IP Library Granted Patent US 11,465,214
Granted Patent B2
US 11,465,214 · App. 16/087,795 · Granted Oct 11, 2022

Coated cutting tool

Inventors: Tomoya Sasaki (Yasu, JP); Shuho Koseki (Tokyo, JP); Kana Morishita (Tokyo, JP); Saleh Abusuilik (Tokyo, JP); Kenichi Inoue (Tokyo, JP); Denis Kurapov (Walenstadt, CH); Wolfgang Kalss (Feldkirch, AT)
Assignees: MOLDINO Tool Engineering, Ltd.; HITACHI METALS, LTD.; Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfaffikon
B23B27/148C23C14/022C23C14/024C23C14/0641C23C14/345C23C14/3464C23C14/3485C23C30/005
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Patent No.
US 11,465,214
App. No.
16/087,795
Granted
Oct 11, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses a coated cutting tool having a hard coating film on a surface of the tool. The hard coating film is a nitride, the content ratio of titanium (Ti) with respect to a total amount of metal elements (including semimetal elements) is in a range of 70 at % to 95 at %, the content ratio of silicon (Si) with respect to the total amount of metal elements (including semimetal elements) is in a range of 5 at % to 30 at %, and the content ratio of argon (Ar) with respect to the total amount of metal elements (including semimetal elements) and non-metal elements is 0.1 at % or less. The hard coating film has a NaCl type crystal structure and has an average crystal grain size in a range of 5 nm to 30 nm.

Claims (23)

1. A coated cutting tool having a hard coating film on a surface of a cutting tool, wherein:

the hard coating film is a nitride, a content ratio of titanium (Ti) with respect to a total amount of metal elements (including semimetal elements) is in a range of 70 at % to 95 at %, a content ratio of silicon (Si) with respect to the total amount of metal elements (including semimetal elements) is in a range of 5 at % to 30 at %, and, with respect to the total amount of metal elements (including semimetal elements) and non-metal elements, the hard coating film contains argon (Ar) at 0.05 at % or more and 0.1 at % or less;

the hard coating film has a NaCl type crystal structure, a face (200) exhibits the maximum intensity, and the hard coating film has an average crystal grain size in a range of 5 nm to 30 nm; and

with respect to a composition at every 20 nm-depth of the hard coating film from a depth of 20 nm to 200 nm, a content ratio of nitrogen is 50.0 at % or higher in a case in which the total content ratio of metal elements (including semimetal elements), nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon is 100 at %.

2. The coated cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein, with respect to the composition at every 20 nm-depth of the hard coating film from the depth of 20 nm to 200 nm, a content ratio of oxygen is 3 at % or less in the case in which the total content ratio of metal elements (including semimetal elements), nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon is 100 at %.

3. The coated cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein, with respect to the composition at every 20 nm-depth of the hard coating film from the depth of 20 nm to 200 nm, a content ratio of carbon is 5 at % or less in the case in which the total content ratio of metal elements (including semimetal elements), nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon is 100 at %.

4. The coated cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein, with respect to the composition at every 20 nm-depth of the hard coating film from the depth of 20 nm to 200 nm, the total content ratio of oxygen and carbon is 3 at % or less in the case in which the total content ratio of metal elements (including semimetal elements), nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon is 100 at %.

5. The coated cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case in which a structure of the hard coating film is observed with a transmission electron microscope (TEM), the number of amorphous phases whose circle-equivalent diameter is 5 nm or greater present in the hard coating film is one or less within a range of 50 nm×50 nm.

6. The coated cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein a nanoindentation hardness of the hard coating film is in a range of 40 GPa to 60 GPa, and an elastic coefficient of the hard coating film is in a range of 400 GPa to 500 GPa.

7. The coated cutting tool according to claim 1 , having an intermediate coating film disposed between the cutting tool and the hard coating film.

8. The coated cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein, in surface and cross-section observations of the hard coating film, a droplet whose circle-equivalent diameter is 1.5 μm or greater is not present, and the number of droplets whose circle-equivalent diameter is 1.0 μm or greater is five or less per 100 μm 2 .

9. The coated cutting tool according to claim 2 , wherein, with respect to the composition at every 20 nm-depth of the hard coating film from the depth of 20 nm to 200 nm, a content ratio of carbon is 5 at % or less in the case in which the total content ratio of metal elements (including semimetal elements), nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon is 100 at %.

10. The coated cutting tool according to claim 2 , wherein, with respect to the composition at every 20 nm-depth of the hard coating film from the depth of 20 nm to 200 nm, the total content ratio of oxygen and carbon is 3 at % or less in the case in which the total content ratio of metal elements (including semimetal elements), nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon is 100 at %.

11. The coated cutting tool according to claim 3 , wherein, with respect to the composition at every 20 nm-depth of the hard coating film from the depth of 20 nm to 200 nm, the total content ratio of oxygen and carbon is 3 at % or less in the case in which the total content ratio of metal elements (including semimetal elements), nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon is 100 at %.

12. The coated cutting tool according to claim 2 , wherein, in a case in which a structure of the hard coating film is observed with a transmission electron microscope (TEM), the number of amorphous phases whose circle-equivalent diameter is 5 nm or greater present in the hard coating film is one or less within a range of 50 nm×50 nm.

13. The coated cutting tool according to claim 3 , wherein, in a case in which a structure of the hard coating film is observed with a transmission electron microscope (TEM), the number of amorphous phases whose circle-equivalent diameter is 5 nm or greater present in the hard coating film is one or less within a range of 50 nm×50 nm.

14. The coated cutting tool according to claim 4 , wherein, in a case in which a structure of the hard coating film is observed with a transmission electron microscope (TEM), the number of amorphous phases whose circle-equivalent diameter is 5 nm or greater present in the hard coating film is one or less within a range of 50 nm×50 nm.

15. The coated cutting tool according to claim 2 , wherein a nanoindentation hardness of the hard coating film is in a range of 40 GPa to 60 GPa, and an elastic coefficient of the hard coating film is in a range of 400 GPa to 500 GPa.

16. The coated cutting tool according to claim 3 , wherein a nanoindentation hardness of the hard coating film is in a range of 40 GPa to 60 GPa, and an elastic coefficient of the hard coating film is in a range of 400 GPa to 500 GPa.

17. The coated cutting tool according to claim 2 , having an intermediate coating film disposed between the tool and the hard coating film.

18. The coated cutting tool according to claim 3 , having an intermediate coating film disposed between the tool and the hard coating film.

19. The coated cutting tool according to claim 2 , wherein, in surface and cross-section observations of the hard coating film, a droplet whose circle-equivalent diameter is 1.5 μm or greater is not present, and the number of droplets whose circle-equivalent diameter is 1.0 μm or greater is five or less per 100 μm 2 .

20. The coated cutting tool according to claim 3 , wherein, in surface and cross-section observations of the hard coating film, a droplet whose circle-equivalent diameter is 1.5 μm or greater is not present, and the number of droplets whose circle-equivalent diameter is 1.0 μm or greater is five or less per 100 μm 2 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 18, 2022
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI TOOL ENGINEERING, LTD.
To: MOLDINO TOOL ENGINEERING, LTD.
Reel/Frame 061206/0912 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2018
From: SASAKI, TOMOYA; KOSEKI, SHUHO; MORISHITA, KANA; ABUSUILIK, SALEH; INOUE, KENICHI; KURAPOV, DENIS; KALSS, WOLFGANG
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI TOOL ENGINEERING, LTD.; HITACHI METALS, LTD.; OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG, PFAFFIKON
Reel/Frame 046950/0429 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-067393 · Mar 30, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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