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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
May. 04, 2023
Applicant:
Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA (US);
Inventor:
Zhenyu Liu, Greensburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
KENNAMETAL INC., Latrobe, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 28/04 (2006.01); B23B 27/14 (2006.01); C23C 16/30 (2006.01); C23C 16/36 (2006.01); C23C 16/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 27/148 (2013.01); C23C 16/303 (2013.01); C23C 16/308 (2013.01); C23C 16/36 (2013.01); C23C 16/403 (2013.01); C23C 28/044 (2013.01); B23B 2224/04 (2013.01); B23B 2224/08 (2013.01); B23B 2224/32 (2013.01); B23B 2224/36 (2013.01); B23B 2228/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, a coated cutting tool described herein comprises a substrate and a coating adhered to the substrate, the coating including a refractory layer comprising AlON, the AlON layer exhibiting a peak in a range of 33-35° 2θ in an XRD, wherein the peak has a FWHM of 0.1°-0.7° 2θ. In some embodiments, the AlON layer can exhibit a ribbon-like crystallites, needle-like crystallites, or rice-like crystallites and associated surface texture.