Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Masa-aki Tobioka

Naoji Fujimori

Takaharu Yamamoto

Tsuyoshi Asai

This invention relates to a surface-coated sintered hard body comprising an alloy consisting of at least one of carbides and carbonitrides of Group IVa, Va and VIa transition metals, cemented by at least one of metals and alloys, and two interior and exterior coated layers, the interior layer being a monolayer or multilayer consisting of at least one of carbides, carbonitrides and nitrides of Group IVa, Va and VIa transition metals, in which a part of the non-metallic element or elements are optionally replaced by oxygen, and at least one layer of the interior layer consisting of at least one of carbides, carbonitrides and nitrides of Group IVa, Va and VIa transition metals, in which a part or all of the non-metallic element or elements are replaced by boron, and the exterior layer consisting of at least one of aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide and mixtures or compounds thereof.

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Itami, Japan

Masa-aki Tobioka