Hard coating, hard-coating coated tool, and production method for hard coating

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024384393-A1
Application number	US-202118689332-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 30, 2021
Priority date	Sep 30, 2021
Publication date	Nov 21, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A hard coating includes first and second layers. The first layer is constituted by AlaCrbαcN, wherein atomic ratios a, b, c satisfy a+b+c=1, 0≤c≤0.40 and 0.25≤b/a≤1.0, and an optional additive component α is at least one kind of element selected from groups IVa, Va and VIa (except Cr) and Y of periodic table of elements. The second layer is constituted by AldCreCfN, wherein atomic ratios d, e, f satisfy d+e+f=1, 0.001≤f≤0.20 and 0.25≤ e/d≤1.0. A total thickness T of a thickness T1 of the first layer and a thickness T2 of the second layer is 0.5-9.0 μm. A ratio of the thickness T2 to the total thickness T is 5-50%. The hard coating has peaks belonging to (111) and (200) planes in an X-ray diffraction, such that an intensity ratio of a peak intensity SP1 of the (111) plane to a peak intensity SP2 of the (200) plane is 0.1-20.

First claim

1 . A hard coating that is to be provided on a surface of a substrate so as to cover the surface of the substrate, wherein
the hard coating includes a first layer to be disposed on the surface of the substrate and a second layer disposed on a surface of the first layer, the first layer is constituted by Al a Cr b α c N, wherein atomic ratios a, b, c satisfy a+b+c=1, 0≤c≤0.40 and 0.25≤b/a≤1.0, and wherein an optional additive component α is at least one kind of element selected from groups IVa, Va and VIa (except Cr) and Y of periodic table of elements, the second layer is constituted by AlCr e CN, wherein atomic ratios d, e, f satisfy d+e+f=1, 0.001≤f<0.20 and 0.25≤e/d≤1.0, a total thickness T as a sum of a thickness T 1 of the first layer and a thickness T 2 of the second layer is within a range from 0.5 μm to 9.0 μm, a ratio (T 2 /T) of the thickness T 2 of the second layer to the total thickness T is within a range from 5% to 50%, and the hard coating including the first layer and the second layer has peaks belonging to (111) and (200) planes in an X-ray diffraction, such that an intensity ratio (SP 1 /SP 2 ) of a peak intensity SP 1 of the (111) plane to a peak intensity SP 2 of the (200) plane is within a range from 0.1 to 20.

2 . A hard-coating coated tool in which a hard coating is provided on a surface of a substrate, wherein
the hard coating is the hard coating according to claim 1 .

3 . A method of producing the hard coating according to claim 1 , wherein
both of the first layer and the second layer are formed by a high-power pulse magnetron sputtering method, and the second layer is formed by sputtering with use of AlCr alloy as a target by supplying nitrogen gas and hydrocarbon gas into a chamber, such that the atomic ratio f of the C is not lower than 0.001 and is not higher than 0.20 by adjusting an amount of supply of the hydrocarbon gas.

Assignees

• Osg Corp

Inventors

• Adachi Yoshitaka
• GIMA Hiroki
• Sugita Hiroaki

Classifications

• C23C30/005

  on hard metal substrates · CPC title

• C23C28/042

  including a refractory ceramic layer, e.g. refractory metal oxides, ZrO2, rare earth oxides · CPC title

• C23C28/044

  coatings specially adapted for cutting tools or wear applications · CPC title

• B23G7/02

  Tools for this purpose · CPC title

• B23G2200/26

  Coatings of tools · CPC title