# US 11,298,750 B2 · Coated cutting tool > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,298,750 B2 - Document ID: US11298750B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/748,619 - Filed: 2020-01-21 - Published: 2020-08-20 - Granted: 2022-04-12 - Earliest claimed: 2019-02-15 - Assignees: Tungaloy Corporation - Applicants: Tungaloy Corporation - Inventors: Tsukasa Shirochi; Kinya Takahashi; Naoyuki Fukushima - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11298750B2 ## CPC - B23B 27/148: {Composition of the cutting inserts} - C23C 14/0641: {Nitrides (C23C14/0617 takes precedence)} - C23C 14/0635: {Carbides} - C23C 14/0664: {Carbonitrides} - C23C 16/308: {Oxynitrides} - C23C 16/32: Carbides - C23C 16/34: Nitrides {(C23C16/303 takes precedence)} - C23C 16/36: Carbonitrides - C23C 16/403: {of aluminium, magnesium or beryllium} - C23C 16/405: {of refractory metals or yttrium} - C23C 28/04: only coatings of inorganic non-metallic material - C23C 28/044: {coatings specially adapted for cutting tools or wear applications} - C23C 30/005: {on hard metal substrates} - B23B 2228/105: with specified thickness - B23B: TURNING; BORING (arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q) - C23C: COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL (making metal-coated products by extrusion B21C23/22; covering with metal by connecting pre-existing layers to articles, see the relevant places, e.g. B21D39/00, B23K; metallising of glass C03C; metallising mortars, concrete, artificial stone, ceramics or natural stone C04B41/00; enamelling of, or applying a vitreous layer to, metals C23D; treating metal surfaces or coating of metals by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25D; single-crystal film growth C30B; by metallising textiles D06M11/83; decorating textiles by locally metallising D06Q1/04) ## Abstract Provided is a coated cutting tool of long tool life and that affords superior machined surface quality. A coated cutting tool includes a substrate, and a coating layer formed on the substrate. The coated cutting tool includes at least one flank face, at least one rake face, and a honing section rounded and connecting the flank face and the rake face. The coating layer includes a lower layer, an intermediate layer and an upper layer, in this order from the side of the substrate. The lower layer is composed of one, or two or more Ti compound layers made up of a Ti compound of Ti and at least one element selected from the group consisting of C, N, O and B. The intermediate layer contains α-type Al2O3. The upper layer contains a compound represented by following formula (1): Ti(C1-x-yNxOy) (1). An average thickness of the coating layer on the flank face side is 5.0 μm more and 30.0 μm or less. A first cross section positioned at a distance of up to 1 μm towards the substrate, from an interface of the intermediate layer and the upper layer side, the cross section being parallel to an interface of the substrate and the lower layer, satisfies the condition represented by following expression (i): RSA≥40 (i). A second cross section, positioned at a distance of up to 1 μm from the interface of the upper layer and the intermediate layer side towards an interface on the opposite side, the cross section being parallel to the interface of the substrate and the lower layer, satisfies the condition represented by following expression (ii): RSB≥40 (ii). The intermediate layer is exposed at least at the honing section. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A coated cutting tool, comprising: a substrate; and a coating layer formed on the substrate, wherein, the coated cutting tool has at least one flank face, at least one rake face, and a honing section rounded and connecting the flank face and the rake face; the coating layer comprises: a lower layer; an intermediate layer; and an upper layer, in this order from the side of the substrate; the lower layer comprises one, or two or more Ti compound layers composed of a Ti compound of Ti and at least one element selected from the group consisting of C, N, O and B; the intermediate layer comprises α-type Al2O3, the upper layer comprises a compound represented by following formula (1): Ti(C1-x-yNxOy) (1) wherein, x is the atomic ratio of N relative to the total of C, N and O; y is the atomic ratio of O relative to the total of C, N and O; and 0.15≤x≤0.65 and 0≤y≤0.20 are satisfied; an average thickness of the coating layer on the side of the flank face is 5.0 μm or more and 30.0 μm or less; a first cross section surface positioned in the intermediate layer at a distance of up to 1 μm towards the substrate, from an interface on the upper layer side, the cross section surface being parallel to an interface of the substrate and the lower layer, satisfies the condition represented by following expression (i): RSA≥40 (i) wherein, RSA is the proportion (units: area %) of cross-sectional area of particles having a misorientation A of 0 degrees or more and less than 10 degrees, relative to the cross-sectional area of particles having a misorientation A of 0 degrees or more and 45 degrees or less, in the first cross section surface; and the misorientation A is an angle (units: degrees) formed by the normal line of the first cross section surface and the normal line of the (001) plane of the particles of α-type Al2O3 in the intermediate layer; a second cross section surface, positioned in the upper layer at a distance of up to 1 μm from the interface on the intermediate layer side towards an interface on the opposite side, the cross section being parallel to the interface of the substrate and the lower layer, satisfies the condition represented by following expression (ii): RSB≥40 (ii) wherein, RSB is the proportion (units: area %) of cross-sectional area of particles having a misorientation B of 0 degrees or more and less than 10 degrees, relative to the cross-sectional area of particles having a misorientation B of 0 degrees or more and 45 degrees or less, in the second cross section surface; and the misorientation B is an angle (units: degrees) formed by the normal line of the second cross section surface and the normal line of the (111) plane of the particles of the compound represented by the formula (1) in the upper layer; and the intermediate layer is exposed at least at the honing section. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The coated cutting tool of claim 1, wherein the intermediate layer is exposed also at a region up to 3 mm from a boundary of the rake face and the honing section. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The coated cutting tool of claim 1, wherein an average thickness of the upper layer is 1.0 μm or more and 6.0 μm or less, on the side of the flank face. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The coated cutting tool of claim 1, wherein an average thickness of the intermediate layer is 3.0 μm or more and 15.0 μm or less, on the side of the flank face. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The coated cutting tool of claim 1, wherein an average thickness of the lower layer is 3.0 μm or more and 15.0 μm or less, on the side of the flank face. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The coated cutting tool of claim 1, wherein the Ti compound in the Ti compound layer is at least one selected from the group consisting of TiN, TiC, TiCN, TiCNO, TiON and TiB2. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The coated cutting tool of claim 1, wherein the substrate is a cemented carbide, a cermet, a ceramic or a sintered compact of cubic boron nitride. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The coated cutting tool of claim 2, wherein an average thickness of the upper layer is 1.0 μm or more and 6.0 μm or less, on the side of the flank face. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The coated cutting tool of claim 2, wherein an average thickness of the intermediate layer is 3.0 μm or more and 15.0 μm or less, on the side of the flank face. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The coated cutting tool of claim 2, wherein an average thickness of the lower layer is 3.0 μm or more and 15.0 μm or less, on the side of the flank face. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The coated cutting tool of claim 2, wherein the Ti compound in the Ti compound layer is at least one selected from the group consisting of TiN, TiC, TiCN, TiCNO, TiON and TiB2. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The coated cutting tool of claim 2, wherein the substrate is a cemented carbide, a cermet, a ceramic or a sintered compact of cubic boron nitride. ### Claim 13 (depends on 3) The coated cutting tool of claim 3, wherein an average thickness of the intermediate layer is 3.0 μm or more and 15.0 μm or less, on the side of the flank face. ### Claim 14 (depends on 3) The coated cutting tool of claim 3, wherein an average thickness of the lower layer is 3.0 μm or more and 15.0 μm or less, on the side of the flank face. ### Claim 15 (depends on 3) The coated cutting tool of claim 3, wherein the Ti compound in the Ti compound layer is at least one selected from the group consisting of TiN, TiC, TiCN, TiCNO, TiON and TiB2. ### Claim 16 (depends on 3) The coated cutting tool of claim 3, wherein the substrate is a cemented carbide, a cermet, a ceramic or a sintered compact of cubic boron nitride. ### Claim 17 (depends on 4) The coated cutting tool of claim 4, wherein an average thickness of the lower layer is 3.0 μm or more and 15.0 μm or less, on the side of the flank face. ### Claim 18 (depends on 4) The coated cutting tool of claim 4, wherein the Ti compound in the Ti compound layer is at least one selected from the group consisting of TiN, TiC, TiCN, TiCNO, TiON and TiB2. ### Claim 19 (depends on 4) The coated cutting tool of claim 4, wherein the substrate is a cemented carbide, a cermet, a ceramic or a sintered compact of cubic boron nitride.