A cemented carbide suitable as a high performance hard metal material for wire drawing of high-tensile strength alloys is provided. The cemented carbide may include a relatively low binder content with additives Cr, Ta and/or Nb to provide high wear and corrosion resistance, high thermal conductivity, high hardness and a desired hardness to fracture toughness correlation.

A composite sintered material includes: cubic boron nitride grains; and hexagonal boron nitride grains or the hexagonal boron nitride grains and wurtzite type boron nitride grains, wherein a dislocation density of the cubic boron nitride grains is more than or equal to 1×10.sup.15/m.sup.2 and less than or equal to 1×10.sup.17/m.sup.2, a median diameter d50 of equivalent circle diameters of the cubic boron nitride grains is more than or equal to 10 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm, and a relationship of the following expression 1 is satisfied:
0.015≤(Vh+Vw)/(Vc+Vh+Vw)≤0.5,  Expression 1:
where Vc represents a volume-based content ratio of the cubic boron nitride grains, Vh represents a volume-based content ratio of the hexagonal boron nitride grains, and Vw represents a volume-based content ratio of the wurtzite type boron nitride grains.

Modular forming tool (1), in particular pressing tool, preferably for producing essentially rotationally symmetrical parts, comprising at least one primary tool (10), in particular a core, at least one reinforcing tube (30) and at least one auxiliary tool (50), the forming tool (1) extending along a longitudinal extension direction (L), the primary tool (10) having a workpiece machining surface (12), a sheath surface (14) and two end surfaces (16), the workpiece machining surface (12) contacting or being designed to contact a workpiece, the sheath surface (14) delimiting the primary tool (10) in a radial direction (R), wherein the end surfaces (16) delimit the primary tool (10) in the longitudinal extension direction (L), wherein the reinforcing tube (30) has an inner sheath surface (32) and an outer sheath surface (34), wherein the primary tool (10) is pressed into the reinforcing tube (30) indirectly and/or directly via the sheath surface (14), so that the primary tool (10) is secured relative to the reinforcing tube (30) in the radial direction (R), wherein the inner sheath surface (32) and the outer sheath surface (34) each have an interference fit, wherein the auxiliary tool (50) is bounded in the longitudinal direction of extension (L) by cover surfaces (56), wherein the auxiliary tool (50) is bounded outwardly in the radial direction (R) by a circumferential surface (54), and wherein the circumferential surface (54) has a clearance fit in the radial direction (R).

A threading die (100) for cold-drawing a metal wire (4) is described; the threading die comprises a hole (103) for the inlet of the wire to be drawn and the hole comprises a conical part (106) for drawing the metal wire and a truncated-cone shaped part (105) which precedes the conical part in the advance path of the metal wire and wherein no decrease in the diameter of the metal wire occurs; the base with the greater diameter (111) of the truncated-cone shaped part precedes the base with the shorter diameter (112) in the advance path of the metal wire.

A platinum-based material element wire is coated with gold or gold alloy, and drawing-processed with a carbon-containing die. The thin wire manufactured in this manner is covered with gold or gold alloy, and the coverage of gold or gold alloy is 40% or more on an area basis. The thin wire formed of a platinum-based material is manufactured in a state of suppressing breakage in a drawing processing step, and has favorable performance in electric properties and the like. In addition, this manufacturing process is capable of efficiently manufacturing a platinum-based material thin wire while suppressing breakage when the thin wire is manufactured by drawing processing.

A wire drawing die 1 includes a non-diamond material, is provided with a die hole 1h, and has a reduction 1c and a bearing 1d that is positioned downstream of the reduction 1c. A reduction angle γ which is an opening angle of the die hole 1h at the reduction 1c is less than or equal to 17°, and a surface roughness Ra of the die hole 1h within ±20 μm from a specific position inside the bearing 1d in a circumferential direction of the die hole 1h that is perpendicular to a wire drawing direction is less than or equal to 0.025 μm.

The present invention discloses a method for manufacturing an insulated spherical weld gold wire for integrated circuit double-layer stacked package, which relates to the technical field of microelectronic packaging spherical weld gold wires, and specifically comprises the following steps: alloy sheet preparation; alloy rod preparation; stretching; annealing treatment; activation treatment; sputtered insulating coating; multi-winding and sub-packaging, since the polyaryletherketone insulating coating is provided on the surface of the spherical weld gold wire in a scaled integrated circuit and the double-layer stacked package of the present invention, the spherical weld gold wire is allowed to contact and cross during packaging, without affecting the product performance, cost and quality; two high-hardness and high-conductivity materials of cobalt and germanium are added, which greatly enhances the tensile strength of the material.

A drawing die made from cemented carbide material is formed of tungsten carbide and a metallic binder. The cemented carbide material includes: tungsten carbide with an average grain size of 0.15-1.3 μm, 0.5-5.0 wt.-% (Co+Ni), with a ratio Co/(Co+Ni) of 0.6-0.9; 0.1-1.0 wt.-% Cr, with 0.05≤Cr/(Co+Ni)≤0.22; 0.02-0.2 wt.-% Mo; and 0-0.04 wt.-% V. The cemented carbide material is substantially free from η-phase.

A drawing die made from cemented carbide material is formed of tungsten carbide and a metallic binder. The cemented carbide material includes: tungsten carbide with an average grain size of 0.15-1.3 μm, 0.5-5.0 wt.-% (Co+Ni), with a ratio Co/(Co+Ni) of 0.6-0.9; 0.1-1.0 wt.-% Cr, with 0.05≤Cr/(Co+Ni)≤0.22; 0.02-0.2 wt.-% Mo; and 0-0.04 wt.-% V. The cemented carbide material is substantially free from η-phase.

A composite sintered material includes: cubic boron nitride grains; and hexagonal boron nitride grains or the hexagonal boron nitride grains and wurtzite type boron nitride grains, wherein a dislocation density of the cubic boron nitride grains is more than or equal to 1×10.sup.15/m.sup.2 and less than or equal to 1×10.sup.17/m.sup.2, a median diameter d50 of equivalent circle diameters of the cubic boron nitride grains is more than or equal to 10 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm, and a relationship of the following expression 1 is satisfied:

0.015≤(Vh+Vw)/(Vc+Vh+Vw)≤0.5,  Expression 1

where Vc represents a volume-based content ratio of the cubic boron nitride grains, Vh represents a volume-based content ratio of the hexagonal boron nitride grains, and Vw represents a volume-based content ratio of the wurtzite type boron nitride grains.