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Role of Materials Science in Increasing the Efficiency of a Rock-Crushing Tool Equipped with WC–Co Cemented Carbide Inserts: A Review

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A concept is proposed for increasing the efficiency of a rock-crushing tool. The concept uses basics of the thermodynamics of open systems. Based on the proposed concept, the following promising approaches to increasing the efficiency of a rock-crushing tool are identified: Co-phase doping, creating gradient constraints in the volume of the rock-breaking component, and formation of mesostructures in sintered hard alloys.

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The author is grateful to V.M. Tkach, Dr. Sci. (Tech.), for electron microscopy studies, to M.G. Loshak, Dr. Sci. (Eng.), for determining the physical and mechanical properties, to V.M. Kulakivskii, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), for measuring the values of fatigue crack resistance, to Yu.P. Linenko-Mel’nikov, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), for testing crown bits in perforation drilling, and to O.D. Krivorot’ka for testing conical rotary cutters in mines.

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Lisovsky, A.F. Role of Materials Science in Increasing the Efficiency of a Rock-Crushing Tool Equipped with WC–Co Cemented Carbide Inserts: A Review. J. Superhard Mater. 42, 203–222 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3103/S106345762004005X

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