Patent · US Expired

Coated cutting tools

US5232318A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 1991
Grant dateAug 3, 1993
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31678
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Provided is a coated cutting tool having a coating and a substrate. The coating includes at least one CVD layer which may have a residual tensile stress and at least one layer having a high residual compressive stress. The outermost layer of the coating is preferably the one containing residual compressive stresses. The substrate is a composite having hard refractory grains.

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