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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
May. 18, 2011
Habib Saridikmen, Edenvale, ZA;
Iain Patrick Goudemond, Gauteng, ZA;
Antionette Can, Gauteng, ZA;
Roger William Nigel Nilen, Gauteng, ZA;
Clement David Van Der Riet, Spring, TX (US);
Habib Saridikmen, Edenvale, ZA;
Iain Patrick Goudemond, Gauteng, ZA;
Antionette Can, Gauteng, ZA;
Roger William Nigel Nilen, Gauteng, ZA;
Clement David van der Riet, Spring, TX (US);
ELEMENT SIX ABRASIVES S.A., Luxembourg, LU;
ELEMENT SIX LIMITED, , IE;
Abstract
A method for making a polycrystalline diamond (PCD) construction comprises providing a cemented carbide substrate comprising carbide grains cemented together by a cement material, subjecting the substrate to a first pressure treatment, treating the substrate to remove at least some of the cement material from at least a region of the substrate adjacent a boundary defined by the substrate, and subjecting the substrate to a second pressure treatment, in contact with or bonded at the boundary to a diamondiferous structure.