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A boron abrasive is produced by crystallization of amorphous boron in the presence of and/or admixture with heavy metal borides. Boron filaments may be crystallized by being subjected to elevated temperatures, less than the melting point of boron, prior to shearing into short lengths and grinding into...     

An improved diamond abrasive tool and method of manufacture characterized by a direct brazing technique of diamond crystals to a substrate surface which requires no pre-conditioning of the surface of the diamond in order to obtain the necessary wetting thereof. The method employed utilizes readily available,...     

An abrasive article comprising abrasive grains, bonding agents and at least partially active fillers, whereby the active filler material is located in or on the abrasive grains.

Polishing compositions for highly filled resin-bonded dental restorations comprising a dispersion of alumina having a particle size less than about 3.0 microns and for nonprecious metal used in dental construction comprising a dispersion of said alumina and diamond having a particle size at least equal...     

An alkaline cleaning and conditioning composition for ceramic surfaces is provided in the form of an abrasive powder mixture including a surfactant, and a silicone oil absorbed in a water soluble absorbent powder.

The invention provides elongate synthetic RD diamond particles, each particle having a long axis and a short transverse axis, the ratio of the long axis to the short axis being at least 3 to 1. Each particle generally has a rib bed structure down its long axis, the ribs of the structure being traces...     

The polishing of monocrystalline silicon wafers with an aqueous composition of fine sized abrasive particles, a soluble alkali metal base such a sodium carbonate and an oxidizing agent such as sodium or potassium salt of dichloroisocyanuric acid (e.g., salts of halo-trizenetrione).

The specification discloses nucleating diamonds in the absence of an external container. Nickel and graphite are subjected to high temperature and pressure, e.g., by a grinding process, sufficient to cause diamond nuclei to be formed.

A mass of diamond crystals in contact with a mass of eutectiferous silicon-rich alloy are disposed in a container and placed within a pressure transmitting powder medium. Pressure is applied to the powder medium resulting in substantially isostatic pressure being applied to the container and its contents...     

The proposed compact-grained diamond material consisting of powdered diamond particles is characterized in that the diamond particles therein are coated with a titanium carbide or zirconium carbide film, which film forms a cellular structure over the entire body of the material, and are bound with copper-titanium...     

A metal bonded abrasive body comprising diamond or cubic boron nitride abrasive particles held in a metal bonding matrix, the metal bonding matrix consisting of cobalt, present in an amount of at least 50 percent by weight of the matrix, and boron in the form of cobalt borides substantially uniformly...     

A sintered compact for use in a cutting tool and a method of producing the same are disclosed. The compact comprises 95 to 20 volume % of diamond finer than one micron in size and the balance binder also finer than one micron selected from the group of WC, (MoW)C, WC base cemented carbide and (MoW)C...     

Type Ib synthetic diamond crystal is annealed at an annealing temperature ranging from about 1500.degree. C. to about 2200.degree. C. under a pressure which prevents significant graphitization of the diamond during the annealing to convert at least about 20% of the total amount of type Ib nitrogen present...     

A superhard composite material comprises cubic boron nitride and a binder nsisting of carbide and diboride of a metal selected from the group IV-V of the periodic system, taken in eutectic ratio, the components being contained therein in the following amounts, in percent by weight: cubic boron nitride:...     

Hard boron nitride particles of wurtzite and zincblende crystal structure of larger than 50 microns particle size are formed by subjecting recrystallized pyrolytic boron nitride to dynamic shock treatment to create pressures and temperatures in which the stable form of boron nitride has a wurtzite or...     

A laminated abrasive body which is in effect a thick compact comprising a plurality of diamond or cubic boron nitride compacts laminated together, joining of adjacent compacts taking place by means of a layer of a metal or metal alloy braze and the thickness of the laminate exceeding 5 mm and the longest...     

An adherently bonded polycrystalline diamond body is produced by forming a charge composed of a mass of diamond crystals in contact with a mass of eutectiferous silicon-rich alloy wherein the alloy is in contact or in association with hexagonal boron nitride, confining such charge within a reaction chamber,...     

Compacts are provided in which one or more single crystal diamonds, having a largest dimension of at least one millimeter, are embedded in the polycrystalline matrix which may be made of diamond; cubic boron nitride (CNB); and silicon and silicon carbide bonded diamond, CBN, or mixtures of diamond and...     

A diamond paste to be used for treating surfaces of workpieces comprising diamond powder in a mechanical mixture with surface-active and lubricating (cooling) components. The components of the paste are used in the following quantities (in % by weight): diamond powder filler: 30-2 green silicon carbide:...     

Disclosed is an improved abrasive material particularly useful as a dispersoid in metal matrices to provide articles of use having superior abrasive properties, especially at elevated temperatures. The improved abrasive material typically comprises silicon carbide particulate, the individual particles...     

The invention relates to the polishing of silver-plated, in particular electro-plated silver. The feature of the invention is the provision of a formulation which in the dry, solid state has a high storage life and is free of any toxic components and therefore usable in the home in hotels and in like...     

The production of an ultra-hard particle composed substantially of carbon as the dominant element is taught. The ultra-hard particle is the product of the reaction of a metal carbide selected from the group consisting of Al.sub.4 C.sub.3 and Be.sub.2 C with a member selected from the group consisting...     

An abrasive compound in which individual abrasive grains of various types are joined in a preliminary step into the formation of so-called agglomerated abrasive grains, each of which may contain a number of individual grains. The particular feature of the invention is that the abrasive compound which...     

The invention provides an abrasive body which will generally be of cylindrical shape comprising a plurality of superhard abrasive particles such as diamond bonded together by means of a tough wear-resistant nickel based alloy having a melting point of below 1000.degree. C. These alloys are known as hard...     

An abrasive disk comprising abrasive grains such as corundum, a bonding material, for example a resin, and a filler material. At least part of the filler material is active in the grinding process. Particles of this filler material are provided in the disk in the form of pellets or granules. The pellets...     

A grinding disk comprising abrasive grains such as corundum, a bonding agent such as phenolic resin, and a filler material. At least part of said filler material is an active filler, i.e. a material that acts chemically and/or physically in the grinding process. At least part of this active filler material...     

A method for producing compact of diamond particles, comprising: providing a mass of diamond particles and a metallic material capable of dissolving carbon, as infiltrant, with a substantially identical cross section, placing said diamond and infiltrant metal close to but separated with each other with...     

Coated cutting tools and coated cutting tool inserts having improved mechanical and chemical wear resistance under demanding conditions of machining speed, temperature, or workpiece hardness comprise a silicon nitride substrate body having at least one hard, intermediate adherent coating layer of a refractory...     

The invention provides an abrasive body suitable for mounting in a tool for abrading operations, the body including an abrasive compact comprising a mass of abrasive particles, present in an amount of at least 70 percent by volume of the compact, bonded into a hard conglomerate and support means covering...     

Metal surfaces such as the working surfaces of nickel plated blanks for rigid memory discs are polished in a two-stage process of rough and finish polishing by a combination of mechanical and chemical mechanisms. Each stage involves a plurality of cycles in which the surface is polished using a rotating...     

The invention is concerned with the problem of joining ceramic components to metal components. A composite ceramic-metal component is proposed, e.g. a rotor disc for a gas turbine engine (see FIG. 2), in which the main body of the component is made from a ceramic, e.g. Silicon Nitride, but the areas...     

A composite article and cutting tool are prepared by densification to form a body consisting essentially of particles of hard refractory material uniformly distributed in a matrix consisting essentially of a first phase and a second phase, said first phase consisting essentially of crystalline silicon...     

An abrasive article comprises abrasive grain, a binder material and active fillers. The active fillers are metal halogenides or metallic complex salts.

A metallic layer is removed from a coated glass surface (3) by subjecting the coated glass to the abrasive action of a stripping wheel (7) comprising a particulate abrasive in a porous matrix of polyvinyl formal.

An abrasive body which comprises a cubic boron nitride compact bonded to a substrate. The compact has intergrowth between the cubic boron nitride particles which provides it with good thermal conductivity and has major surfaces on each of opposite sides, the one surface being bonded to the substrate...     

Rare earth glass-polishing compositions of improved homogeneity and reproducibility are prepared by (a) simultaneously continuously admixing a cerium salt solution, a basic solution and a solution of at least one acid and/or one salt, the anion or anions of which being adopted to form insoluble rare...     

A cutting insert is provided with a core having upper and lower surfaces and a recess in the upper surface. Crystal portions containing a dispersion of super-hard crystals are disposed at predetermined locations on the periphery of the upper surface of the core outside of the recess, and a layer of metal...     

A composition for a hard-water build-up remover that comprises an abrasive, an acid, a surfactant, a suspending material and water; and a method for producing said composition that comprises pouring hot water into a mixing tank and slowly adding the suspending material; allowing the water and suspending...     

A method of making aggregated diamond abrasive particles comprising forming a mixture of diamond abrasive particles and a powdered metal, heating the mixture to sinter the metal followed by cooling to produce a mass and crushing the mass to obtain the aggregated particles, characterized in that the particles...     

A silicon nitride based cutting tool is disclosed consisting essentially of in percent by weight about 5% aluminum oxide, about 6% yttrium oxide, from about 1.5% to about 5.5% silicon dioxide, and the balance silicon nitride, and having a density of at least about 99% of the theoretical density.

A grinding wheel comprising abrasive grains each of which is coated with a conductive material and a non-conductive binder interposed among said abrasive grains. The amount of said conductive material ranges from 30 to 80% by weight based on said abrasive grains. The abrasive grains coated with said...     

The invention is a process for preparing a sintered polycrystalline compact of cubic boron nitride, the compact produced by the process, and articles comprising the compact. A mixture is formed of cubic boron nitride grains and from 5 to 20 volume percent of binder material, or sintering aid, consisting...     

Dry-ice particles are blasted against an object to be cleaned under the presence of ice particles, whereby drawbacks in the case of blasting the dry-ice particles alone can be eliminated.

An abrasive frit is disclosed comprising particles of a silicon nitride based material. The particles have essentially sharp edges and a particle size within the range of from about 0.5 to about 150 microns. An abrasive frit is disclosed as described above except that the edges of the particles are essentially...     

A polycrystalline diamond disk is bonded to a substrate by forming layers of powdered diamond material and then pressing and sintering the layers to bond the diamond material and to form disks thereof. A surface of one such disk is ground or lapped flat and then placed on a substrate with a disk of a...     

An abrasive compact is provided comprising a mass of cubic boron nitride particles and a second phase bonded into a hard conglomerate; adjacent cubic boron nitride particles being joined to each other to form an intergrown mass; the cubic boron nitride content of the compact being at least 80 percent...     

A grinding tool has diamond superabrasive grains as the abrasive and a bond to retain the abrasive grains. The bond is made of organic polymer or metal and contains as a filler both a solid film-forming lubricant and finely divided diamond superabrasive grains having a grain size smaller than one-third...     

A method for reducing the particle size of an initial silicon carbide powder to a milled powder having an average particle size of below 1 micron but greater than an average of about 0.2 micron, without grinding media contamination. The method comprises milling the larger particles in a vibratory mill...     

A composition for polishing a plastic product, a layer of non-electrolysis nickel plating, an alumite layer or an aluminum product comprises water, a polishing agent of aluminum oxide and a polishing accelerator of nickel sulfate, and is neutral or weak acid.

This invention is concerned with the production of a hard, tough, thermally conductive ceramic cutting tool insert consisting essentially of a zirconia alloy in a hard refractory ceramic insert. The ceramic cutting tool insert exhibits performance conducive to use in turning operations and/or milling...     

A cutting tool, in particular of hard metal, which is coated with hard layers of titanium carbide, titanium carbonitride and/or titanium nitride and that has an outer thin layer of zirconium nitride. The thickness of this outer layer of zirconium nitride amounts to between 1 and 30%, preferably 1 to...     

Disclosed is a cutting tool insert of sintered ceramic intended for machining ferrous materials. The insert contains 7 to 29% by volume of a hard substance, 1 to 15% by volume of a metal oxide compound, and at least 70% by volume of aluminum oxide, and a maximum of 0.3% by volume of impurities.

An abrasive tool having a working portion which includes an abrasive insert which is exposed to high temperatures during manufacture or use of the tool. Examples of such tools are dressing or turning tools and surface set or impregnated drill bits. The tools are characterized by the abrasive insert comprising...     

A thermostable abrasive diamond product includes a compact formed of diamond grains representing more than 80% by volume of the compact, each grain being bonded directly to its neighbors so as to form a polycrystalline structure. The empty spaces between diamond grains are occupied by a binder face containing...     

The present invention is characterized by ceramic materials comprising ceramic sintered bodies consisting of (1) 1-90 wt % chromium carbide and the remainder carbonic titanium nitride; (2) 1-90 wt % chromium carbide, 0.1-5 wt % B.sub.4 C and the remainder titanium carbo-nitride; or (3) either of the...     

An abrasive article for polishing glass and ceramic surfaces comprised of a combination of abrasive particles and inorganic glass polishing aid dispersed throughout a three-dimensional nonwoven fibrous web of organic material, and adhered therein by a resinous binder. The article is capable of refining...     

A tool component is provided which comprises an abrasive compact bonded to a cemented carbide support body. The abrasive compact has two zones which are joined by an interlocking, common boundary. The one zone provides the cutting edge or point for the tool component while the other zone is bonded to...     

A coated substrate in which the coating includes abrasion-resistant particles protruding from the hardened surface of a metal matrix and is bonded to the substrate.

A sialon ceramic material comprising a ceramic core selected from alpha-prime-sialon, beta-prime-sialon, and an intergranular phase and, optionally substantially substantially inert refractory phases. The sialon ceramic material has an alloyed surface layer with a substantially increased aluminum and...     

A coated densified ceramic cutting tool has a granular phase of silicon nitride, silicon aluminum oxynitride, and a reaction formed submicron refractory metal nitride uniformly distributed in a matrix of a suitable densification aid with a coating comprising an interfacial layer of titanium nitride followed...     

A grinding wheel is disclosed which is made up of sintered aluminous abrasive and a vitrified bond, the vitrified bond being a frit. A large portion of the sintered aluminous abrasive may be replaced by a non-sintered abrasive and the bond may include fillers and/or grinding aids.

A product and process for reconditioning abrasive stones used to sharpen metal tools such as woodworking tools. The product is a slab made up of abrasive grain bond with an organic polymer.

A material containing corundum crystals from 5 to 350 microns in size and any one of the additions: spinel, anorthitic glass, cordieritic glass, or a mixture of spinel and either of said glasses. Said addition amounts to 1.5-7.5% by mass of the abrasive material and is spread between the corundum crystals...     

A method for grinding an oxygen sensitive ceramic material to a powder which comprises grinding an oxygen sensitive ceramic feed material having an average particle size of between 1 and 200 microns in a contamination free high energy autogenous attrition mill in non-oxidizing fluid in the presence of...     

Rare earth glass-polishing compositions of improved homogeneity and reproducibility are prepared by (a) simultaneously continuously admixing a cerium salt solution, a basic solution and a solution of at least one acid and/or one salt, the anion or anions of which being adopted to form insoluble rare...     

A powdered admixture of a boron, carbon, nitrogen or silicon derivative of a first metal, e.g., tungsten carbide, and a source of a second metal, e.g., molybdenum subcarbide when the second metal is molybdenum, is, when subjected to densification conditions, partially reacted and converted to a hard,...     

A tool insert comprising a composite diamond abrasive compact and a method of its production are provided. The composite abrasive compact is characterized by an intermediate layer between the diamond compact and the cemented carbide support. The intermediate layer consists essentially of discrete cubic...     

Part of liquefied carbon dioxide is subjected to adiabatic expansion so that the remainder becomes snow-like dry ice due to heat of vaporization and heat of sublimation while a liquid is being sprayed to produce snow-like frozen liquid. The snow-like dry ice and the snow-like frozen liquid are mixed...     

A microdrill bit is made of a tungsten carbide based cemented carbide which contains a binder phase of 6% by weight to 14% by weight of a cobalt alloy and a hard dispersed phase of balance tungsten carbide. The cobalt alloy contains cobalt, chromium, vanadium and tungsten and has weight ratios so as...     

A coated densified ceramic cutting tool has a granular phase of silicon nitride, silicon aluminum oxynitride, and a reaction formed submicron refractory metal nitride uniformly distributed in a matrix of a suitable densification aid with a coating comprising an interfacial layer of titanium nitride followed...     

Abrasive article using sintered sol-gel abrasive particles mixed with other particles having greater friability, and carried in a bond.

An erodable abrasive granule comprising a plurality of first abrasive grains bonded together by a first binder to form an erodable base agglomerate and at least a partial coating of second abrasive grains bonded to the periphery of the base agglomerate by means of a second binder. These abrasive granules...     

The strength and water resistance of the binding of abrasive grain on the basis of corundum or silicon carbide into synthetic resin bonded abrasive agents is improved by a surface treatment with microdispersed hydrophobic silicon dioxide.

Cemented tungsten carbide rock bit inserts have diamond particles dispersed therein for enhanced hardness and wear resistance. The cobalt matrix is primarily the face centered cubic crystal structure for enhanced ductility and toughness. Such inserts are formed by introducing excess non-diamond carbon...     

An abrasive compact is provided which has a plurality of recesses which may take the form of grooves or holes formed in a major surface thereof. The recesses contain no solid material and serve as crack arrester formations.

A coated abrasive product comprising a backing bearing on at least one major surface thereof a make coat, a multiplicity of erodable agglomerates comprising a resinous binder and at least one inorganic filler material adhered to said make coat, a multiplicity of individual premium abrasive grains adhered...     

The invention relates to grinding tools, particularly to grinding wheels having an annular band of abrasive material at their periphery and provides an improved method of manufacture. A mixture of abrasive material, temporary binder and ceramic bond is heated to paste-like consistency and then coated...     

A coated abrasive article having carbon black aggregates incorporated into the construction thereof, in a concentration sufficient to reduce or eliminate the buildup of static electricity during its use.

Abrasive article using sintered sol-gel abrasive particles mixed with other particles having greater friability, and carried in a bond.

An abrasive article with abrasive grain such as corundum, a binder which is a hardenable organic or inorganic system, for example plastic, such as phenol resin, and grinding-active fillers, as well as an abrasive with abrasive grain such as corundum, a binder which is a hardenable organic or inorganic...     

A high strength propping agent for use in hydraulic fracturing of subterranean formations comprising solid, spherical particles having an alumina content of between 40 and 60%, a density of less than 3.0 gm/cc and an ambient temperature permeability of 100,000 or more millidarcies at 10,000 psi.

A method of producing a magnetic disk by lapping a magnetic disk medium, comprising the steps of: preparing a lapping tape having an abrasive particle layer provided with abrasive particle clusters and chip pockets formed between adjacent two clusters, each of said clusters having abrasive particles...     

A grinding body having a matrix comprising a binding agent (1), abrasive grain (2) and filling materials. The matrix which is of a Shore hardness of between D 35 to D 95, preferably D 70 to D 80, is provided with filling means comprising porous conglomerates (3).

An abrasive tape comprises a flexible substrate and an abrasive layer, which is overlaid on the flexible substrate and which is primarily constituted of abrasive grains and a binder. The abrasive grains are composed of first abrasive grains and second abrasive grains. The first abrasive grains and the...     

A method of cleaning and polishing a variety of porous and non-porous materials including porcelains, plastics, marble, glass, and finished wood. The polishing compound is comprised of an abrasive powder, an hydroflouric acid, and an organic solvent. The polishing compound is applied with a cloth and...     

The invention provides pore-free, dense refractory metal binder composite and laminate coated articles including ceramic or cemented carbide substrates coated with refractory metal carbide, nitride, or carbonitride binder composite coatings. A tungsten carbide cobalt composite coated tungsten carbide...     

An open low density abrasive article adapted for the cleaning of aluminum or similar surfaces comprising a lofty open non-woven three dimensional web form of a plurality of interlaced randomly extending flexible durable, tough, resilient organic fibers said web fibers being firmly adhesively bonded together...     

A coated abrasive article comprising a backing bearing on at least one major surface thereof abrasive composites comprising a plurality of abrasive grains dispersed in a binder. The binder serves as a medium for dispersing abrasive grains, and it may also bond the abrasive composites to the backing....     

A grinding tool is described which comprises self-bonded particles of a ceramic abrasive and has a voids volume of from 5 to 65%.

A method of producing a composite abrasive compact is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a cemented carbide substrate having two layers separated by a metallic layer. The metal of the metallic layer may be a ductile metal such as cobalt or nickel or a refractory, carbide-forming metal...     

A wear-resistant member formed comprises a sintered ceramic body essentially consisting of 0.1 to 15% by weight of at least one material selected from the group comprising molybdenum carbide, niobium carbide, hafnium carbide, tantalum carbide, tungsten carbide, molybdenum silicide, niobium silicide,...     

An abrasive material has a contoured surface defining peaks and valleys, and side walls connecting the two. The peaks, side walls and valleys are covered with diamonds or other hard particles for effecting the grinding. In the beginning, the hard particles support one another laterally to prevent premature...     

A pad for planarization by mechanical polishing of a dielectric layer formed over features on a wafer in the manufacture of semiconductor devices has a substantially planar polishing face. The pad includes a soft matrix material and a substance for stiffening distributed in the pad so as to effect stiffening...     

A composition for abrading, polishing, honing or deburring a surface. The composition comprises a polyboron organo silicon polymer loaded with abrasive granules. The silicon-granules are modified with a metallic soap and a polybutylene. The metallic soap and polybutylene are gelled prior to blending...     

An abrasive material in a shaped form usable for grinding, abrading or cutting various articles, which has high abrasion performance and high mechanical strength and is characterized in comprising alumina fibers of 3 to 100 .mu.m in diameter and not more than 10% in coefficient of variation of diameter...     

Disclosed is a method for the production of diamond films, which comprises introducing a diamond-forming gas into a reaction chamber in which a substrate is located, activating the gas in the reaction chamber and depositing diamond on the substrate by decomposition of the gas, wherein the diamond-forming...     

A method for blast cleaning metal and fixing the hazardous waste generated by blast cleaning. An abrasive cement in a sufficient amount is combined with the blast cleaning process, thereby reducing the leachability of the heavy metals and producing non-hazardous abrasive waste.

Provided is a coated cutting tool having a binder enriched substrate. The coating includes at least one CVD layer which may be in a state of residual tensile stress and at least one layer in a state of residual compressive stress.

An abrasive composition and dental articles made from same, the composition including abrasive particles dispersed throughout and entrapped within a polyurea or polyurethane urea matrix which contains soft and hard segments wherein the matrix is made from the polymerization reaction of a polyfunctional...     

A fully dense ceramic-metal body including about 40-68 v/o .alpha.-alumina; about 10-30 v/o of a granular, hard refractory carbide, nitride, or boride; about 20-40 v/o silicon carbide platelets or elongated grains; and about 2-10 v/o of a dispersed metal phase combining Ni and Al mostly segregated at...