Tdy Industries, Inc.

Kennametal Inc.

Heath C Coleman

Prakash K Mirchandani

Morris E Chandler

Michale E Waller

A cutting insert for an earth-boring bit comprises a cemented carbide material. The cemented carbide material comprises a plurality of tungsten carbide grains, and a plurality of cubic carbide grains comprising at least one of titanium carbide, vanadium carbide, zirconium carbide, hafnium carbide, niobium carbide, tantalum carbide, mixtures thereof, and solid solutions thereof. The cemented carbide material also comprises a binder including at least one of cobalt, a cobalt alloy, nickel, a nickel alloy, iron, and an iron alloy. Embodiments of the cutting inserts are suitable for use on, for example, rotary cone earth-boring bits and fixed cutter earth-boring bits. A hybrid cemented carbide material comprising first regions of cemented carbide based on tungsten carbide and cobalt, dispersed in a continuous region of cemented carbide material comprising cubic carbides also is disclosed and is useful in cutting inserts of earth-boring bits.

Cutting inserts for earth-boring bits

A method of making an article of manufacture includes positioning a cemented carbide piece comprising at least 5% of the total volume of the article of manufacture, and, optionally, a non-cemented carbide piece in a void of a mold in predetermined positions to partially fill the void and define an unoccupied space. Inorganic particles are added to the mold to partially fill the unoccupied space and provide a remainder space. The cemented carbide piece, the non-cemented carbide piece if present, and the hard particles are heated and infiltrated with a molten metal or a metal alloy. The melting temperature of the molten metal or the metal alloy is less than the melting temperature of the inorganic particles. The molten metal or metal alloy in the remainder space solidifies and binds the cemented carbide piece, the non-cemented carbide piece if present, and the inorganic particles to form the article of manufacture.

Earth-boring bits and other parts including cemented carbide

An article of manufacture includes a cemented carbide piece, and a joining phase that binds the cemented carbide piece into the article. The joining phase comprises a eutectic alloy material. The article of manufacture further includes a non-cemented carbide piece bound into the article of manufacture by the joining phase. An article of manufacture includes a fixed-cutter earth-boring bit body, a roller cone, and a part for an earth-boring bit.

An article of manufacture includes a cemented carbide piece and a joining phase that binds the cemented carbide piece into the article. The joining phase includes inorganic particles and a matrix material. The matrix material is a metal and a metallic alloy. The melting temperature of the inorganic particles is higher than the melting temperature of the matrix material. A method includes infiltrating the space between the inorganic particles and the cemented carbide piece with a molten metal or metal alloy followed by solidification of the metal or metal alloy to form an article of manufacture.

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Union Grove, AL, United States of America

Heath C Coleman