Coated tool and method of manufacturing the same
US5981049A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 20, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 9, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31678
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A coated tool includes a base material and a wear-resistant coating film formed on the base material. The composition of the wear-resistant coating film is expressed as (Ti.sub.x,Al.sub.y,V.sub.z)(C.sub.u,N.sub.v,O.sub.w). Relations x+y+z=1, u+v+w=1, 0.2<x<1, 0.ltoreq.y<0.8, 0.02.ltoreq.z<0.6, 0.ltoreq.u<0.7, 0.3<v.ltoreq.1 and 0.ltoreq.w<0.5 hold between x, y, z, u, v and w. The thickness of the wear-resistant coating film is at least 0.5 .mu.m and not more than 15 .mu.m. A coated cutting tool in particular includes a base material consisting of cemented carbide and a wear-resistant coating film formed on the surface of the base material. The wear-resistant coating film includes a titanium nitride film which is formed to be in contact with the surface of the base material, and a composite nitride film, formed on the titanium nitride film, containing titanium, vanadium, nitrogen and an unavoidable impurity or titanium, aluminum, vanadium, nitrogen and an unavoidable impurity, or a composite carbo-nitride film, formed on the titanium nitride film, containing titanium, vanadium, carbon, nitrogen and an unavoidable impurity or titanium, aluminum, vanadium, carbon, nitrogen and an unav…
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