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Cutting insert for milling titanium and titanium alloys

US5984593A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 12, 1997
Grant dateNov 16, 1999
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Expiry dateMar 12, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T407/27
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A cutting tool for milling titanium and titanium alloys which includes a substrate that comprises tungsten carbide and cobalt. The substrate further includes cobalt in the range of between 5.7 to 6.3 weight percent and chromium in the range of between 0.3 and 0.5 weight percent. The cutting tool has a coating of tungsten carbide applied to the substrate by physical vapor deposition.

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