STRIKE TIP FOR A PICK TOOL, ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SAME, METHOD OF MAKING SAME AND METHOD FOR USING SAME

摘要

A strike tip for a pick tool, comprising a strike structure joined to a substrate at an interface boundary, the strike structure comprising or consisting or super-hard material and the substrate comprising or consisting of carbide material; the strike tip having a proximate strike end coterminous with the super-hard material and a distal end defined by the substrate, a side connecting the strike and distal ends; the strike end including a flat apex area and an outer area extending from the apex to the side. The apex area is substantially less than the outer area, and is at least 1 square millimetre and at most 25 square millimetres.