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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2018
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A surface-coated cutting tool in which a hard coating layer exhibits exceptional adhesion resistance and anomalous damage resistance is provided. This surface-coated cutting tool includes a tool body composed of a WC based cemented carbide or a TiCN based cermet; and at least one hard coating layer provided on a surface of the tool body, and; 1) the hard coating layer includes at least one complex nitride layer, 2) the complex nitride layer contains 0.001 to 0.030 atom % of chlorine, 3) in the complex nitride layer, an area ratio of longitudinal crystal grains having an aspect ratio equal to or greater than 2 occupying a longitudinal cross section is 50% or more, and 4) a layer thickness of the complex nitride layer is 0.2 μm to 20 μm.