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Cermet cutting tool and process for producing the same
Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corp
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Filing: 1993-06-08
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Granted: 1995-07-25
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Expires: 2013-06-08
Abstract
Abstract The present invention discloses a cermet cutting tool, and process for producing the same, comprising a substrate formed from titanium carbo-nitride based cermet, and a hard coating layer of average thickness 0.5˜20 μm, formed onto the surface of the cermet substrate comprising a lower layer formed from at least one layer of a compound selected from the group consisting of titanium carbide (TiC), titanium nitride (TIN), titanium carbo-nitride (TiCN), titanium carbo-oxide (TiCO) and titanium carbo-oxi-nitride (TiCNO), and aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ). Additionally, at least one of the layers comprising the hard coating layer is a titanium carbo-nitride layer, and at least one layer of this titanium carbo-nitride layer comprises a longitudinal growth crystal structure. The process for producing a cermet cutting tool according to the present invention comprises a step for preparing a substrate from titanium carbo-nitride based cermet, and a step for forming a hard coating layer onto the surface of said substrate using a chemical vapor deposition method wherein in at least one part of this step, chemical vapor deposition is performed using a reaction gas composed of 1˜5% of TiCl 4 , 0.1˜1% of CH 3 CN, 0˜25% of N 2 with the remaining portion being composed of H 2 , under a reaction temperature of 800°˜900° C. and a reaction pressure of 30˜200 Torr.
Inventors
- 👤 Niro Odani
- 👤 Hironori Yoshimura
- 👤 Akira Osada
- 👤 Tetsuya Tanaka
- 👤 Seiichirou Nakamura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-08 23:45
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C16/00; C23C16/22; C23C16/30; C23C16/36; C23C30/00; C23C30/005; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24942; Y10T428/2495; Y10T428/24967; Y10T428/24975; Y10T428/26; Y10T428/263; Y10T428/264; Y10T428/265
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
118 words
A cutting tool comprising: a) a substrate formed from titanium carbo-nitride based cermet; and b) at least one hard coating layer of average thickness 0.5˜20 μm, formed onto at least a portion of the surface of said substrate, wherein said at least one hard coating layer comprises a layer formed from a compound selected from the group consisting of titanium carbide (TiC), titanium nitride (TiN), titanium carbo-nitride (TiCN), titanium carbo-oxide (TiCO) and titanium carbo-oxi-nitride (TiCNO), and aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ), and said at least one hard coating layer includes a titanium carbo-nitride layer having a longitudinal growth crystal structure in which crystal grains are elongated along a direction perpendicular to the surface of said substrate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
118 words
A cutting tool comprising: a) a substrate formed from titanium carbo-nitride based cermet; and b) at least one hard coating layer of average thickness 0.5˜20 μm, formed onto at least a portion of the surface of said substrate, wherein said at least one hard coating layer comprises a layer formed from a compound selected from the group consisting of titanium carbide (TiC), titanium nitride (TiN), titanium carbo-nitride (TiCN), titanium carbo-oxide (TiCO) and titanium carbo-oxi-nitride (TiCNO), and aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ), and said at least one hard coating layer includes a titanium carbo-nitride layer having a longitudinal growth crystal structure in which crystal grains are elongated along a direction perpendicular to the surface of said substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
114 words
A cutting tool according to claim 1 wherein said cermet substrate comprises: 70˜95% by weight of a solid solution of carbo-nitride represented by the formula (Ti x M y ) (C u N v ), (wherein M is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of transition metals in groups IV A , V A and VI A of the Periodic TABLE with the exception of titanium, and x, y, u and v are molar ratios which satisfy the relations of x+y=1, u+v=1, 0.5≦x≦0.95, 0.05≦y≦0.5, 0.2≦u≦0.8 and 0.2≦v≦0.8) as a hard-dispersed phase-constituting component; and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt and nickel as a binder phase-constituting component.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A cutting tool according to claim 2 wherein said binder phase-constituting component is contained in a relatively greater amount near the surface of said cermet substrate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
107 words
A cutting tool according to claim 1 wherein said at least one hard coating layer comprises at least one of the following crystal structures: (1) a crystal structure which changes from a granular crystal structure to a longitudinal growth crystal structure as it progresses away from the aforementioned substrate; (2) a crystal structure which changes from a granular crystal structure to a longitudinal growth crystal structure and back to a granular crystal structure as it progresses away from the aforementioned substrate; and (3) a crystal structure which changes from a longitudinal growth crystal structure to a granular crystal structure as it progresses away from the aforementioned substrate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
116 words
A cermet cutting tool according to claim 4 wherein said cermet substrate comprises: 7- 95% by weight of a solid solution of carbo-nitride represented by the formula (Ti x M y ) (C u N v ), (wherein M is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of transition metals in groups IV A , V A and VI A of the Periodic Table with the exception of titanium, and x, y, u and v are molar ratios which satisfy the relations of x+y=1, u+v=1, 0.5≦x≦0.95, 0.05≦y≦0.5, 0.2≦u≦0.8 and 0.2≦v≦0.8) as a hard-dispersed phase-constituting component; and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt and nickel as a binder phase-constituting component.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
A cermet cutting tool according to claim 5 wherein said binder phase-constituting component is contained in a relatively greater amount near the surface of said cermet substrate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
206 words
A cutting tool comprising: a. a substrate formed from titanium carbo-nitride based cermet; and b. a hard coating layer of average thickness 0.5˜20 μm, formed onto the surface of said substrate comprising at least one lower layer of the compound titanium carbo-nitride, and an upper layer formed from a compound selected from the group consisting of titanium carbide (TiC), titanium nitride (TiN), titanium carbo-nitride (TiCN), titanium carbo-oxide (TiCO), titanium carbo-oxi-nitride (TiCNO) and aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ); said lower layer comprises at least one of the following crystal structures: (1) a crystal structure which changes from a granular crystal structure to a longitudinal growth crystal structure as it progresses away from the aforementioned substrate; (2) a crystal structure which changes from a granular crystal structure to a longitudinal growth crystal structure and back to a granular crystal structure as it progresses away from the aforementioned substrate; and (3) a crystal structure which changes from a longitudinal growth crystal structure to a granular crystal structure as it progresses away from the aforementioned substrate; and said hard coating layer including a titanium carbo-nitride layer having a longitudinal growth crystal structure in which crystal grains are elongated along a direction perpendicular to the surface of said substrate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
206 words
A cutting tool comprising: a. a substrate formed from titanium carbo-nitride based cermet; and b. a hard coating layer of average thickness 0.5˜20 μm, formed onto the surface of said substrate comprising at least one lower layer of the compound titanium carbo-nitride, and an upper layer formed from a compound selected from the group consisting of titanium carbide (TiC), titanium nitride (TiN), titanium carbo-nitride (TiCN), titanium carbo-oxide (TiCO), titanium carbo-oxi-nitride (TiCNO) and aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ); said lower layer comprises at least one of the following crystal structures: (1) a crystal structure which changes from a granular crystal structure to a longitudinal growth crystal structure as it progresses away from the aforementioned substrate; (2) a crystal structure which changes from a granular crystal structure to a longitudinal growth crystal structure and back to a granular crystal structure as it progresses away from the aforementioned substrate; and (3) a crystal structure which changes from a longitudinal growth crystal structure to a granular crystal structure as it progresses away from the aforementioned substrate; and said hard coating layer including a titanium carbo-nitride layer having a longitudinal growth crystal structure in which crystal grains are elongated along a direction perpendicular to the surface of said substrate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
115 words
A cermet cutting tool according to claim 7 wherein said cermet substrate comprises: 70˜95% by weight of a solid solution of carbo-nitride represented by the formula (Ti x M y ) (C u N v ), (wherein M is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of transition metals in groups IV A , V a and VI A of the Periodic Table with the exception of titanium, and x, y, u and v are molar ratios which satisfy the relations of x+y=1, u+v=1, 0.5≦x≦0.95, 0.05≦y≦0.5, 0.2≦u≦0.8 and 0.2≦v≦0.8) as a hard-dispersed phase-constituting component; and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt and nickel as a binder phase-constituting component.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
A cermet cutting tool according to claim 8 wherein said binder phase-constituting component is contained in a relatively greater amount near the surface of said cermet substrate.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
259 words
A cermet cutting tool comprising: a. a substrate formed from titanium carbo-nitride based cermet; and b. a hard coating layer of average thickness 0.5˜20 μm, formed onto the surface of said substrate comprising a lower layer formed from at least one layer of a compound selected from the group consisting of titanium carbide (TiC), titanium nitride (TiN), titanium carbo-nitride (TiCN), titanium carbo-oxide (TiCO and titanium carbo-oxi-nitride (TiCNO), and an upper layer formed from at least one layer of a compound selected from the group consisting of titanium carbide (TiC), titanium nitride (TiN), titanium carbo-nitride (TiCN), titanium carbo-oxide (TiCO), titanium carbo-oxi-nitride (TiCNO) and aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ); wherein at least one of said layers comprising said upper layer is a titanium carbo-nitride layer, and at least one layer of said titanium carbo-nitride layer comprises at least one of the following crystal structures: (1) a crystal structure which changes from a granular crystal structure to a longitudinal growth crystal structure as it progresses away from the aforementioned substrate; (2) a crystal structure which changes from a granular crystal structure to a longitudinal growth crystal structure and back to a granular crystal structure as it progresses away from the aforementioned substrate; and (3) a crystal structure which changes from a longitudinal growth crystal structure to a granular crystal structure as it progresses away from the aforementioned substrate; and said hard coating layer including a titanium carbo-nitride layer having a longitudinal growth crystal structure in which crystal grains are elongated along a direction perpendicular to the surface of said substrate.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
259 words
A cermet cutting tool comprising: a. a substrate formed from titanium carbo-nitride based cermet; and b. a hard coating layer of average thickness 0.5˜20 μm, formed onto the surface of said substrate comprising a lower layer formed from at least one layer of a compound selected from the group consisting of titanium carbide (TiC), titanium nitride (TiN), titanium carbo-nitride (TiCN), titanium carbo-oxide (TiCO and titanium carbo-oxi-nitride (TiCNO), and an upper layer formed from at least one layer of a compound selected from the group consisting of titanium carbide (TiC), titanium nitride (TiN), titanium carbo-nitride (TiCN), titanium carbo-oxide (TiCO), titanium carbo-oxi-nitride (TiCNO) and aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ); wherein at least one of said layers comprising said upper layer is a titanium carbo-nitride layer, and at least one layer of said titanium carbo-nitride layer comprises at least one of the following crystal structures: (1) a crystal structure which changes from a granular crystal structure to a longitudinal growth crystal structure as it progresses away from the aforementioned substrate; (2) a crystal structure which changes from a granular crystal structure to a longitudinal growth crystal structure and back to a granular crystal structure as it progresses away from the aforementioned substrate; and (3) a crystal structure which changes from a longitudinal growth crystal structure to a granular crystal structure as it progresses away from the aforementioned substrate; and said hard coating layer including a titanium carbo-nitride layer having a longitudinal growth crystal structure in which crystal grains are elongated along a direction perpendicular to the surface of said substrate.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
115 words
A cermet cutting tool according to claim 10 wherein said cermet substrate comprises: 70˜95% by weight of a solid solution of carbo-nitride represented by the formula (Ti x M y ) (C u N v ), (wherein M is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of transition metals in groups IV A , V a and VI A of the Periodic Table with the exception of titanium, and x, y, u and v are molar ratios which satisfy the relations of x+y=1, u+v=1, 0.5≦x≦0.95, 0.05≦y≦0.5, 0.2≦u≦0.8 and 0.2≦v≦0.8) as a hard-dispersed phase-constituting component; and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt and nickel as a binder phase-constituting component.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
A cermet cutting tool according to claim 11 wherein said binder phase-constituting component is contained in a relatively greater amount near the surface of said cermet substrate.
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