Fine Ni powder is often added to Co and bronze-based metal binder powders for diamond tool segments.Ni is a lower cost substitute for extra-fine Co powder and increases the toughness of Co-Fe diamond binders at the ex...Fine Ni powder is often added to Co and bronze-based metal binder powders for diamond tool segments.Ni is a lower cost substitute for extra-fine Co powder and increases the toughness of Co-Fe diamond binders at the expense of lower hardness and bend strength.In bronze-based diamond binder segments,Ni increases hardness and yield strength.Several grades of Ni powder are used commercially with both Co and bronze-based diamond binders.This paper compares properties of diamond binders containing carbonyl Ni powders including standard Inco(?) T255,T123 PM and T 110 PM.Binder materials were made by ball milling or dry mixing of the fine carbonyl Ni and Fe powders with either XF Co or air atomized bronze(90/10 Cu/Sn) powders.Co-based powder blends were hot pressed at 20～35 MPa and 700℃to 900℃.Bronze-based powder blends were cold pressed and sintered at 840℃.Apparent density,apparent hardness and bend strength(TRS) were compared for different binder compositions and processing conditions.展开更多
文摘Fine Ni powder is often added to Co and bronze-based metal binder powders for diamond tool segments.Ni is a lower cost substitute for extra-fine Co powder and increases the toughness of Co-Fe diamond binders at the expense of lower hardness and bend strength.In bronze-based diamond binder segments,Ni increases hardness and yield strength.Several grades of Ni powder are used commercially with both Co and bronze-based diamond binders.This paper compares properties of diamond binders containing carbonyl Ni powders including standard Inco(?) T255,T123 PM and T 110 PM.Binder materials were made by ball milling or dry mixing of the fine carbonyl Ni and Fe powders with either XF Co or air atomized bronze(90/10 Cu/Sn) powders.Co-based powder blends were hot pressed at 20～35 MPa and 700℃to 900℃.Bronze-based powder blends were cold pressed and sintered at 840℃.Apparent density,apparent hardness and bend strength(TRS) were compared for different binder compositions and processing conditions.
