Hard coating and member coated with hard coating

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11028487-B2
Application number	US-201616344826-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 25, 2016
Priority date	Oct 25, 2016
Publication date	Jun 8, 2021
Grant date	Jun 8, 2021

Abstract

A hard film for coating a surface of a base material, the hard film includes a layer A, a layer B, and a nanolayer-alternating layer. The layer A is an AlTiCr nitride of (AlaTibCrcαd)N, where α is one or more elements selected from C, B, Si, V, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, and W. The layer B is an AlTiCr nitride or AlTiCr carbonitride of (AleTifCrgβh)CxN1-X, where β is one or more elements selected from B, Si, V, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, and W. The nanolayer-alternating layer is formed by alternately laminating a nanolayer A or a nanolayer B having the same composition as the layer A or B. And, the layer C is an AlCr(SiC) nitride or AlCr(SiC) carbonitride of [AliCrj(SiC)kγl]CYN1-Y, where γ is one or more elements selected from B, Ti, V, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, and W.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hard film for coating a surface of a base material, the hard film configured to include a layer A, a layer B, and a nanolayer-alternating layer alternately laminated by a physical vapor deposition method to a total film thickness of 0.5 to 20 μm, wherein
the layer A is an AlTiCr nitride having a composition formula of (Al a Ti b Cr c α d )N, where α is one or more elements selected from a group consisting of C, B, Si, V, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, and W and atomic ratios a, b, c, d respectively satisfy 0.10≤a≤0.85, 0.02≤b≤0.70, 0.03≤c≤0.65, 0≤d≤0.10, and a+b+c+d=1, and has a thickness of 0.5 to 1000 nm, wherein
the layer B is an AlTiCr carbonitride having a composition formula of (Al e Ti f Cr g β h )C x N 1-X , where β is one or more elements selected from a group consisting of B, Si, V, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, and W and atomic ratios e, f, g, h, and X respectively satisfy 0.10≤e≤0.85, 0.02≤f≤0.70, 0.03≤g≤0.65, 0≤h≤0.10, e+f+g+h=1, and 0≤X≤0.6, and has a thickness of 0.5 to 1000 nm, wherein
the nanolayer-alternating layer is formed by alternately laminating a nanolayer A or a nanolayer B having the same composition as the layer A or the layer B and a layer C and has a thickness of 1 to 1000 nm, wherein
the nanolayer A and the nanolayer B each have a thickness of 0.5 to 500 nm, and wherein
the layer C is an AlCr(SiC) nitride or AlCr(SiC) carbonitride having a composition formula of [Al i Cr j (SiC) k γ l ]C Y N 1-Y , where γ is one or more elements selected from a group consisting of B, Ti, V, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, and W and atomic ratios i, j, k, l, and Y respectively satisfy 0.20≤i≤0.85, 0.05≤j≤0.50, 0.01≤k≤0.45, 0≤l≤0.10, i+j+k+l=1, and 0≤Y≤0.6, and has a thickness of 0.5 to 500 nm.

2. The hard film according to claim 1 , wherein
a value T A /T NL of a ratio between a film thickness T A of the layer A and a film thickness T NL of the nanolayer-alternating layer is 0.2 to 10 while a value T B /T NL of a ratio between a film thickness T B of the layer B and the film thickness T NL of the nanolayer-alternating layer is 0.2 to 10.

3. The hard film according to claim 1 , further including
a surface layer outside the hard film, wherein
the surface layer is made of the same material as the layer A, the layer B, the layer C, or the nanolayer-alternating layer.

4. The hard film according to claim 1 , wherein
the hard film is directly applied to the base material.

5. The hard film according to claim 1 , wherein
the hard film is applied to the base material via an interface layer, and wherein
the interface layer is configured to have a thickness of 20 to 1000 nm and made of the same material as the layer A, the layer B, the layer C, or the nanolayer-alternating layer.

6. A hard film-coated member partially or entirely coated with the hard film according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Osg Corp

Inventors

• Sakurai Masatoshi
• Wang Mei

Classifications

• C23C14/06

  characterised by the coating material ({C23C14/0021} , C23C14/04 take precedence) · CPC title

• C23C30/005 Primary

  on hard metal substrates · CPC title

• C23C14/0641 Primary

  Nitrides (C23C14/0617 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B32B15/01

  all layers being exclusively metallic {(making layered metal workpieces by pressure cladding B23K20/22; making coatings with a metallic material characterised by its composition C23C30/00)} · CPC title

• C23C28/44

  characterized by a measurable physical property of the alternating layer or system, e.g. thickness, density, hardness · CPC title