Bearings for earth-boring tools may include a first bearing member including a first bearing pad having a first contact surface and a second bearing member including a second bearing pad having a second contact surface in sliding contact with at least a portion of the first contact surface. At least one of the first bearing member and the second bearing member may include a polycrystalline table attached to a portion of a first substrate on which the polycrystalline table was formed. Another substrate may be attached to the portion of the first substrate, the portion of the first substrate interposed between the polycrystalline table and the other substrate. The portion of the first substrate may include a first volume percentage of the first matrix material and the other substrate may include a second, different volume percentage of the second matrix material

Provided is a multilayer electrical steel sheet having both low high-frequency iron loss and high magnetic flux density. The multilayer electrical steel sheet has an inner layer and surface layers provided on both sides of the inner layer, in which the surface layers and the inner layer have a predetermined chemical composition, the multilayer electrical steel sheet having: Si of 0.5 mass % to 4.0 mass %; Al of 0.05 mass % or less; a ratio of ti to t represented by ti/t of from 0.10 to 0.70; a magnetic flux density Bio of 1.3 T or more; and a ratio of B.sub.1 to B.sub.10 represented by B.sub.1/B.sub.10 of 0.45 or more; and an iron loss W.sub.10/1k in W/kg and the sheet thickness t in mm satisfy the following formula (1):

W.sub.10/1k15+140t(1).

Methods for manufacturing a matrix tool body comprising placing a first matrix material within a first region of a mold cavity proximate a surface of the mold. A second matrix material may be placed within a second region of the mold cavity positioned inwardly of the first matrix material. The first matrix material and the second matrix material comprise a plurality of hard particles. The plurality of hard particles of the second matrix material have a median particle size that is less than the median particle size of the first matrix material. The plurality of hard particles of the first matrix material and the second matrix material are infiltrated with an infiltration binder to form the tool body. Also included are tool bodies having one or more regions proximate a surface of the tool body comprising an erosion resistant matrix material and/or a wear resistant matrix material.

A method for producing a high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent fatigue resistance properties. The method includes an oxidation processing in which a steel sheet is heated at a temperature of 400 to 750 C. in an atmosphere having an O.sub.2 concentration of 1000 ppm by volume or more and a H.sub.2O concentration of 1000 ppm by volume or more, and the steel sheet is heated at a temperature of 600 to 850 C. in an atmosphere having an O.sub.2 concentration of less than 1000 ppm by volume and a H.sub.2O concentration of 1000 ppm by volume or more. The method also includes reduction-annealing in which the steel sheet is heated at a heating rate of 0.1 C./sec or more to a temperature of 650 to 900 C. in an atmosphere having a H.sub.2 concentration of 5 to 30 vol % and a H.sub.2O concentration of 10 to 1000 ppm by volume.

A construction comprising a sintered polycrystalline super-hard layer having mutually opposite reinforced boundaries, each of which is bonded to a respective reinforcement structure, in which the super-hard layer includes polycrystalline diamond (PCD) material or polycrystalline cubic boron nitride (PCBN) material. The construction will be configured such that the equivalent circle diameter of each reinforced boundary is at least ten times the mean thickness of the super-hard layer between them. The reinforcement structures will be substantially free of material having a melting point of less than 2,000 degrees Celsius, at least adjacent the reinforced boundaries.

Cutting elements for earth-boring tools may include a substrate and a polycrystalline superabrasive material secured to the substrate. The polycrystalline superabrasive material may include a first region including catalyst material in interstitial spaces among interbonded grains of the polycrystalline superabrasive material. A second region at least substantially free of catalyst material in the interstitial spaces among the interbonded grains of the polycrystalline superabrasive material may be located adjacent to the first region. An undulating boundary defined between the first region and the second region may include bumps and dimples formed by crests and troughs of a repeating pattern of concentric circles encircling a longitudinal axis of the cutting element.

A bonded diamond body having a high bonded strength is provided. The bonded diamond body includes a sintered polycrystalline diamond body, a hard substrate, and a hard layer provided between the sintered polycrystalline diamond body and the hard substrate, the sintered polycrystalline diamond body containing a diamond grain and a sintering aid, the hard substrate containing tungsten carbide and cobalt, and the hard layer containing cobalt and a hard grain made of a carbide, a nitride, or a carbonitride having a Vickers hardness of 1100 Hv or more.

The present invention relates to an aluminum alloy material for a gas tube included in an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system. More specifically, the present invention relates to an aluminum alloy material for a gas tube, the an aluminum alloy material including: a core material; an outer material cladded onto a single surface or opposite surfaces of the core material; and an intermediate material cladded between the core material and the outer material to prevent magnesium from diffusing into the outer material from the core material, wherein the core material includes copper (Cu), silicon (Si), iron (Fe), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn), titanium (Ti), and aluminum (Al). According to the present invention, the aluminum alloy material for a gas tube in an EGR cooler is excellent in strength and corrosion resistance, thereby extending the life span of gas tube even under extreme conditions.

A superhard polycrystalline construction comprises a body of polycrystalline superhard material comprising a superhard phase, and a second phase dispersed in the superhard phase, the superhard phase comprising a plurality of inter-bonded superhard grains. The second phase comprises particles or grains that do not chemically react with the superhard grains, and/or do not inter-grow, and form between around 1 to 30 volume % or wt % of the body of polycrystalline superhard material.

A cutting tool comprises a base material which includes particles including a tungsten carbide (WC) as a main component, a binder phase including cobalt (Co) as a main component, and particles including a carbide or a carbonitride of at least one selected from the group consisting of Group 4a, 5a, and 6a elements, or a solid solution thereof; and a hard film formed on the base material, wherein the hard film comprises at least an alumina layer, a cubic phase free layer (CFL), in which the carbide or the carbonitride is not formed, is formed from a surface of the base material to a depth of 10 m to 50 m, and a Co content of a surface of the CFL is 80% or more of a maximum Co content of the CFL.