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Carbonitride coated composite silicon nitride cutting tools
Assignee: Verizon Laboratories Inc
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Filing: 1982-05-20
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Granted: 1983-10-11
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Expires: 2002-05-20
Abstract
Abstract Cutting tools and cutting tool inserts having improved mechanical and chemical wear resistance under demanding conditions of machining speed, temperature, or workpiece hardness comprise a composite silicon nitride substrate having at least one hard adherent coating layer of a refractory metal carbonitride. The composite silicon nitride substrate body consists essentially of particles of a refractory material uniformly distributed in a matrix consisting essentially of a first phase of silicon nitride and a refractory second phase comprising silicon nitride and an effective amount of a densification aid selected from the group consisting of yttrium oxide, hafnium oxide, the lanthanide rare earth oxides, and mixtures thereof.
Inventors
- 👤 Vinod K. Sarin
- 👤 Sergej-Tomislav Buljan
- 👤 Charles D'Angelo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 14:09
CPC Classifications
C; C04; C04B; C04B41/00; C04B41/009; B; B23; B23B; B23B27/00; B23B27/14; B23B27/148; C04B35/00; C04B35/515; C04B35/58; C04B35/584; C04B41/45; C04B41/50; C04B41/5025; C04B41/5031; C04B41/5053; C04B41/5062; C04B41/80; C04B41/81; C04B41/85; C04B41/87; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2982; Y10T428/2991; Y10T428/2993
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
94 words
A coated composite ceramic cutting tool comprising a composite silicon nitride substrate body having at least one adherent coating layer; said substrate body consisting essentially of particles of a refractory material uniformly distributed in a matrix consisting essentially of a first phase of silicon nitride and a refractory second phase comprising silicon nitride and an effective amount of a densification aid selected from the group consisting of yttrium oxide, hafnium oxide, the lanthanide rare earth oxides, and mixtures thereof; said adherent coating layer consisting essentially of a material selected from the refractory metal carbonitrides.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
94 words
A coated composite ceramic cutting tool comprising a composite silicon nitride substrate body having at least one adherent coating layer; said substrate body consisting essentially of particles of a refractory material uniformly distributed in a matrix consisting essentially of a first phase of silicon nitride and a refractory second phase comprising silicon nitride and an effective amount of a densification aid selected from the group consisting of yttrium oxide, hafnium oxide, the lanthanide rare earth oxides, and mixtures thereof; said adherent coating layer consisting essentially of a material selected from the refractory metal carbonitrides.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
A coated composite ceramic cutting tool in accordance with claim 1 wherein said refractory metal carbonitride coating is selected from the group consisting of titanium carbonitride, vanadium carbonitride, chromium carbonitride, zirconium carbonitride, niobium carbonitride, molybdenum carbonitride, hafnium carbonitride, tantalum carbonitride, and tungsten carbonitride.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
A coated composite ceramic cutting tool in accordance with claim 2 wherein said refractory metal carbonitride coating is titanium carbonitride or hafnium carbonitride.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
A coated composite ceramic cutting tool in accordance with claim 2 wherein the carbon to nitrogen ratio in said refractory metal carbonitride coating ranges between about 1.0 and 1.5.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
A coated composite ceramic cutting tool in accordance with claim 1 wherein said coating layer is of a thickness between about 0.1 microns and 10 microns.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
A coated composite ceramic cutting tool in accordance with claim 5 wherein said coating layer is of a thickness between about 1.0 and about 10 microns.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
A coated composite ceramic cutting tool in accordance with claim 1 wherein said hard refractory material is selected from the carbides, nitrides, carbonitrides and solid solutions thereof of titanium, vanadium, chromium, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, hafnium, tantalum, and tungsten and mixtures thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
A coated composite ceramic cutting tool in accordance with claim 7 wherein said hard refractory material is selected from the group consisting of titanium carbide, titanium nitride, titanium carbonitride, hafnium carbide, hafnium nitride, and hafnium carbonitride.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
A coated composite ceramic cutting tool in accordance with claim 7 wherein the average particle size of said hard refractory material is between about 0.5 microns to about 20 microns.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
A coated composite ceramic cutting tool in accordance with claim 9 wherein the average particle size of said hard refractory material is less than about 5 microns.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
A coated composite ceramic cutting tool in accordance with claim 1 wherein said hard refractory material is present in said substrate in an amount of up to about 60 volume percent.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
36 words
A coated composite ceramic cutting tool insert in accordance with claim 11 wherein said hard refractory material is present in said substrate in an amount of between about 15 volume percent of about 50 volume percent.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
35 words
A coated composite ceramic cutting tool in accordance with claim 12 wherein said hard refractory material is present in said substrate in an amount of between about 20 volume percent and about 40 volume percent.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
23 words
A coated composite ceramic cutting tool in accordance with claim 1 wherein said metal oxide densification aid is yttrium oxide or hafnium oxide.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
36 words
A coated composite ceramic cutting tool in accordance with claim 1 wherein said metal oxide is present in an amount of between about 1 weight percent to about 25 weight percent of said two phase matrix.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
A coated composite ceramic cutting tool in accordance with claim 1 wherein silicon dioxide is present in an amount less than five weight percent of the matrix.
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