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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6613999 | Method of joining a sintered hard alloy member to a stainless steel member and method of making a cutting tool therefrom A method of joining a sintered hard alloy member 1 such as a cylindrical rod-shaped twist drill bit blank made of material whose main component is tungsten carbide to a softer metal member such as a stainless steel shank 2 includes the steps of connecting... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6201207 | Torch angle setting apparatus A torch angle setting apparatus includes vertical links arranged in a vertical direction, the respective lower end of which is supported on a frame so as to be pivotally rotatable, and coupled with horizontal links at an upper end and an intermediate posi... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6156391 | Process for hard facing a metallic substrate to improve wear resistance A method for hard facing a tool. The method is carried out by thermally spraying the tool with a composition which includes between 11/2%-10% carbon, 0-3% fluorides, 11/2-5% boron, 20-40% chromium, 1-15% nickel and the remainder iron. The resulting coated... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5448035 | Method and apparatus for pulse fusion surfacing The invention both rotates and oscillates the electrode at the same time to increase the quality of materials deposited onto a substrate during an pulse fusion surfacing process. The PFS spark rate is also varied to further increase the quality and effect... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5361968 | Method of manufacturing metallic press die A metallic press die having an edge portion or high pressure portion for processing a workpiece therewith is made by overlaying a welding material to that portion of a base material for the metallic press die which forms the edge portion or high pressure ... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5133812 | Corrosion resistant cutting tool and method of manufacture A completely corrosion resistant, high strength cutting tool such as an orthodontic wire cutter includes a stainless steel body having a pair of corrosion resistant alloy steel bonding tips brazed thereto. The tips are brazed to the body using a nickel al... | 07/28/1992 |
| 4985609 | Method of making a broach A broach which has several cutting elements and a support unit to which the cutting elements are attached is made by cutting the cutting elements through electric-discharge machining, in particular wire-EDM so that the production thereof is less time cons... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4904840 | Auger flight welder An apparatus for rebuilding the worn outermost edge of a flight of an auger section by depositing a continuous bead of weld material along the extent of that edge. Attached to a support frame is chuck means for releasably grasping opposite ends of the aug... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4864094 | Process of fabricating a cutting edge on a tool and a cutting tool made thereby A cutting tool is provided with a fabricated cutting edge which is applied using a low heat plasma transferred arc and powdered metal. The heat affected zone between the applied edge and the substrate is maintained at a minimum with low dilution and penet... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4837417 | Method of hard-facing a metal surface A method of hard-facing is disclosed in which matrix metal is melted on the surface of a metal base member being hard-faced along with a portion of the metal base member by a non-consumable electrode moving over the matrix metal. The arc between the elect... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4786779 | Saw blade segment welding apparatus A welding apparatus for welding hard segments to the circumference of a base of a saw blade. The blade base is clamped between two electrodes of a first electrode unit which can rotate. The segment is clamped by conductive fingers of a second electrode un... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4745254 | Method of hard-facing a metal surface A method of hard-facing is disclosed in which matrix metal is melted on the surface of a metal base member being hard-faced along with a portion of the metal base member by a non-consumable electrode moving over the matrix metal. The arc between the elect... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4745256 | Narrow substrate having weld bead of powdered metal The welding method may be used to lay down weld beads on metallic substrates with a narrow width of 0.125 inch and less. The process employs a plasma transferred arc and pulses the current delivered to the arc such that a wave form having at least a main ... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4739146 | Method for applying a weld bead to a thin section of a substrate The welding method is used to lay down weld beads on metallic substrates with a thin section, e.g., of down to 0.030 inch. The process employs a plasma transferred arc which is generated at low current, e.g., between 0.5 amps and 60 amps, and with a very ... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4666349 | Material removing tool A material removing tool wherein a substantially plate-like support of steel carries at least one annular cutter which is made of a harder metallic material capable of being soldered to the material of the support. The support has a centrally extending pr... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4628178 | Tool for warm and hot forgings and process for manufacturing the same A tool for warm and hot forgings is proposed which is made by bonding cemented carbide to steel by applying electron beams or laser to the joint. The cemented carbide includes a hard phase of tungsten carbide and a binder metal phase containing at least o... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4563562 | Hot wire welder A hot wire welder comprises a plurality of longitudinal tubes with welding wire moving through the tubes. At one end, buss bars pass power to the wires as they emerge from the tubes. Replaceable copper inserts are positioned between the wires and the buss... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4462293 | Wear-resistant and shock-resistant tools and method of manufacture thereof Wear-resistant and shock-resistant tools are constructed by preforming carbide-containing working parts of high wear resistance and hardness and attaching them to a softer base metal of the tool by means of a highly shock-resistant steel-to-steel fusion w... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4306139 | Method for welding hard metal Disclosed is a method for welding wear-resisting hard metals directly to iron base members which are slide or wear members of machinery. Hard metals comprising a tungsten carbide and a binder consisting of 15 to 30% by weight of Ni and/or Co is employed a... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4243727 | Surface smoothed tool joint hardfacing A tool joint hardfacing containing sintered tungsten carbide granules embedded in an alloy steel matrix, with the surface substantially free of protruding granules to decrease casing wear during well drilling. The hardfacing is applied in a single applica... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4228338 | Process for implanting radioactive metal on a substrate A process for implanting a precise quantity of radioactive metal on a metal substrate such as a cutting tool or other metal part subject to wear at the area or areas where the part is expected to wear during its operation. The presence of the radioactive ... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4228339 | Method of hardfacing tool joints An improved method for hardfacing tool joints for earth boring drill pipe. Annular bands of hardfacing are applied by an apparatus that creates an arc between a consumable steel wire and the tool joint. The steel wire is reciprocated across the width of t... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4196336 | Method of hard surfacing a metal object A hard surface on reactive metal such as a titanium member is weld deposited in an inert gas atmosphere using a welding rod tubing made of the same metal as the member and filled with tungsten carbide particles.... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4188524 | Method of brazing tips on circular saw teeth The disclosure relates to brazing tips to circular saw blades. The tips are first heated red hot between carbon electrodes. After heating brazing paste is applied to the hot tips and the tips are reheated and brazed to the saw blade.... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4085496 | Manufacture of metallic strip A method of manufacturing metallic strip which differs in composition across its width includes feeding a cutting tool continuously into the peripheral surface of a rotating workpiece comprising a plurality of cylindrical components of differing compositi... | 04/25/1978 |
| 3983357 | Apparatus for producing armored rod and wire saws Both fully automated and semi-automated methods and apparatus are described for producing armored rod saws by progressively coating a rod or wire substrate with a slurry of a flux paste adhesive and brazing metal powders, overcoating the latter with abras... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3968533 | Fastener manufacturing apparatus A threaded fastener of the self-tapping type is described having the conventional head, shank, and pilot end. The shank includes a helically wound thread member impregnated with a carbide or other, harder substance than the metal from which the fastener i... | 07/13/1976 |
