Method for handling hard metal

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9101960
APP PUB NO 20140116926A1
SERIAL NO

14126551

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A method for sorting hard metal including the steps of subjecting one or more bodies of hard metal to a heat treatment at a temperature of 500° C. or higher in an atmosphere including at least one reactive gas component prone to form a reaction product with an element that may or may not be present in the one or more bodies. A sorting operation of the one or more bodies is performed based on a presence or absence of the reaction product in a surface portion of the heat treated one or more bodies.

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SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ABSE-811 81 SANDVIKEN

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Backlund, Stefan Osthammar, SE 1 0
Jutterstrom, Ulf Stockholm, SE 6 5

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