US Patent Issued to Sandvik Intellectual Property on Aug. 12 for "Method of making cermet or cemented carbide powder" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,956, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Sandvik Intellectual Property AB (Sandviken, Sweden).

"Method of making cermet or cemented carbide powder" was invented by Carl-Johan Maderud (Stockholm), Johan Sundstrom (Lovstabruk, Sweden), Magnus Ekelund (Jarna, Sweden) and Sven Englund (Linkoping, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method of making a powder of dense and spherically shaped cemented carbide or cermet granules. The present disclosure also relates to a powder produced by the method and use of said powder in additive manufacturing such as 3D printing by the binder jetting technique. Furthe...