A method of forming a cutting element comprises disposing diamond particles in a container and disposing a metal powder on a side of the diamond particles. The diamond particles and the metal powder are sintered so as to form a polycrystalline diamond material and a low-carbon steel material comprising less than 0.02 weight percent carbon and comprising an intermetallic precipitate on a side of the polycrystalline diamond material. Related cutting elements and earth-boring tools are also disclosed.

A high strength and corrosion resistant ferrochrome alloy bulk is disclosed, which comprises, in weight percent: 30-68% Cr, 1.5-8% Ni, 1.6-6% C, and the balance Fe and incidental impurities, of which a Fe/Ni ratio is in a range from 5 to 10 and a Cr/C ratio is in a range between 10 and 33. Experimental data reveal that, samples of the high strength and corrosion resistant ferrochrome alloy bulk all possess hardness above HV400 and excellent corrosion resistance due to the high content of Cr. As a result, experimental data have proved that the high-strength and corrosion-resistant ferrochrome alloy bulk of the present invention has a significant potential to replace conventional high-strength stainless steels, so as to be widely applied in various industrial fields, e.g., aviation, transportation, marine facility components, chemical equipment and pipe fittings, engine parts, turbine blades, valves, bearings, building materials, and so on.

A material for producing a three-dimensionally printed part including a metal material and at least one sintering aid in an amount effective to give the three-dimensionally printed part a density of between about 90% and about 100% after sintering is disclosed. A method of printing a three-dimensional part including selecting a metal material, incorporating at least one sintering aid into the metal material to form a print material, and printing the three-dimensional part is also disclosed. A method of producing a sintered metal part including providing a metal material for the sintered metal part incorporating boron as a first sintering aid, incorporating phosphorus as a second sintering aid, forming the metal part in a predetermined form the metal material, and heating the formed metal part to a sintering temperature is also disclosed. Three-dimensionally printed parts are also disclosed.

A method for manufacturing an additively manufactured article, the method comprising subjecting a powder material comprising a first powder containing a precipitation hardening stainless steel and a second powder containing titanium carbide to weaving irradiation with a laser beam to melt and solidify the powder material, thereby laminating at least one hardened clad layer on a base material. In the step for laminating the clad layer, the following requirements are satisfied: 20≤A≤35, 1.1≤B≤1.3, and (40% by mass)≤R2≤(65% by mass). In the formulae, A represents a laser heat input index, B represents a powder feeding rate index, and R2 represents a content ratio of the second powder in the powder material.

A method for fabrication of a composite component including a first material containing steel 316L and a second material containing zirconia powder formed in a single sintering. The method for fabrication includes: a) forming a first injection molding composition including steel 316L powder and a second injection molding composition including zirconia powder; b) agglomerating via injection molding one of the first and second compositions to form at least a first part of a blank; c) agglomerating by injection molding the other of the first and second materials against the first part of the blank to form at least a second part of the blank; and d) non-consecutively sintering the first and second compositions forming the blank to obtain the composite component formed of steel 316L and zirconia.

A high saturation, low loss magnetic material suitable for high frequency electrical devices, including power converters, transformers, solenoids, motors, and other such devices.

A high saturation, low loss magnetic material suitable for high frequency electrical devices, including power converters, transformers, solenoids, motors, and other such devices.

A precipitation hardenable, martensitic stainless steel is disclosed. The alloy has the following broad composition in weight percent. TABLE-US-00001 Ni 10.5-12.5 Co 1.0-6.0 Mo 1.0-4.0 Ti 1.5-2.0 Cr  8.5-11.5 Al Up to 0.5 Mn  1.0 max. Si 0.75 max. B 0.01 max.
The balance of the alloy is iron and the usual impurities found in commercial grades of precipitation hardenable martensitic stainless steels as known to those skilled in the state of the art in melting practice for such steels. A method of making parts from the alloy and an article of manufacture made from the alloy are also described.

The present invention relates to a method for producing an article out of a maraging steel, wherein the article is successively subjected to a solution annealing and heat treatment, wherein the steel has the following composition in Wt.-%: C=0.01-0.05 Si=0.4-0.8 Mn=0.1-0.5 Cr=12.0-13.0 Ni=9.5-10.5 Mo=0.5-1.5 Ti=0.5-1.5 Al=0.5-1.5 Cu=0.0-0.05

Residual iron and smelting-induced impurities.

Disclosed is a method for preparing a high-flatness metal foil suitable for making a metal mask, and the method comprises the following steps: forming a raw metal coarse foil; rolling the raw metal coarse foil at least once into a high-flatness metal foil; performing, by a heat treatment device, heat treatment processing on the precisely rolled metal foil according to a preset temperature and a preset time; using a tension leveler to perform tension leveling on the rolled and heat-treated metal foil; and obtaining a high-flatness metal foil after completion of the tension leveling and forming a rolled metal foil in a continuous forming process. The resulting metal foil has high flatness and low residual stress, which improves quality and performance of the metal foil and is suitable for the fabrication of fine metal masks.