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Method of producing multilayer coatings on a substrate
Assignee: Bodycote Metallurgical Coatings Inc
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Filing: 1986-06-24
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Granted: 1988-02-09
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Expires: 2006-06-24
Abstract
Abstract Multilayer protective coatings that are applied over a substrate that comprise a plurality of superimposed multilayer units and methods of making the coatings are disclosed. Each multilayer unit contains two or more superimposed thin layers in which at least two layers are compositionally different. The properties of the resulting coating are a combination of the properties of the individual layers. One layer of a multilayer unit may provide hardness or wear resistance and another layer may provide lubricity, for example. The thickness of the individual layers can be related to the microscopic surface relief of the substrate to which the protective coating is applied. One disclosed multilayer unit comprises three layers: an oxidation resistant layer; a nitride layer; and a layer of disordered boron and carbon material. A method of making the multilayer coatings is provided that includes depositing over a substrate a plurality of superimposed multilayer units. The deposition may be accomplished by sputtering, for example.
Inventors
- 👤 John E. Keem
- 👤 James D. Flasck
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C28/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
138 words
A method of producing a wear resistant coating over a substrate having a characteristic surface microstructure comprising depositing over the substrate a plurality of superimposed multilayer units, each unit comprising at least three compositionally different thin deposited layers and each layer having a deposited thickness sufficient to obtain its bulk coating properties and less than the characteristic microstructure of the substrate, the wear properties of said coating being a combination of the individual properties of said layers, the three compositionally different layers being: (a) oxidation resistant material selected from the group consisting of silicon, titanium, carbon, stainless steel, aluminum, stoichiometric and nonstoichiometric compositions of aluminum and oxygen, titanium and oxygen, silicon and oxygen and zirconium and oxygen; (b) nitride material selected from the group consisting of titanium nitride and hafnium nitride; and (c) disordered boron and carbon material.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
138 words
A method of producing a wear resistant coating over a substrate having a characteristic surface microstructure comprising depositing over the substrate a plurality of superimposed multilayer units, each unit comprising at least three compositionally different thin deposited layers and each layer having a deposited thickness sufficient to obtain its bulk coating properties and less than the characteristic microstructure of the substrate, the wear properties of said coating being a combination of the individual properties of said layers, the three compositionally different layers being: (a) oxidation resistant material selected from the group consisting of silicon, titanium, carbon, stainless steel, aluminum, stoichiometric and nonstoichiometric compositions of aluminum and oxygen, titanium and oxygen, silicon and oxygen and zirconium and oxygen; (b) nitride material selected from the group consisting of titanium nitride and hafnium nitride; and (c) disordered boron and carbon material.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
10 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said depositing comprises sputtering.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said depositing comprises dc magnetron sputtering.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said depositing comprises chemical vapor deposition.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said oxidation resistant material and said nitride material are deposited by chemical vapor deposition and said boron and carbon material is deposited by sputtering.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 5 wherein said sputtering is dc magnetron sputtering.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said oxidation resistant material is selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide and silicon oxide.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said nitride material is titanium nitride.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said disordered boron and carbon material has a composition on an atomic basis of B x C 1-x where x is from about 0.60 to about 0.90.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said disordered boron and carbon material is boron carbide.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said disordered boron and carbon is substantially amorphous.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising depositing at least one adherence layer between the substrate and said multilayer units.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
The coating of claim 12 wherein said at least one adherence layer comprises a layer of titanium carbide.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 13 further comprising depositing an adherence layer of titanium nitride over said titanium carbide.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the deposited sequence of said multilayer unit in a direction from the substrate is oxidation resistance material, nitride material and disordered boron and carbon material.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising depositing coating over a carbide substrate.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 16 wherein the substrate is a cemented carbide material.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 14 wherein said multilayer units further comprise a fourth layer of titanium carbide.
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