CEMENT CARBIDE BODY FOR ROCK DRILLING, MINERAL CUTTING AND HIGHWAY ENGINEERING

摘要

The invention relates to a coated cemented carbide body for rock drilling having a substrate containing at least one metal carbide and a binder metal and an at least partly covering coating comprising at least one diamond- or cBN- layer applied by CVD- or PVD-technique. The cemented carbide body has a core of cemented carbide containing eta-phase surrounded by a surface zone of cemented carbide free of eta-phase.