IP Library Granted Patent US 12661718
Granted Patent B2
US 12661718 · App. 18/558,366 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Coated tool and cutting tool

Inventors: Masahiro Waki (Satsumasendai, JP); Risa Koda (Satsumasendai, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
B23B27/148C23C16/0227C23C16/271B23B2228/105
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Patent No.
US 12661718
App. No.
18/558,366
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coated tool in a non-limiting embodiment of the present disclosure includes a base composed of WC-based cemented carbide including a WC particle and a binding phase, and a diamond film located on the base. In a cross section orthogonal to a surface of the coated tool, the base has a lower content of the binding phase in a surface of the base than a midportion of the base. In an interface region between the base and the diamond film, a WC particle located away from the base is an isolated WC particle, and the number of the isolated WC particle present per interface length of 10 μm is 4 or less. A cutting tool in a non-limiting embodiment of the present disclosure includes the above coated tool.

Claims (33)

1 . A coated tool, comprising:

a base composed of WC-based cemented carbide comprising a WC particle and a binding phase; and

a diamond film located on the base, wherein

the base comprises

a first part, and

a second part located closer to a midportion of the base than the first part,

the first part has a content of the binding phase lower than the second part,

in a cross section orthogonal to a surface of the coated tool in an interface region between the base and the diamond film,

a further WC particle located away from the base is an isolated WC particle, and

a number of the isolated WC particle present per interface length of 10 μm is 4 or less, and

a length of the first part from the interface region to the second part is above 2.0 μm and less than or equal to 5.0 μm.

2 . The coated tool according to claim 1 , wherein

the number of the isolated WC particle is 2 or less, and

the content of the binding phase in the first part is 15% or less of the content of the binding phase in the second part.

3 . The coated tool according to claim 1 , wherein

a ratio of a mean particle diameter of WC particles in the first part to a mean particle diameter of WC particles in the second part is less than 0.7.

4 . The coated tool according to claim 1 , wherein

the first part is located at a surface of the base, and

the second part is located at a midportion of the base.

5 . The coated tool according to claim 1 , wherein

the isolated WC particle is located in the diamond film.

6 . A cutting tool, comprising:

a coated tool including

a base composed of WC-based cemented carbide comprising a WC particle and a binding phase; and

a diamond film located on the base, wherein

the base comprises

a first part, and

a second part located closer to a midportion of the base than the first part,

the first part has a content of the binding phase lower than the second part,

in a cross section orthogonal to a surface of the coated tool in an interface region between the base and the diamond film,

a further WC particle located away from the base is an isolated WC particle, and

a number of the isolated WC particle present per interface length of 10 μm is 4 or less, and

a length of the first part from the interface region to the second part is above 2.0 μm and less than or equal to 5.0 μm.