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US 2011/0045245 A1Published application
Oxide coated cutting insert
AssigneeSeco Tools AB
InventorsMats Johansson, Tommy Larsson
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InventorsMats Johansson, Tommy Larsson
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The present invention relates to a cutting tool insert comprising a body of a hard alloy of cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics, cubic boron nitride based material or high speed steel a hard and wear resistant coating, comprising one or several layers, at least one of which an (Al,Cr)2O3 layer is applied. This invention is particularly useful for machining of steel and stainless steel. The coating with a total thickness of 2-20 μm comprises one or several layers, at least one of which is an (Al,Cr)2O3 layer with a thickness of 1-5 μm having a corundum phase crystalline structure and a composition (Al1-yCry)2O3 with 0.4≦y≦0.6. The (Al,Cr)2O3 layer is further characterized having a fiber texture with rotational symmetry in the direction of the coated surface normal with an inclination angle, φ, of the basal planes relative to the coated surface normal or the inclination angle, φ, for the highest peak in the pole plot with 70°<φ<90° as determined by, e.g., electron back scattering diffraction (EBSD) or x-ray diffraction (XRD).
Cutting tool insert comprising a body of a hard alloy of cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics, cubic boron nitride based material or high speed steel a hard and wear resistant coating is applied, comprising one or several layers, at least one of which is an (Al,Cr)2O3 layer characterised in that said layer has a corundum phase crystalline structure and a composition (Al1-yCry)2O3 with 0.4≦y≦0.6, preferably y=0.5, with a thickness of 0.5 to 10 μm preferably 1-5 μm and a fiber texture, rotational symmetry, in the direction of the coated surface normal with an inclination angle, φ, of the basal planes relative to the coated surface normal is 70°<φ<90° or the inclination angle, φ, for the highest peak in the pole plot is 70°<φ, <90°.
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