Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090004440 | CUTTING INSERT WITH A WEAR-RESISTANT COATING SCHEME EXHIBITING WEAR INDICATION AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A coated cutting insert for use in a chip-forming material removal operation wherein the coated cutting insert includes a substrate that has a flank surface and a rake surface and the flank surface intersects the rake surface to form a cutting edge at the intersection. There is a wear-resistant coating scheme that adheres to at least a portion of the substrate. The wear-resistant coating scheme includes one or more coating layers of one or more of alumina, hafnia and zirconia. There is a wear indicating coating that adheres to at least a portion of the wear-resistant coating scheme. The wear indicating coating includes M(O | 01-01-2009 |
20110293909 | Multilayer Nitride Hard Coatings - A wear resistant multilayer nitride hard coating for substrates. The hard coating includes a first layer of titanium aluminum nitride and a second layer comprising a plurality of sublayer groups. Each sublayer group includes a first sublayer of titanium silicon nitride and a second sublayer of titanium aluminum nitride. The composition of the titanium aluminum nitride, both in the first layer and in the sublayer groups, is (Ti | 12-01-2011 |
20120225285 | Coated Substrates and Methods of Making Same - Coated substrates having high wear resistant coatings are disclosed. The coatings include at least one layer of either titanium oxycarbonitride or titanium aluminum oxycarbonitride, such that the layer has an oxygen to titanium atomic percent ratio in the range of about 0.01 to about 0.09 and an aluminum to titanium atomic percent ratio in the range of about 0 to about 0.1. The coatings have a hardness to Young's modulus ratio of at least 0.06. The substrate may be a cutting insert. Methods of making such coated substrates are also disclosed in which layers comprising titanium oxycarbonitride or titanium aluminum oxycarbonitride are deposited by medium temperature chemical vapor deposition (MT-CVD) on substrates in the temperature range of about 750 to about 950° C. using a mixture of gases wherein the ratio of the hydrogen gas to the nitrogen gas is greater than 5. | 09-06-2012 |
20120237794 | ALUMINUM OXYNITRIDE COATED ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A coated article such as a coated cutting tool or coated wear part, which includes a substrate and a coating scheme on the substrate. The coating scheme has a titanium-containing coating layer, and an aluminum oxynitride coating layer on the titanium-containing coating layer. The aluminum oxynitride includes a mixture of phases having a hexagonal aluminum nitride type structure (space group: P63mc), a cubic aluminum nitride type structure (space group: Fm-3m), and optionally amorphous structure. The aluminum oxynitride coating layer has a composition of aluminum in an amount between about 20 atomic percent and about 50 atomic percent, nitrogen in an amount between about 40 atomic percent and about 70 atomic percent, and oxygen in an amount between about 1 atomic percent and about 20 atomic percent. The method of making the coated article includes a step of providing a substrate and depositing an aluminum oxynitride coating layer from a gaseous mixture that includes nitrogen, aluminum tri-chloride, ammonia, carbon dioxide, hydrogen chloride, optionally carbon monoxide, optionally argon, and hydrogen. | 09-20-2012 |
20130157023 | MULTILAYER NITRIDE HARD COATINGS - A wear resistant multilayer nitride hard coating for substrates. The hard coating includes a first layer of titanium aluminum nitride and a second layer comprising a plurality of sublayer groups. Each sublayer group includes a first sublayer of titanium silicon nitride and a second sublayer of titanium aluminum nitride. The composition of the titanium aluminum nitride, both in the first layer and in the sublayer groups, is (Ti | 06-20-2013 |
20130302521 | METHOD OF MAKING ALUMINUM OXYNITRIDE COATED ARTICLE - A coated article such as a coated cutting tool or coated wear part, which includes a substrate and a coating scheme on the substrate. The coating scheme has a titanium-containing coating layer, and an aluminum oxynitride coating layer on the titanium-containing coating layer. The aluminum oxynitride includes a mixture of phases having a hexagonal aluminum nitride type structure (space group: P63mc), a cubic aluminum nitride type structure (space group: Fm-3m), and optionally amorphous structure. The aluminum oxynitride coating layer has a composition of aluminum in an amount between about 20 atomic percent and about 50 atomic percent, nitrogen in an amount between about 40 atomic percent and about 70 atomic percent, and oxygen in an amount between about 1 atomic percent and about 20 atomic percent. The method of making the coated article includes a step of providing a substrate and depositing an aluminum oxynitride coating layer from a gaseous mixture that includes nitrogen, aluminum tri-chloride, ammonia, carbon dioxide, hydrogen chloride, optionally carbon monoxide, optionally argon, and hydrogen. | 11-14-2013 |
20140287199 | COATINGS FOR CUTTING TOOLS - In one aspect, cutting tools are described having coatings adhered thereto which, in some embodiments, can demonstrate desirable wear resistance and increased cutting lifetimes. A coated cutting tool, in some embodiments, comprises a substrate and a coating adhered to the substrate, the coating comprising a polycrystalline layer of TiZrAl | 09-25-2014 |
20140287228 | COATED BODY WHEREIN THE COATING SCHEME INCLUDES A COATING LAYER OF TiAl2O3 AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A coated cutting insert and a method for making the same. The coated cutting insert has a substrate with a substrate surface. There is a backing coating scheme on the substrate surface, and a TiAl | 09-25-2014 |
20140287229 | COATINGS FOR CUTTING TOOLS - In one aspect, cutting tools are described having coatings adhered thereto which, in some embodiments, can demonstrate desirable wear resistance and increased cutting lifetimes. A coated cutting tool, in some embodiments, comprises a substrate and a coating adhered to the substrate, the coating comprising at least one Zr doped layer deposited by chemical vapor deposition comprising ZrAl | 09-25-2014 |
20140291036 | MULTILAYER STRUCTURED COATINGS FOR CUTTING TOOLS - In one aspect, cutting tools are described having coatings adhered thereto which, in some embodiments, can demonstrate desirable wear resistance and increased cutting lifetimes. A coated cutting tool described herein comprises a substrate and a coating adhered to the substrate, the coating having a multilayer structure including a plurality of structural units each comprising a bonding layer and an adjacent alumina layer, the alumina layer having a thickness of less than 0.5 μm and the bonding layer having a thickness less than 1 μm, the bonding layer comprising TiCN and TiAlOC. | 10-02-2014 |