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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2016
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Tdy Industries, Llc, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Prakash K. Mirchandani, Houston, TX (US);
Jimmy W. Eason, The Woodlands, TX (US);
James J. Oakes, Madison, AL (US);
James C. Westhoff, Conroe, TX (US);
Gabriel B. Collins, Madison, AL (US);
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
TDY Industries, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
Binder compositions for use in forming a bit body of an earth-boring bit include at least one of cobalt, nickel, and iron, and at least one melting point-reducing constituent selected from at least one of a transition metal carbide up to 60 weight percent, a transition metal boride up to 60 weight percent, and a transition metal silicide up to 60 weight percent, wherein the weight percentages are based on the total weight of the binder. Earth-boring bit bodies include a cemented tungsten carbide material comprising tungsten carbide and a metallic binder, wherein the tungsten carbide comprises greater than 75 volume percent of the cemented tungsten carbide material.