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US 6,284,366 B1Granted
Cutting tool and method of making same
AssigneeWidia GmbH
InventorsUdo König, Ingolf Endler, Albrecht Leonhard
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Abstract
A tool having a substrate and at least as a sole layer or the outermost layer, a coating of the molybdenum sulfide containing 0.5 to 6 atomic % chlorine.
Claims14
A tool comprising:
- a substrate forming a tool body and composed of at least one material selected from the group which consists of hard metals, cermets, ceramics and steel;
- and
- a coating comprised of at least one layer on said substrate and including an outermost molybdenum sulfide layer, the outermost molybdenum sulfide layer being composed predominantly of molybdenum sulfide and containing chlorine in an amount of 0.5 to 6 atomic percent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.