A method of forming a super hard polycrystalline construction comprises forming a liquid suspension of a first mass of nano-ceramic particles and a mass of particles or grains of super hard material having an average particle or grain size of 1 or more microns, dispersing the particles or grains in the liquid suspension to form a substantially homogeneous suspension, drying the suspension to form an admix of the nano-ceramic and super hard grains or particles, and forming a pre-sinter assembly comprising the admix. The pre-sinter assembly is then sintered to form a body of polycrystalline super hard material comprising a first fraction of super hard grains and a second fraction, the nano-ceramic particles forming the second fraction.

The super hard grains are spaced along at least a portion of the peripheral surface by one or more nano-ceramic grains, the super hard grains having a greater average grain size than that of the grains in the second fraction which have an average size of less than around 999 nm.

Herein discussed is a method of heating a material having a surface comprising exposing the surface to an electromagnetic radiation source emitting a first wavelength spectrum; receiving a second wavelength spectrum from the surface using a detector at a sampling frequency; wherein the first wavelength spectrum and the second wavelength spectrum have no greater than 10% of overlap, wherein the overlap is the integral of intensity with respect to wavelength. In an embodiment, the first wavelength spectrum and the second wavelength spectrum have no greater than 5% of overlap or no greater than 3% of overlap or no greater than 1% of overlap or no greater than 0.5% of overlap. In an embodiment, exposing the surface to the radiation source causes the material to sinter at least partially.

A method of forming a super hard polycrystalline construction comprises forming a liquid suspension of nano-sized super hard particles and particles of super hard material having an average particle or grain size of 1 or more microns, dispersing the particles in the liquid suspension to form a substantially homogeneous suspension which is then dried and sintered to form a body of polycrystalline super hard material comprising a first and second fractions of super hard grains, the nano-sized particles forming the second fraction. The super hard grains in the first fraction are bonded along at least a portion of the peripheral surface(s) thereof to at least a portion of a plurality of nano-sized grains in the second fraction, the grains in the first fraction having a greater average grain size than that of the grains in the second fraction which is less than 999 nm, the average grain size of the first fraction being around 1 micron or more

A method of forming a super hard polycrystalline construction comprises forming a liquid suspension of nano-sized super hard particles and particles of super hard material having an average particle or grain size of 1 or more microns, dispersing the particles in the liquid suspension to form a substantially homogeneous suspension which is then dried and sintered to form a body of polycrystalline super hard material comprising a first and second fractions of super hard grains, the nano-sized particles forming the second fraction. The super hard grains in the first fraction are bonded along at least a portion of the peripheral surface(s) thereof to at least a portion of a plurality of nano-sized grains in the second fraction, the grains in the first fraction having a greater average grain size than that of the grains in the second fraction which is less than 999 nm, the average grain size of the first fraction being around 1 micron or more

A composite sintered body cutting tool is made of a composite sintered body comprising a TiCN-based cermet layer; and a WC-based cemented carbide layer. The angle between the rake face and the flank face of the cutting tool is 90°. The rake face including a cutting edge of the cutting tool is constituted from the WC-based cemented carbide layer, in which 4 to 17 mass % of an iron group metal component and 75 mass % or more of W are included; and a major hard phase component is WC. The thickness of the WC-based cemented carbide layer is 0.05 to 0.3 times the thickness of the composite sintered body. The TiCN-based cermet layer is constituted from a single layer of a TiCN-based cermet layer, including at least, 4 to 25 mass % of an iron group metal component, less than 15 mass % of W, 2 to 15 mass % of Mo, 2 to 10 mass % of Nb and 0.2 to 2 mass % of Cr in a case where contents of the constituting components of the cermet layer are expressed as contents of metal components, and satisfy the Co content relative to the total content of Co and Ni of 0.5 to 0.8 with respect to Co and Ni of the iron group metal component in a mass ratio. When the height profile from the upper end to the lower end of the flank face is measured in the plane, which passes the center of the rake face of the cutting tool and is perpendicular to both of the rake face and the flank face, as the line, which passes the ridge line where the rake face and the flank face intersect and perpendicular to the rake face, being the reference line, the maximum elevation difference value of the height profile is in a ratio of 0.01 or less with respect to the thickness of the composite sintered body from the front surface of the rake face to a rear surface.

A composite sintered body cutting tool is made of a composite sintered body comprising a TiCN-based cermet layer; and a WC-based cemented carbide layer. The angle between the rake face and the flank face of the cutting tool is 90°. The rake face including a cutting edge of the cutting tool is constituted from the WC-based cemented carbide layer, in which 4 to 17 mass % of an iron group metal component and 75 mass % or more of W are included; and a major hard phase component is WC. The thickness of the WC-based cemented carbide layer is 0.05 to 0.3 times the thickness of the composite sintered body. The TiCN-based cermet layer is constituted from a single layer of a TiCN-based cermet layer, including at least, 4 to 25 mass % of an iron group metal component, less than 15 mass % of W, 2 to 15 mass % of Mo, 2 to 10 mass % of Nb and 0.2 to 2 mass % of Cr in a case where contents of the constituting components of the cermet layer are expressed as contents of metal components, and satisfy the Co content relative to the total content of Co and Ni of 0.5 to 0.8 with respect to Co and Ni of the iron group metal component in a mass ratio. When the height profile from the upper end to the lower end of the flank face is measured in the plane, which passes the center of the rake face of the cutting tool and is perpendicular to both of the rake face and the flank face, as the line, which passes the ridge line where the rake face and the flank face intersect and perpendicular to the rake face, being the reference line, the maximum elevation difference value of the height profile is in a ratio of 0.01 or less with respect to the thickness of the composite sintered body from the front surface of the rake face to a rear surface.

A method for heat treating metal alloy powder includes (a) introducing metal alloy powder to a chamber having a floor and a sidewall; (b) flowing a fluidizing gas through the floor and into the chamber to fluidize the metal alloy powder in the chamber; (c) flowing an additional gas through the sidewall into the chamber; and (d) heating the chamber to heat treat the metal alloy powder in the chamber. A system for heat treating metal alloy powder includes an inner chamber having a porous floor and a porous sidewall; an outer chamber, the inner chamber being inside of the outer chamber and defining an annular space between the outer chamber and the inner chamber, wherein the outer chamber and the inner chamber are inside a furnace; a source of fluidizing gas connected to the porous floor through the annular space; and a source of additional gas communicated with the porous sidewall through the annular space.

A piece of flexible porous metal foil is a sheet made of porous metal material using solid solution alloy, face-centered cubic metal simple substance or body-centered cubic metal simple substance as matrix phase. The thickness of the sheet is 5 to 200 micrometers, the average aperture thereof is 0.05 to 100 micrometers, the porosity thereof is 15-70%, and the sheet is made by sintering a homogeneous film. The preparation method for the flexible porous metal foil comprises: (1) preparing thick turbid liquid with raw material powder forming the metal porous material by using dispersing agent and binding agent; (2) injecting the turbid liquid into a mold cavity of a film manufacturing fixture, and drying the turbid liquid to form a piece of homogeneous film; (3) putting the film into a sintering manufacturing fixture matching with the film in shape, then sintering the film, and taking the film out after sintering and obtaining the flexible porous metal foil. The flexible porous metal foil made by the above method can be used in many fields, and have ideal performance in flexible and chemical stability.

A lamination molding apparatus including a chamber covering a molding region; a laser beam source to emit a laser beam for sintering a material powder supplied on the molding region to form a sintered layer; and a scan unit to scan the laser beam. The laser beam has one or more spot shapes including at least an elongated shape, and the scan unit is configured to scan the laser beam, of which the spot shape is an elongated shape, in a lateral direction of the elongated shape, is provided.

This invention provides a method for manufacturing parts with a built-in channel. Two kinds of materials with different melting points are used, the material with the lower melting point is a molding element with an arbitrary shape, the material with the higher melting point is powdered, and the material with the low melting point is wrapped and positioned in the powder with the high melting point. When the preparation is completed, the low-temperature material is melted down, and the channel with the random shape is formed after sintering. In the application that the metal parts need supply water, air, or oil, instead of the channel acquired by mechanical splicing or the channel molded by 3D printing technology, this method in the invention is with a wide application range, the lower cost, and the simple and controllable technology, and is suitable for mass production and with very broad market prospects.