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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1983
Filed:
May. 20, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harold C Newman, Fallon, NV (US);
William M Stoll, Ligonier, PA (US);
Assignee:
Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75252 ; 75255 ; 75240 ; 75248 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to mixtures of tungsten carbide, niobium metal, and molybdenum metal powders for use in the hardfacing of drill pipe couplings used in earth boring operations. It has been found that the addition of small amounts of niobium metal alone, or in combination with molybdenum, are effective to substantially submerge the tungsten carbide particles in the weld pool produced during hardfacing while, also, minimizing the occurrence of cracks which may be produced as the weld pool freezes.