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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 1979
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1978
Wilfried Schintlmeister, Reutte, AT;
Schwarzkopf Development Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Cemented carbide elements with working faces bearing a thin multilayer or stratified coating of nonuniform composition of wear-resistant materials exhibit superior wear-resistance for improved performance and service life under severe service conditions as in the case of inserts for cutting tools and wire drawing dies. In one embodiment, an initial carbon-rich layer of titanium carbide or carbonitride coating material in direct contact with a cemented carbide part or insert underlies a middle or intermediate stratified transition zone made up of a series of parallel layers or strata of coating material wherein the content of carbon and nitrogen is not constant but varies with the stratum or location by depth in that zone with the material gradually changing to titanium compounds that are progressively lower in combined carbon content and richer in nitrogen than in the initial layer until the composition of the outermost stratum of the transition zone approximates that of the overlying surface layer of high nitrogen content (e.g., titanium nitride). The coating is formed by a gas deposition method wherein changes in the concentration of gaseous carbon and nitrogen compounds are used to control the formation of the various layers of different composition in the layered coating.