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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2009
Kenji Yamamoto, Hyogo, JP;
Albir A. Layyous, Me'ilya, IL;
Kenji Yamamoto, Hyogo, JP;
Albir A. Layyous, Me'ilya, IL;
Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho, Kobe-shi, JP;
Iscar Ltd., Tefen, IL;
Abstract
Disclosed is a crystalline hard coating layer having no cracks, which exhibits both high hardness and excellent wear resistance at the same time. A method for forming the hard coating layer is also disclosed. A crystalline hard coating layer () coating a substrate () is formed by a PVD method, and contains Si and C as essential components, while containing an element M (which is one or more elements selected from among groupA elements, groupA elements, groupA elements, groupA elements, B, Al and Ru) and N as optional components. The crystalline hard coating layer () has the following composition: SiCNM(where 0.4≦x≦0.6, 0≦y≦0.1, and 0≦z≦0.2).