Coated hard alloy tool
AssigneeSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsHideki Moriguchi, Daisuke Murakami, Akihiko Ikegaya, Toshio Nomura
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Abstract
An improved coated hard alloy tool having a substrate made of a hard alloy, and a multi-layer ceramic coating film provided on the surface of the substrate, the coating film including at least one oxide layer. The top several layers of the coating film are missing partially or completely in an area where the tool is brought into frictional contact with a workpiece. At least one oxide layer (such as Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 layer) is included in the missing layers. This increases wear resistance of the coated hard alloy tool.
Claims6
A coated hard alloy tool having a cutting edge including a ridge and comprising a substrate made of a hard alloy, and a multi-layer ceramic coating film provided on the surface of said substrate, said coating film including at least one oxide layer and at least one non-oxide layer, the top several layers of said coating film being missing partially or completely along said ridge, at least one oxide layer being included in missing layers among said top several layers, whereby a non-oxide layer, whose main component is a nitride or a carbonitride, of said coating film is exposed along said ridge where said top several layers are missing.
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