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Cutting tool for machining titanium and titanium alloys

US5718541A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 11, 1997
Grant dateFeb 17, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 11, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T407/28
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A cutting tool for machining titanium and titanium alloys which comprises a tungsten carbide-containing substrate alone or with a tungsten carbide tip brazed thereto. The cutting tool further includes a hard coating on either the substrate alone or on the tungsten carbide tip. The coating may be PVD-applied tungsten carbide, CVD-applied boron carbide or PVD-applied boron carbide.

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