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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
Sandvik Intellectual Property Ab, Sandviken, SE;
Andreas Hedin, Stockholm, SE;
Susanne Norgren, Huddinge, SE;
Nina Sjodahl, Stockholm, SE;
Jose Garcia, Stockholm, SE;
SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB, Sandviken, SE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of making a cemented carbide comprising mixing in a slurry a first powder fraction and a second powder fraction, subjecting the slurry to milling, drying, pressing and sintering. The first powder fraction is made from cemented carbide scrap recycled using the Zn recovery process, comprising the elements W, C, Co, and at least one or more of Ta, Ti, Nb, Cr, Zr, Hf and Mo, and the second powder fraction comprising virgin raw materials of WC and possibly carbides and/or carbonitrides of one or more of Cr, Zr, W, Ta, Ti, Hf and Nb. The first powder fraction is subjected to a pre-milling step, prior to the step of forming the slurry, to obtain an average grain size of between 0.2 to 1.5 μm.