Coated cutting tool
A coated cutting tool of the present invention comprises a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the coating layer comprises a lower layer and an upper layer formed on a surface of the lower layer, the lower layer comprises a specified Ti compound layer having a specified average thickness, the upper layer comprises an α-aluminum oxide layer having a specified average thickness, the Ti compound layer comprises at least one Ti carbonitride layer, the Ti carbonitride is composed of Ti(C x N 1-x ) (0.65<x≤0.90), and a texture coefficient TC(331) of a (331) plane in the Ti carbonitride layer satisfies a specified range.
1. A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein
the coating layer comprises a lower layer and an upper layer formed on a surface of the lower layer,
the lower layer comprises a Ti compound layer comprising one or more layers selected from the group consisting of a Ti carbide layer, a Ti nitride layer, a Ti carbonitride layer, a Ti oxycarbide layer, and a Ti oxycarbonitride layer,
an average thickness of the lower layer is 3.0 μm or more and 15.0 μm or less,
the upper layer comprises an α-aluminum oxide layer,
an average thickness of the upper layer is 3.0 μm or more and 15.0 μm or less,
the Ti compound layer comprises at least one Ti carbonitride layer,
the composition of the Ti carbonitride layer is represented by the following formula (i):
Ti(C x N 1-x ) (i),
wherein in the formula, x represents an atomic ratio of a C element to a total of the C element and an N element in the Ti carbonitride layer, and satisfies 0.65<x≤0.90, and
in the Ti carbonitride layer, a texture coefficient TC(331) of a (331) plane represented by a following formula (1) is 1.5 or more and 4.0 or less:
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wherein in the formula (1), I(hkl) represents a peak intensity of an (hkl) plane in X-ray diffraction of the Ti carbonitride layer, I 0 (hkl) represents an average value of a standard diffraction intensity of the (hkl) plane of Ti carbide in a JCPDS card number 32-1383 and a standard diffraction intensity of the (hkl) plane of Ti nitride in a JCPDS card number 32-1420, and (hkl) indicates eight crystal planes (111), (200), (220), (311), (331), (420), (422), and (511) and
wherein grains constituting the Ti carbonitride layer have an average grain size of 0.3 μm or more and 2.0 μm or less.
2. The coated cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein the texture coefficient TC(331) in the Ti carbonitride layer is 2.0 or more and 4.0 or less.
3. The coated cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein the coating layer comprises an outer layer formed on a surface of the upper layer,
the outer layer comprises a Ti nitride layer and/or a Ti carbonitride layer,
an average thickness of the outer layer is 0.1 μm or more and 5.0 μm or less.
4. The coated cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein an average thickness of the entire coating layer is 7.5 μm or more and 25.0 μm or less.
5. The coated cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is composed of any of a cemented carbide, a cermet, a ceramic and a cubic boron nitride sintered body.
6. The coated cutting tool according to claim 2 , wherein the coating layer comprises an outer layer formed on a surface of the upper layer,
the outer layer comprises a Ti nitride layer and/or a Ti carbonitride layer,
an average thickness of the outer layer is 0.1 μm or more and 5.0 μm or less.
7. The coated cutting tool according to claim 2 , wherein an average thickness of the entire coating layer is 7.5 μm or more and 25.0 μm or less.
8. The coated cutting tool according to claim 3 , wherein an average thickness of the entire coating layer is 7.5 μm or more and 25.0 μm or less.
9. The coated cutting tool according to claim 6 , wherein an average thickness of the entire coating layer is 7.5 μm or more and 25.0 μm or less.
10. The coated cutting tool according to claim 2 , wherein the substrate is composed of any of a cemented carbide, a cermet, a ceramic and a cubic boron nitride sintered body.
11. The coated cutting tool according to claim 3 , wherein the substrate is composed of any of a cemented carbide, a cermet, a ceramic and a cubic boron nitride sintered body.