New Nanocrystalline Matrix Materials for Sintered Diamond Tools

The work presents the possibility of substitution of expensive, wear resistant Co-WC powders, that have been traditionally used in the production of sintered diamond tools, with cheap iron-base counterparts manufactured by ball milling. It has been shown that ball-milled Fe-Ni-Cu-Sn-C powders can be consolidated to a virtually pore-free condition by hot pressing at 900 ℃. The as-consolidated material has nanocrystalline structure and is characterised by a combination of high hardness, mechanical strength and excellent resistance to abrasion. Its properties can be widely modified by changing the milling conditions.

孕镶金刚石工具用Fe—Cu粉末胎体材料的性能研究

金刚石的大幅度降价，以及金刚石镀膜技术的发展，大力促进了廉价材料（例如铁）的应用（除活性胎体材料外）。目前，正在使用具有优良烧结性能、良好的机械性能和类似钴的现场切割性能的廉价材料替代昂贵的钴基材料。本论文作者的主要目的是，建立预合金粉末的成分和固结条件对用作孕镶金刚石工具胎体的铁基以及不含钴的材料微观结构和机械性能的影响。用预合金Fe—Cu粉末和Fe—Cu—Sn—Sm2O3粉末作为实验原材料，采用热压和先冷彤后烧结两种粉末的固结工艺路线，经固结的全部试样都进行了密度测定和洛氏硬度试验，还检测了热压试样的抗弯性能和用扫描电子显微照片以及X射线衍射对其进行了检测，这两种预合金粉末都表现出优良的致密化性能。