Inventors:
Albert G. Hartline - Albany NY
John A. Campbell - Auburn Heights MI
Theodore T. Magel - Coraopolis PA
Assignee:
Allegheny Ludlum Industries, Inc. - Pittsburgh PA
International Classification:
B22F 100, B22F 104
Abstract:
There is disclosed a process for reclaiming cemented metal carbide material by first subjecting the metal carbide material to catastrophic oxidation to produce a mixture of metal oxide and the oxide of the cement, reducing the metal oxide either mixed with the cement oxide or after being separated from it, and finally carburizing the reduced metal.