IP Library Granted Patent US 12,163,214
Granted Patent B2
US 12,163,214 · App. 17/438,930 · Granted Dec 10, 2024

Coated mold, method for manufacturing coated mold, and hard coat-forming target

Inventors: Tatsuya Shouji (Tokyo, JP); Fumiaki Honda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
C23C14/0641B21D37/10C23C14/021C23C14/0664C23C14/325
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Patent No.
US 12,163,214
App. No.
17/438,930
Granted
Dec 10, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coated mold which can exhibit good sliding properties, and has further reduced droplets and excellent durability. The coated mold has a hard coating on a work surface, the hard coating including layer A in which layer a1 and layer a2 are alternately laminated, wherein the layer a1 is composed of a Cr-based nitride and has a thickness of 100 nm or less, and the layer a2 is composed of a nitride or carbonitride of (V 1-a M a ) (M is at least one selected from Mo and W), has an atomic ratio a of M to the sum of V and M of 0.05 or more and 0.45 or less, and has a thickness of 80 nm or less. Also: a method for manufacturing a coated mold; and a hard coat-forming target which can be used in the method for manufacturing a coated mold.

Claims (10)

1. A coated mold which has a hard coating on a work surface, wherein the hard coating comprises a layer A in which a layer a1 and a layer a2 are alternately laminated, the layer a1 being composed of a Cr-based nitride and having a thickness of 100 nm or less, the layer a2 being composed of a nitride or carbonitride of (V 1-a M a ), wherein M is at least one selected from Mo and W, having an atomic ratio a of M to a sum of V and M of 0.05 or more and 0.45 or less, and having a thickness of 80 nm or less.

2. The coated mold according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a layer B that is formed on an upper layer of the layer A, the layer B is composed of the nitride or carbonitride of (V 1-a M a ), wherein M is at least one selected from Mo and W, has the atomic ratio a of M to the sum of V and M of 0.05 or more and 0.45 or less, and has a thickness of 0.1 μm or more.

3. The coated mold according to claim 1 , wherein a Young's modulus in the layer A of the hard coating is 250 Gpa or more, and nanoindentation hardness is 25 Gpa or more.

4. A method for manufacturing a coated mold that has a hard coating on a work surface comprising:

applying a layer A in which a layer a1 and a layer a2 are alternately laminated, the layer a1 being composed of a Cr-based nitride and having a thickness of 100 nm or less, the layer a2 being composed of a nitride or carbonitride of (V 1-a M a ), wherein M is at least one selected from Mo and W, having an atomic ratio a of M to a sum of V and M of 0.05 or more and 0.45 or less, and having a thickness of 80 nm or less,

wherein the layer a2 is applied using a hard coat-forming target composed of (V 1-a M a ), wherein M is at least one selected from Mo and W and having the atomic ratio a of M to the sum of V and M of 0.05 or more and 0.45 or less.

5. The method for manufacturing a coated mold according to claim 4 , further comprising:

applying, on an upper layer of the layer A, a layer B that is composed of the nitride or carbonitride of (V 1-a M a ), wherein M is at least one selected from Mo and W, has the atomic ratio a of M to the sum of V and M of 0.05 or more and 0.45 or less, and has a thickness of 0.1 μm or more,

wherein the layer B is applied using a hard coat-forming target composed of (V 1-a M a ), wherein M is at least one selected from Mo and W and having the atomic ratio a of M to the sum of V and M of 0.05 or more and 0.45 or less.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 3, 2023
From: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
To: PROTERIAL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063526/0046 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2021
From: SHOUJI, TATSUYA; HONDA, FUMIAKI
To: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 057469/0944 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-052831 · Mar 20, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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