Diamond Innovations merged with Sandvik Hard Materials as of Jan. 1, 2014, to create a new business, Sandvik Hyperion, focused on applied materials. The new company, with U.S. headquarters in Fair Lawn, N.J., has a broader portfolio of materials solutions and increased scale in R&D and application development. Sandvik Hyperion supplies cemented tungsten carbide, tungsten-carbide powders, diamond materials and CBN materials used in material-removal and wear-protection applications.
The company has production capabilities in powder processing, sintering, high-pressure and high-temperature synthesis, coating and finishing, with locations in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Sandvik Hyperion also offers CBN and diamond grinding products. Johan Israelsson, president of Sandvik Hyperion, said, "We aim to be the most reliable and technologically leading hard and superhard materials company. We engage with customers to apply our materials and application knowledge to develop customized products and solutions for superior performance and reliability."-
For more information, contact Sandvik Hyperion, 6325 Huntley Rd., Worthington, Ohio. Telephone: (800) 368-6507; e-mail: <a href="mailto:info.sandvikhyperion@sandvik.com" title="info.sandvikhyperion@sandvik.com">info.sandvikhyperion@sandvik.com</a>; Web: <a href="http://www.hyperion.sandvik.com" title="www.hyperion.sandvik.com">www.hyperion.sandvik.com</a>.
Related Glossary Terms
- cubic boron nitride ( CBN)
cubic boron nitride ( CBN)
Crystal manufactured from boron nitride under high pressure and temperature. Used to cut hard-to-machine ferrous and nickel-base materials up to 70 HRC. Second hardest material after diamond. See superabrasive tools.
- grinding
grinding
Machining operation in which material is removed from the workpiece by a powered abrasive wheel, stone, belt, paste, sheet, compound, slurry, etc. Takes various forms: surface grinding (creates flat and/or squared surfaces); cylindrical grinding (for external cylindrical and tapered shapes, fillets, undercuts, etc.); centerless grinding; chamfering; thread and form grinding; tool and cutter grinding; offhand grinding; lapping and polishing (grinding with extremely fine grits to create ultrasmooth surfaces); honing; and disc grinding.
- lapping compound( powder)
lapping compound( powder)
Light, abrasive material used for finishing a surface.
- sintering
sintering
Bonding of adjacent surfaces in a mass of particles by molecular or atomic attraction on heating at high temperatures below the melting temperature of any constituent in the material. Sintering strengthens and increases the density of a powder mass and recrystallizes powder metals.
- tungsten carbide ( WC)
tungsten carbide ( WC)
Intermetallic compound consisting of equal parts, by atomic weight, of tungsten and carbon. Sometimes tungsten carbide is used in reference to the cemented tungsten carbide material with cobalt added and/or with titanium carbide or tantalum carbide added. Thus, the tungsten carbide may be used to refer to pure tungsten carbide as well as co-bonded tungsten carbide, which may or may not contain added titanium carbide and/or tantalum carbide.
