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US4357382A
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Coated cemented carbide bodies
Assignee: Fansteel Inc
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Filing: 1980-11-06
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Granted: 1982-11-02
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Expires: 2000-11-06
Abstract
Abstract A process for increasing the resistance to wear of the surface of hard metal parts subject to wear, such as a cutting blade of metal cutting tools, and the product which results from the process, which includes coating the surface of the hard metal, for example, cemented carbide articles with a first layer comprised of one or more layers of a metallic carbide or nitride in a total thickness ranging from 0.01 to 10 μm, a second layer comprised of one or more layers of a refractory oxide, such as an oxide of aluminum, zirconium, silicon, calcium, magnesium, titanium, and hafnium, and stabilized zirconium oxide in a total thickness ranging from 0.5 to 10 μm, and depositing over the refractory oxide coating a third layer comprised of one or more layers of a nitride, carbonitride, oxynitride, oxycarbide or oxycarbonitride and boride of such metals as titanium, zirconium, hafnium, aluminum and silicon in a total thickness ranging from 1 to 10 μm. The process may include transitional layers to optimize the adherence of the various layers.
Inventors
- 👤 John B. Lambert
- 👤 Mortimer Schussler
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 04:37
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C30/00; C23C30/005; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24942; Y10T428/2495; Y10T428/24967; Y10T428/24975; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31678
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 26
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications which comprises a hard metal substrate and an abrasion and cratering resistant multiple layer coating on at least a portion of said substrate, said coating comprising: (a) a first layer selected from a carbide, nitride or carbonitride of metals selected from Groups IVB and VB and a carbide of metals selected from Group VIB of the Periodic Table of Elements, (b) a second layer in the form of a refractory oxide selected from an oxide of aluminum, zirconium, silicon, calcium, magnesium, titanium, hafnium and stabilized zirconium oxide, and (c) a third and final layer of nitride compounds of metals selected from Group IVB of the Periodic Table and aluminum and silicon.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
121 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications which comprises a hard metal substrate and an abrasion and cratering resistant multiple layer coating on at least a portion of said substrate, said coating comprising: (a) a first layer selected from a carbide, nitride or carbonitride of metals selected from Groups IVB and VB and a carbide of metals selected from Group VIB of the Periodic Table of Elements, (b) a second layer in the form of a refractory oxide selected from an oxide of aluminum, zirconium, silicon, calcium, magnesium, titanium, hafnium and stabilized zirconium oxide, and (c) a third and final layer of nitride compounds of metals selected from Group IVB of the Periodic Table and aluminum and silicon.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications as defined in claim 1 in which a transition layer is formed between the second and third layers, the chemical composition of said transition layer varying from the composition of said second layer to the composition of said third layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications as defined in claim 1 in which a transition layer is formed between said first and second layers by providing an oxide on said first layer before applying said second layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications as defined in claim 1 in which an amount of binder metal selected from iron, nickel and cobalt is provided in first layer adjacent the said substrate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications as defined in claim 1 in which the overall thickness of said three layers on said substrate is in a range from 1 to 30 μm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications as defined in claim 1 in which said first layer has a thickness in the range of 0.01 to 10 μm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications as defined in claim 1 in which said second layer has a thickness in the range of 0.5 to 10 μm.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications as defined in claim 1 in which said third layer has a thickness in the range of 0.5 to 10 μm.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
65 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications as defined in claim 1 in which said first layer comprises a composite layer of two or more layers selected from a carbide, nitride and carbonitride of metals selected from Groups IVB and VB of the Periodic Table of Elements and a carbide of metals selected from Group VIB of the Periodic Table of Elements.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
50 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications as defined in claim 1 in which said refractory oxide of said second layer comprises a composite layer of two or more layers selected from an oxide of aluminum, zirconium, silicon, calcium, magnesium, titanium and hafnium, and stabilized zirconium oxide.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
47 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications as defined in claim 1 in which said third layer comprises a layer selected from a nitride, carbonitride, oxynitride, and oxycarbonitride of metals selected from Group IVB of the Periodic Table of Elements, and aluminum and silicon.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
55 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications as defined in claim 1 in which said third and final layer comprises a composite layer of two or more layers selected from a nitride, carbonitride, oxynitride, and oxycarbonitride of metals selected from Group IVB of the Periodic Table of Elements, and aluminum and silicon.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
31 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear reistant applications as defined in claim 11 in which, in the selected carbonitride, the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio is controlled to provide a nitrogen-rich carbonitride.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
31 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications as defined in claim 11 in which, in the selected carbonitride, the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio is controlled to provide a carbon-rich carbonitride.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
66 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications as defined in claim 1 in which the third and final layer comprises a composite coating on said second layer, said composite coating comprising a layer of selected metal carbide overlying the second layer, a layer of selected metal carbonitride overlying the metal carbide, and a layer of a selected metal nitride overlying the metal carbonitride.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
59 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications as defined in claim 16 in which the third layer comprises a composite coating on said second layer, said composite coating including a layer of titanium carbide, a transition layer containing titanium carbonitrides overlying said layer of titanium carbide, and a layer of titanium nitride overlying said transition layer.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
81 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications as defined in claim 1 in which said third and final layer deposited on said second refractory oxide comprises a composite coating in transition from basic depositions high in concentration of the chemical elements constituting the second layer and low in concentration of the chemical elements of the third layer and progressing to increasing concentration of the chemical elements of the third layer and decreasing chemical elements of the second layer.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
72 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications as defined in claim 11 in which said carbonitride of said third layer has a carbon content which is highest adjacent said second layer and varies in the thickness of said third layer to progressively lower carbon content and higher nitrogen content until the composition of the outermost stratum of said third layer has the highest nitrogen content in said carbonitride layer.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
74 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications as defined in claim 1 in which said third and final layer deposited on said layer of refractory oxide comprises a composite coating in transition from basic depositions high in oxygen content in the compounds deposited and low in nitrogen content in the compounds formed adjacent the second layer and progressively decreasing in oxygen content and increasing in nitrogen content into the third layer.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
44 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications as defined in claim 19 in which the refractory oxide of said layer is aluminum oxide and said third layer progresses in chemical composition from aluminum oxide of the second layer to aluminum nitride.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
52 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications as defined in claim 1 in which the third layer is a composite layer comprised of multiple layers selected from two or more nitride compounds of metals in Group IVB of the Periodic Table of Elements, and of aluminum and of silicon.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
117 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications which comprises a substrate and a coating on at least a portion of said substrate, said coating comprising: (a) a first layer selected from a carbide, nitride, and carbonitride of metals selected from Groups IVB and VB and of a carbide of metals selected from Group VIB of the Periodic Table of Elements, (b) a second layer selected from an oxide of aluminum, zirconium, silicon, calcium, magnesium, titanium, and hafnium, and stabilized zirconium oxide, and (c) a third and final layer selected from a nitride, carbonitride, oxynitride, and oxycarbonitride of metals selected from Group IVB of the Periodic Table of Elements, and of aluminum, and of silicon.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
117 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications which comprises a substrate and a coating on at least a portion of said substrate, said coating comprising: (a) a first layer selected from a carbide, nitride, and carbonitride of metals selected from Groups IVB and VB and of a carbide of metals selected from Group VIB of the Periodic Table of Elements, (b) a second layer selected from an oxide of aluminum, zirconium, silicon, calcium, magnesium, titanium, and hafnium, and stabilized zirconium oxide, and (c) a third and final layer selected from a nitride, carbonitride, oxynitride, and oxycarbonitride of metals selected from Group IVB of the Periodic Table of Elements, and of aluminum, and of silicon.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
132 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications which comprises a substrate and a coating on at least a portion of said substrate, said coating comprising: (a) a first layer comprising one or more layers selected from a carbide, nitride, and carbonitride of metals selected from Groups IVB and VB and of a carbide of metals selected from Group VIB of the Periodic Table of Elements, (b) a second layer comprising one or more layers selected from an oxide of aluminum, zirconium, silicon, calcium, magnesium, titanium, and hafnium, and stabilized zirconium oxide, and (c) a third and final layer comprising more than one layer selected from a nitride, carbonitride, oxynitride, and oxycarbonitride of metals selected from Group IVB of the Periodic Table of Elements, and of aluminum, and of silicon.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
132 words
A coated article for cutting tool and wear resistant applications which comprises a substrate and a coating on at least a portion of said substrate, said coating comprising: (a) a first layer comprising one or more layers selected from a carbide, nitride, and carbonitride of metals selected from Groups IVB and VB and of a carbide of metals selected from Group VIB of the Periodic Table of Elements, (b) a second layer comprising one or more layers selected from an oxide of aluminum, zirconium, silicon, calcium, magnesium, titanium, and hafnium, and stabilized zirconium oxide, and (c) a third and final layer comprising more than one layer selected from a nitride, carbonitride, oxynitride, and oxycarbonitride of metals selected from Group IVB of the Periodic Table of Elements, and of aluminum, and of silicon.
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