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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:
Jan. 17, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pankaj K Mehrotra, Greensburg, PA (US);
Robert D Nixon, Greensburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24D / ; C04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
51307 ; 501 97 ; 501 98 ;
Abstract
Provided is a silicon nitride based ceramic which is particularly useful for use as a cutting tool in the high speed chip forming machining of metallic materials. The ceramic is preferably composed of at least 85 volume percent (v/o) beta silicon nitride phase and less than about 5 v/o intergranular phase. The ceramic has greater than 0.2 weight percent (w/o) magnesia, greater than 0.2 w/o yttria, where the sum of magnesia and yttria is less than 5 w/o. The ceramic has less than 0.2 v/o porosity.