Methods of forming earth-boring rotary drill bits including bit bodies having boron carbide particles in aluminum or aluminum-based alloy matrix materials

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8230762
APP PUB NO 20110142707A1
SERIAL NO

13022308

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Methods of manufacturing rotary drill bits for drilling subterranean formations include forming a plurality of boron carbide particles into a body having a shape corresponding to at least a portion of a bit body of a rotary drill bit, infiltrating the plurality of boron carbide particles with a molten aluminum or aluminum-based material, and cooling the molten aluminum or aluminum-based material to form a solid matrix material surrounding the boron carbide particles. In additional methods, a green powder component is provided that includes a plurality of particles each comprising boron carbide and a plurality of particles each comprising aluminum or an aluminum-based alloy material. The green powder component is at least partially sintered to provide a bit body, and a shank is attached to the bit body.

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  • BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED

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Choe, Heeman Seoul, KR 34 358
Eason, Jimmy W The Woodlands, US 68 1971
Overstreet, James L Tomball, US 74 1734
Stevens, John H Spring, US 156 27659
Westhoff, James C The Woodlands, US 20 930

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