being made of a hard metal containing carbide of at least a metal selected from a group of elements belonging to the groups IVa, Va and VIA of the periodic table as basis metal of said further hard phase, said further binder phase being made of an iron family metal as a basis metal of said further binder phase, a diffused junction between said working part and said non-working part for bonding said parts to each other, said non-working part having a higher thermal expansion coefficient than said working part such that said thermal expansion coefficients of said working part and of said non-working part differ from each other within a range of 1×10 -7 /°C. to 3×10 -6 /°C. for applying a residual compressive stress to said working part by said non-working part through said diffused junction.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
238 words
An alloy tool of hard metal comprising: a working part having a hard phase and a binder phase, said hard phase being made of a hard metal containing carbide of at least a metal selected from elements of groups IVa, Va and VIa of the periodic table as a basis metal of said hard phase, said binder phase being made of an iron family metal as basis metal of said binder phase, said working part including a region for working a work piece; a non-working part having a further hard phase and a further binder phase, said further hard phase being made of a hard metal containing carbide of at least a metal selected from a group of elements belonging to the groups IVa, Va and VIA of the periodic table as basis metal of said further hard phase, said further binder phase being made of an iron family metal as a basis metal of said further binder phase, a diffused junction between said working part and said non-working part for bonding said parts to each other, said non-working part having a higher thermal expansion coefficient than said working part such that said thermal expansion coefficients of said working part and of said non-working part differ from each other within a range of 1×10 -7 /°C. to 3×10 -6 /°C. for applying a residual compressive stress to said working part by said non-working part through said diffused junction.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The alloy tool of hard metal in accordance with claim 1, wherein said hard metal of said non-working part contains a larger amount of binder phase than said hard metal of said working part.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The alloy tool of hard metal in accordance with claim 1, wherein hard phases of said hard metal of said working part and of said non-working part contain tungsten carbide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The alloy tool of hard metal in accordance with claim 3, wherein both said hard phases further contain titanium carbide.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
The alloy tool of hard metal in accordance with claim 4, wherein said hard phase of said non-working part contains a larger amount of titanium carbide than said hard phase of said working part.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
57 words
The alloy tool of hard metal in accordance with claim 1, wherein both said hard phases of said hard metal of said working part and of said non-working part further contain nitride and/or carbo-nitride of at least a metal selected from a group of elements belonging to the groups IVa, Va and VIa of the periodic table.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The alloy tool of hard metal in accordance with claim 6, wherein said nitride and/or said carbo-nitride is titanium nitride and/or titanium carbo-nitride.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The alloy tool of hard metal in accordance with claim 1, wherein said diffused junction is located so that said working part encircles said non-working part.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
The alloy tool of hard metal in accordance with claim 1, wherein said diffused junction is located so that said non-working part encircles said working part.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
41 words
The alloy tool of hard metal in accordance with claim 9, wherein said thermal expansion coefficients of said working part and of said non-working part differ from each other within a range over 1×10 -7 /°C. up to 3×10 -6 /°C.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
The alloy tool of hard metal of claim 1, wherein said diffused junction between said working part and said non-working part is formed by hot isostatic pressing.
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