Tool and coated tool
AssigneeTungaloy Corporation
InventorsYusuke Hirano, Yuichiro Fukushima
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AssigneeTungaloy Corporation
InventorsYusuke Hirano, Yuichiro Fukushima
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A tool having a cutting edge that includes a sintered body containing cubic boron nitride. The sintered body integrally and inseparably includes an inner region and a binder phase enriched layer formed on at least part of a surface of the inner region. The inner region includes: 15-90 volume % of cubic boron nitride; and 10-85 volume % of a mixture of a binder phase and impurities. The binder phase enriched layer includes: 90-100 volume % of the binder phase and impurities mixture; and 0-10 volume % of cubic boron nitride; and the binder phase contains at least one kind selected from the group consisting of: at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Al, Co, Ni and Si; and a compound of the element and at least one element selected from the group consisting of C, N, O and B.
A tool in which at least part of a cutting edge thereof comprises a sintered body containing cubic boron nitride, wherein:
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