Thick Pointed Superhard Material

Abstract

In one aspect of the invention, a high impact resistant tool having a superhard bonded to a cemented metal carbide substrate at a non-planar interface. The superhard material has a substantially pointed geometry with a sharp apex having 0.050 to 0.125 inch radius measured from a direction substantially perpendicular to a central axis of the tool. The superhard material also has a 0.100 to 0.500 inch thickness from the apex to the non-planar interface.

1 . A high impact resistant tool, comprising
 a sintered polycrystalline diamond material bonded to a cemented metal carbide substrate at a non-planar interface;   the diamond material comprises a substantially pointed geometry with an apex comprising 0.050 to 0.125 inch radius of curvature measured from a direction substantially perpendicular to a central axis of the tool;   the diamond material comprises a 0.100 to 0.500 inch thickness from the apex to the non-planar interface; and   the central axis intersects the interface between the diamond material and substrate.   
     
     
         2 . The tool of  claim 1 , wherein the substantially pointed surface comprises a side which forms a 35 to 55 degree angle with a central axis of the tool. 
     
     
         3 . The tool of  claim 2 , wherein the angle is substantially 45 degrees. 
     
     
         4 . The tool of  claim 1 , wherein the substantially pointed geometry comprises a convex side. 
     
     
         5 . The tool of  claim 1 , wherein the substantially pointed geometry comprises a concave side. 
     
     
         6 . The tool of  claim 1 , wherein at the interface the substrate comprises a tapered surface starting from a cylindrical rim of the substrate and ending at an elevated flatted central region formed in the substrate. 
     
     
         7 . The tool of  claim 6 , wherein the flatted region comprises a diameter of 0.125 to 0.250 inches. 
     
     
         8 . The tool of  claim 6 , wherein the tapered surface incorporates nodules, grooves, dimples, protrusions, reverse dimples, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         9 . The tool of  claim 1 , wherein the radius is 0.090 to 0.110 inches. 
     
     
         10 . The tool of  claim 1 , wherein the thickness from the apex to the non-planar interface is 0.125 to 0.275 inches. 
     
     
         11 . The tool of  claim 1 , wherein the diamond material and the substrate comprise a total thickness of 0.200 to 0.700 inches from the apex to a base of the substrate. 
     
     
         12 . The tool of  claim 1 , wherein a volume of the diamond material is 75 to 150 percent of a volume of the carbide substrate. 
     
     
         13 . The tool of  claim 1 , wherein the high impact tool is incorporated in drill bits, percussion drill bits, roller cone bits, shear bits, milling machines, indenters, mining picks, asphalt picks, cone crushers, vertical impact mills, hammer mills, jaw crushers, asphalt bits, chisels, trenching machines, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         14 . The tool of  claim 1 , wherein the substrate is bonded to an end of a carbide segment. 
     
     
         15 . The tool of  claim 1 , wherein the diamond material is a polycrystalline structure with an average grain size of 1 to 100 mircons. 
     
     
         16 . The tool of  claim 1 , wherein the diamond material comprises a 1 to 5 percent concentration of binding agents by weight. 
     
     
         17 . The tool of  claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises a 5 to 10 percent concentration of cobalt by weight. 
     
     
         18 . The tool of  claim 1 , wherein the tool comprises the characteristic of withstanding impacts of 130 joules. 
     
     
         19 . The tool of  claim 1 , wherein the central axis also substantially intersects the apex of the diamond material.