摘要:
A cemented carbide comprising a predetermined hard phase, a predetermined binder phase and a predetermined composite compound phase, wherein: a content ratio of each of the hard phase, the binder phase and the composite compound phase based on total contents of the hard phase, the binder phase and the composite compound phase in the cemented carbide falls within a predetermined range; and the composite compound phase comprises an aggregate containing a small-diameter aggregate which satisfies a predetermined condition and a large-diameter aggregate which satisfies a predetermined condition.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a machining tool having a substrate surface made of a hard metal or a ceramic material, said substrate surface containing hard material particles on the basis of carbide and/or nitride and/or oxide that are embedded in a cobalt-containing binder matrix, and the substrate surface being smoothened. The substrate surface of the machining tool can be smoothened by way of a treatment with an ion beam that consists of monomer ions of at least one cation species, the cation species being mono-or poly-charged and being selected from the group consisting of: cations of the main group elements lithium, boron, aluminum, gallium, carbon, silicon, germanium, nitrogen, phosphorus and oxygen; and cations of the transition metals titanium, zirconium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel and copper.
摘要:
A coated cutting tool includes a substrate having a rake side, a clearance side and a cutting edge and a coating comprising a first layer and a second layer. The second layer has a sandwich structure of an inner layer, an intermediate layer and an outer layer, wherein the inner layer is exposed through an opening in the outer layer, the opening extending over at least a portion of the width of the cutting edge. Thereby, a double layer is provided in critical areas, whereas a single layer is provided in other areas. The double oxide layer is an aluminum oxide layer. A method for manufacturing the coated cutting tool is also provided.
摘要:
In one aspect, articles are described herein comprising refractory coatings employing alumina-based hybrid nanocomposite architectures. A coated article described herein comprises a substrate and a coating deposited by CVD adhered to the substrate, the coating including a composite refractory layer having a matrix phase comprising alumina and at least one particulate phase within the matrix phase, the particulate phase comprising nanoscale to submicron particles formed of at least one of an oxycarbide and oxycarbonitride of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of aluminum and Group IVB metals.
摘要:
A surface-coated cutting tool according to the present invention is provided with a base material and a coating formed on the base material, the coating includes an α-Al2O3 layer, the α-Al2O3 layer includes a plurality of crystal grains of α-Al2O3 and shows (001) orientation, a grain boundary of the crystal grains contains a CSL grain boundary and a general grain boundary, and a length of a Σ3 crystal grain boundary out of the CSL grain boundary exceeds 80% of a length of a Σ3-29 crystal grain boundary and is equal to or more than 10% and equal to or less than 50% of the total length of all grain boundaries which is the sum of the length of the Σ3-29 crystal grain boundary and a length of the general grain boundary.
摘要:
A surface-coated cutting tool includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material. The coating includes an α-Al2O3 layer containing a plurality of α-Al2O3 crystal grains. The α-Al2O3 layer includes a lower layer portion disposed at a side of the base material, an intermediate portion disposed on the lower layer portion, and an upper layer portion disposed on the intermediate portion. In a crystal orientation mapping performed on a polished cross-sectional surface of the α-Al2O3 layer using an EBSD, an area ratio of α-Al2O3 crystal grains with (001) orientation in the lower layer portion is less than 35%, an area ratio of α-Al2O3 crystal grains with (001) orientation in the intermediate portion is 35% or more, and an area ratio of α-Al2O3 crystal grains with (001) orientation in the upper layer portion is less than 35%.
摘要:
A hard coating layer on a cutting tool includes at least a Ti and Al complex nitride or carbonitride layer and has an average layer thickness of 1 to 20 μm. In a case where a composition of the complex nitride or carbonitride layer is expressed by: (Ti1-xAlx)(CyN1-y), a content ratio x and a content ratio y satisfy 0.60≦x≦0.95 and 0≦y≦0.005, where x and y are in atomic ratio. Crystal grains constituting the complex nitride or carbonitride layer include cubic phase crystal grains and hexagonal phase crystal grains. An area ratio occupied by the cubic phase crystal grains is 30-80%. An average grain width W is 0.05-1.0 μm. An average aspect ratio A of the crystal grains with the cubic grain structure is 5 or less. A periodic content ratio change of Ti and Al in (Ti1-xAlx)(CyN1-y) exists in each of the cubic phase crystal grains.
摘要:
A surface-coated cutting tool has a hard coating layer and a tool body, which is coated with a lower layer including a TiCN layer having at least an NaCl type face-centered cubic crystal structure and an upper layer formed of a TiAlCN layer having a single phase crystal structure of NaCl type face-centered cubic crystals or a mixed phase crystal structure of NaCl type face-centered cubic crystals and hexagonal crystals. The tool body is further coated with an outermost surface layer including an Al2O3 layer, when the layer of a complex nitride or complex carbonitride of Ti and Al is expressed by the composition formula: (Ti1-xAlx)(CyN1-y), the average amount Xave of Al in Ti and Al and the average amount Yave of C in C and N (both Xave and Yave are atomic ratios) respectively satisfy 0.60≦Xave≦0.95 and 0≦Yave≦0.005.
摘要:
A hard coating includes two first crystalline phases, and a second crystalline phase containing AlN of a wurtzite-type crystal structure disposed therebetween. The two first crystalline phases each include, independently, a laminate structure having a Ti1-x1Alx1N phase having a sodium chloride-type crystal structure, and an Alx2Ti1-x2N phase having a sodium chloride-type crystal structure that are alternately stacked. An Al composition ratio x1 satisfies a relationship 0.5≦x1≦0.75, and an Al composition ratio x2 satisfies a relationship 0.75
摘要:
A polycrystalline CVD synthetic diamond work piece for use in a polycrystalline CVD synthetic diamond tool, the polycrystalline CVD synthetic diamond work piece comprising: a working surface; and a rear mounting surface; wherein an average lateral grain size of the rear mounting surface is no less than 10 μm, and wherein the working surface comprises: (a) smaller diamond grains than the rear mounting surface; (b) an average lateral grain size in a range 10 nm to 15 μm; and (c) a Raman signal generated by a laser focused on the working surface which exhibits one or more of the following characteristics: (1) an sp3 carbon peak at 1332 cm−1 having a full width half-maximum of no more than 8.0 cm−1, (2) an sp2 carbon peak at 1550 cm−1 having a height which is no more than 20% of a height of an sp3 carbon peak at 1332 cm−1 after background subtraction when using a Raman excitation source at 633 nm; and (3) an sp3 carbon peak at 1332 cm−1 is no less than 10% of local background intensity in a Raman spectrum using a Raman excitation source at 785 nm.