Inventors:
Donald R. Evans - Pittsburgh PA
Assignee:
Kennametal Inc. - Latrobe PA
International Classification:
B21B 4500
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a carbide roll having an improved composition for hot forming steel rod in multi-stand rolling mills. The improved composition comprises the addition of nickel as a binder material to a normal tungsten carbide-cobalt roll composition, preferably, so that the composition by volume is approximately: tungsten carbide--70 percent; nickel--10 percent; and cobalt--20 percent. A dual composition is disclosed, wherein the above composition forms the inner layer of the roll and an outer layer may be composed of, by volume, tungsten carbide--70 percent and cobalt--30 percent.