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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2008
Christopher H Weis, Riverton, UT (US);
Ronald K Eyre, Orem, UT (US);
Stewart N Middlemiss, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
David Iverson, Highland, UT (US);
Christopher H Weis, Riverton, UT (US);
Ronald K Eyre, Orem, UT (US);
Stewart N Middlemiss, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
David Iverson, Highland, UT (US);
Smith International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing an ultrahard compact includes assembling a mass of ultrahard material with a mass of substrate material such that the mass of ultrahard material extends radially outward a greater extent than the substrate material to compensate for a difference in the radial shrinkage of the ultrahard material compared to the substrate material during a sintering process. The method may further includes subjecting the assembled compact to a high pressure high temperature process mat results in the forming of an ultrahard compact including an ultrahard layer integrally bonded with a substrate.