The polycrystalline cubic boron nitride contains a cubic boron nitride at a content greater than or equal to 98.5% by volume, and has an area rate S1 of crystal grains, the crystal grains having an equivalent circle diameter greater than or equal to 1 μm, less than or equal to 20 area % at a cross section of the polycrystalline cubic boron nitride as observed with a scanning electron microscope at a magnification of 10,000.

A core bit for producing a borehole in a workpiece includes a cutting portion with one or more cutting segments, a drill shaft portion with a tubular drill shaft, and a connecting device which connects the cutting portion and the drill shaft portion releasably or non-releasably together. The tubular drill shaft is configured as a welded spiral tube.

A blank for a shaft milling tool having a generally cylindrical body of solid carbide, a rear portion and a front portion, the periphery of which front portion being designed for chip flutes to be formed therein, is made according to a method including the step of providing at least two separate green bodies having at least one axially extending inner channel, which are fitted together along a common interface and sintered together to form a unitary body. For a more economic production of blanks with radially extending channels at least one generally radially extending channel is formed in at least one of the connecting surfaces before sintering the bodies together. The channel is formed with its radially inner end configured for fluid communication with the axial channel and with a radial extension to a position corresponding to at least 40% of the outer radius of the blank.

A set of cutting inserts includes a stem portion, a plurality of branch portions attached to and extending from the stem portion, and at least one cutting insert attached to each of the plurality of branch portions. The stem portion has a longitudinal axis extending between a top end of the stem portion and a bottom end of the stem portion and at least one of the top end of the stem portion is disposed along the longitudinal axis above uppermost portions of each cutting insert, and the bottom end of the stem portion is disposed along the longitudinal axis below lowermost portions of each cutting insert. Also, methods for manufacturing a set of cutting inserts are disclosed.

A set of cutting inserts includes a stem portion, a plurality of branch portions attached to and extending from the stem portion, and at least one cutting insert attached to each of the plurality of branch portions. The stem portion has a longitudinal axis extending between a top end of the stem portion and a bottom end of the stem portion and at least one of the top end of the stem portion is disposed along the longitudinal axis above uppermost portions of each cutting insert, and the bottom end of the stem portion is disposed along the longitudinal axis below lowermost portions of each cutting insert. Also, methods for manufacturing a set of cutting inserts are disclosed.

A cutting bit includes a body, a plurality of blades, and at least one ultrahard insert cast directly into at least one of the plurality of blades. The ultrahard insert is positioned with a rear face directly contacting the blade.

A method of producing a machining segment, in which a green body (51) is constructed from a machining zone (54), wherein the machining zone (54) is produced from a first metallic powder material (56) and hard material particles (58), the green body (51) is compacted under pressure with a compression pressure to result in a compact body and the compact body is sintered thermally at a sintering temperature to result in the finished machining segment, wherein the machining zone (54) is produced by layer-by-layer application of material layers of the first metallic powder material (56) and particle layers of the hard material particles (58), wherein the hard material particles (58) in one particle layer are placed into the previously applied material layer of the first metallic powder material (56).

The present disclosure relates to a method of treating a cutting tool of a cemented carbide or cermet substrate, wherein the cutting tool is subjected to shot peening at a temperature of or above 100° C. The cutting tool typically has a rake face, a flank face and a cutting edge extending therebetween. The shot peening is performed at least on the rake face of the cutting tool. The present disclosure also relates to a cutting tool treated with the method.

The disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a cutting blade for an agricultural implement. The method includes forming the cutting blade to define a final shape having an exterior surface. The cutting blade is treated with a surface diffusion hardening process to form a surface hardened layer disposed over a core layer. The surface hardened layer is very thin, approximately 0.1 mm, and exhibits an apparent hardness equal to or greater than 1000 HV. After the surface diffusion hardening process, the cutting blade is treated with a through hardening process, such that the core layer exhibits a Rockwell Hardness C Scale value between the range of thirty five (35) and fifty five (55).

The disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a cutting blade for an agricultural implement. The method includes forming the cutting blade to define a final shape having an exterior surface. The cutting blade is treated with a surface diffusion hardening process to form a surface hardened layer disposed over a core layer. The surface hardened layer is very thin, approximately 0.1 mm, and exhibits an apparent hardness equal to or greater than 1000 HV. After the surface diffusion hardening process, the cutting blade is treated with a through hardening process, such that the core layer exhibits a Rockwell Hardness C Scale value between the range of thirty five (35) and fifty five (55).