Patent ID: 8291895
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: B05C,B23D,B24B,B28D,C23C

Abstract:
1. A method of forming a super-abrasive wire, the method comprising: applying a liquid flux to a wire core; coating wire core with a powder mixture comprising a powdered flux, a powdered soldering alloy, and a plurality of super-abrasive particles, the liquid flux adhering the powder mixture to the wire core, and the super-abrasive particles (i) being plated with a solderable metal material comprising at least one of tin, copper, lead, indium, silver, or bismuth, or (ii) consisting essentially of unplated diamond, boron nitride, alumina, silicon carbide, or a mixture thereof; and heating the powder mixture to form a metal bonding layer bonding the super-abrasive particles to the wire core, thereby forming the super-abrasive wire.