Infiltration methods for forming drill bits

An infiltration method of forming an article including providing a working mold including a solid binder member extending through an interior of the working mold, wherein the solid binder member is made of a binder material, and providing a layer of powder matrix material within a molding void of th...

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Main Authors PROSKE CURTIS A, BIRD MARC W, DUPRE LESTER, UNO TIMOTHY P
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.11.2011
Subjects
ALLOYS
CASTING
CASTING OF METALS
CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES
CHEMISTRY
FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS
FOUNDRY MOULDING
MAKING METALLIC POWDER
MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER
METALLURGY
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
POWDER METALLURGY
TRANSPORTING
TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
WORKING METALLIC POWDER
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Summary:An infiltration method of forming an article including providing a working mold including a solid binder member extending through an interior of the working mold, wherein the solid binder member is made of a binder material, and providing a layer of powder matrix material within a molding void of the working mold. The method further includes heating the working mold to form a molten binder pathway from the solid binder member to infiltrate the layer of powder matrix material.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20080347424