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Granted Patent B2
US 11,897,037 · App. 16/349,293 · Granted Feb 13, 2024

Coated cutting tool

Inventors: Hiroyuki Satoh (Iwaki, JP); Yusuke Hirano (Iwaki, JP)
Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
B23B27/148C23C16/403B23B2228/105
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Patent No.
US 11,897,037
App. No.
16/349,293
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein: the coating layer comprises at least one α-type aluminum oxide layer; and, in the α-type aluminum oxide layer, a texture coefficient TC (0,0,12) of a (0,0,12) plane is from 4.0 or more to 8.4 or less, and a texture coefficient TC (1,0,16) of a (1,0,16) plane is from 0.4 or more to 3.0 or less.

Claims (138)

1. A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein:

the coating layer comprises at least one α-type aluminum oxide layer having an average thickness of 5.2 μm or more to 8.0 μm or less;

in the α-type aluminum oxide layer, a texture coefficient TC (0,0,12) of a (0,0,12) plane represented by formula (1) below is from 7.0 or more to 7.8 or less, and a texture coefficient TC (1,0,16) of a (1,0,16) plane represented by formula (2) below is from 0.4 or more to 1.8 or less:

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and in formulae (1) and (2), I (h,k,l) denotes a peak intensity for an (h,k,l) plane in X-ray diffraction of the α-type aluminum oxide layer, I 0 (h,k,l) denotes a standard diffraction intensity for an (h,k,l) plane which is indicated on JCPDS Card No. 10-0173 for α-type aluminum oxide, and (h,k,l) refers to the nine crystal planes of (0,1,2), (1,0,4), (1,1,0), (1,1,3), (1,1,6), (2,1,4), (3,0,0), (0,0,12) and (1,0,16), and

the coating layer comprises, between the substrate and the α-type aluminum oxide layer, a Ti compound layer containing a Ti compound of Ti and an element of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of C, N, O and B.

2. The coated cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein, in the α-type aluminum oxide layer, the texture coefficient TC (1,0,16) is from 0.7 or more to 1.2 or less.

3. The coated cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein a residual stress value in a (1,1,6) plane of the α-type aluminum oxide layer is, in at least part thereof, from −300 MPa or higher to 300 MPa or lower.

4. The coated cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein an average particle size of the α-type aluminum oxide layer is from 0.1 μm or more to 3.0 μm or less.

5. The coated cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein the Ti compound layer comprises at least one TiCN layer, and an average thickness of the TiCN layer is from 2.0 μm or more to 20.0 μm or less.

6. The coated cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein an average thickness of the coating layer is from 3.0 μm or more to 30.0 μm or less.

7. The coated cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a cermet or a ceramic body.

8. The coated cutting tool according to claim 2 , wherein a residual stress value in a (1,1,6) plane of the α-type aluminum oxide layer is, in at least part thereof, from −300 MPa or higher to 300 MPa or lower.

9. The coated cutting tool according to claim 2 , wherein an average particle size of the α-type aluminum oxide layer is from 0.1 μm or more to 3.0 μm or less.

10. The coated cutting tool according to claim 3 , wherein an average particle size of the α-type aluminum oxide layer is from 0.1 μm or more to 3.0 μm or less.

11. The coated cutting tool according to claim 6 , wherein the Ti compound layer comprises at least one TiCN layer, and an average thickness of the TiCN layer is from 2.0 μor more to 20.0 μm or less.

12. The coated cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein, in the α-type aluminum oxide layer, the texture coefficient TC (1,0,16) is from 0.5 or more to 0.9 or less.

13. The coated cutting tool according to claim 3 , wherein, in the α-type aluminum oxide layer, the texture coefficient TC (1,0,16) is from 0.5 or more to 0.9 or less.

14. The coated cutting tool according to claim 4 , wherein, in the α-type aluminum oxide layer, the texture coefficient TC (1,0,16) is from 0.5 or more to 0.9 or less.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2019
From: SATOH, HIROYUKI; HIRANO, YUSUKE
To: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049151/0736 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-223923 · Nov 17, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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