Cemented carbides have been widely used in aerospace, biomedical/wearable sensor,
automobile, microelectronic, and other manufacturing industries owing to their superior …

A coal mine in the central district of Botswana is experiencing premature failure of conical
picks which mine 150–350 tons of coal/pick rather than 400 tons/pick specification. This has …

An innovative method based on pressure-assisted combustion synthesis reactions in
compressed powder mixtures of nickel and titanium was developed to join WC-Co cemented …

This study investigates the effect of pressure (burn‐off and forging) on the mechanical
properties of the joint between a wear‐resistant tool steel and a low‐alloy steel using linear …

This article presents research on advanced surface preparation methods for sintered
carbides (WC-Co, grade B2) commonly used in the tool industry, particularly in the context of …

The welding process of dissimilar metals, with distinct chemical, physical, thermal, and
structural properties, needs to be studied and treated with special attention. The main …

Surface mining causes significant wear damage that affects equipment performance,
reliability, and lead to associated downtime costs. To improve the wear resistance of …

The capability to join various metallic and non-metallic materials is crucial to the production
of a wide array of components across many industries, ranging from the soldering of small …

Tungsten forms with carbon several chemical compounds (see also section C–W in Table I-
2.13): tungsten monocarbide δ-WC1±x phase (hexagonal structured), having almost …

The article presents observations of the microstructure of stainless steel and cemented
carbides brazed with the sandwich alloy Ag-Cu-Zn-Mn-Ni with a copper core in a 1: 2: 1 …