Patent · US Active

Coated cutting tool and manufacturing method thereof

US7901796B2 · kind B2 · utility

11Cited by
6References
22Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 26, 2005
Grant dateMar 8, 2011
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 8, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/265
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A coated cutting tool and its manufacturing method are provided. The coated cutting tool includes a base material and a coating layer formed on a surface of the base material. The coating layer includes an alternate layer having at least one layer of each of an A layer and a B layer stacked one on another alternately. The A layer is made of a nitride containing Al and Cr, and when the total number of metal atoms constituting the A layer is represented as 1, a ratio of the number of Cr atoms is more than 0 and not more than 0.4. The B layer is made of a nitride containing Ti and Al, and when the total number of metal atoms constituting the B layer is represented as 1, a ratio of the number of Al atoms is more than 0 and not more than 0.7.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.