Altuncu, EUstel, FTurk, AOzturk, SErdogan, G2024-07-182024-07-18http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/7326INST ZA KOVINSKE MATERIALE I IN TEHNOLOGIEArticleVarious recycling processes for WC-Co cermets from cutting tools, such as chemical modification, thermal modification, the cold-stream method and the electrochemical method have been investigated and some of them are actually employed in industry. However, these conventional methods have many problems to be solved and they are not always established technologies. Therefore, a more economical and high-efficiency recycling procedure needs to be developed. In this study we investigated the applicability of the zinc-melt method (ZMM) for recycling WC-Co as a powder from cutting-tool scraps. It was proven that ZMM is an available technique for recovering the WC powder from the cutting tools. WC-Co powders are recovered and then spray dried, sintered and obtained as a feedstock material for thermal-spray coating processes.COATINGS