A METHOD FOR PROCESSING A PLURALITY OF BODIES OF POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND MATERIAL

• Main Authors: FORD, David Thomas, BIDDULPH, Jonathan James, ZVORISTE-WALTERS, Carmen Elena, ALDMINGTON, David William
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 04.07.2024
• Subjects: CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; EARTH DRILLING; EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; METALLURGY; MINING; MULTI-STEP PROCESSES FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLICMATERIAL INVOLVING AT LEAST ONE PROCESS PROVIDED FOR IN CLASSC23 AND AT LEAST ONEPROCESS COVERED BY SUBCLASS C21D OR C22F OR CLASS C25; NON-MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF METALLIC MATERIAL FROM SURFACE; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS; PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS

A method for leaching a plurality of polycrystalline diamond (PCD) cutter elements includes providing a first leaching receptacle having a first and a second cavity. A first volume of liquid acid leaching mixture is introduced into the second cavity. A PCD cutter element is attached to a first fixtu...