Abstract:
The present invention provides a coated article comprising a substrate that can be non-crystalline or crystalline such as a polycrystalline engineering material, having advantageous mechanical properties and a superlattice-type protective composite coating on the substrate. The composite coating comprises a plurality of vapor deposited, ion bombarded, polycrystalline layers of different adjacent compositions formed one atop the other in lamellar manner. The polycrystalline layers have sufficiently thin individual layer thicknesses (e.g. not exceeding about 150 nanometers) and sufficiently distinct and different compositions proximate their interfaces despite being ion bombarded as to constitute superlattice layers that exhibit a collective hardness exceeding the hardness of any individual layer material in homogenous or bulk form. The composite coating is ion bombarded to an extent that the individual layers are substantially free of intragranular voids without adversely affecting the compositional modulation of the superlattice layers. Moreover, the composite coating can have planar or non-planar interlayer interfaces and still exhibit substantially improved hardness.
Abstract:
The present invention provides transparent carbon nitride films, processesor making them and compositions of matter comprising them. The films are made using a magnetron sputter gun and a ion beam. Low pressure and high velocity atoms and ions are an important part of the present invention.
Abstract:
A guiding member, having a body provided with a bore for mounting a mobile element is presented. The body consists of a metallic material. The bore has a surface layer treated against jamming over a diffusion depth of less than or equal to 0.6 mm. The surface layer has a hardness of greater than or equal to 500 Hv1 over a depth of between 5 and 50 μm.
Abstract:
A surface-coated cutting tool of the present invention includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material, the coating includes one or two or more layers, a layer among these layers that abuts on the base material is a TiN layer, the TiN layer contains at least one element together with TiN, the element has a concentration distribution in a thickness direction of the TiN layer, and the concentration distribution includes a region where the concentration of the element decreases in a direction from the base material toward a surface of the coating.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a cutting tool insert preferably for machining of hardened steel, hot and cold working tool steel, die steel, case hardened steel, high speed steel and ductile grey cast iron and composed of a composite comprising from about 30 to less than about 60 vol-% of a cBN-phase and a binder phase comprising a titaniumcarbonitride phase and a TiB2 phase. According to the invention, in the XRD pattern from the composite using CuKα-radiation the peak height ratio of the strongest TiB2 peak and the strongest cBN peak is less than about 0.02.
Abstract:
The coating system comprises: at least one layer of type A, a layer of type A substantially consisting of (AlyCr1-y)X, wherein X depicts one of the group consisting of N, CN, BN, NO, CNO, CBN, BNO and CNBO, y describing the stoichiometric composition of the metallic phase fraction; and at least one layer of type B, a layer of type B substantially consisting of (AluCr1-u-v-wSivMew)X, wherein X depicts one of the group consisting of N, CN, BN, NO, CNO, CBN, BNO or CNBO, and wherein Me depicts one of the group consisting of W, Nb, Mo and Ta or a mixture of two or more of the constituents of that group, u, v and w describing the stoichiometric composition of the metallic phase fraction. A thickness ratio of said layer of type A to said layer of type B is higher than 1. The workpiece comprises such a coating system. Through this, an excellent wear-protection is provided, and the coating system and workpieces can be used for a broad range of different applications. The coating system can be deposited very efficiently in a PVD process using two types of targets, wherein targets of one type are active during depositing a layer of type A and during depositing a layer of type B.
Abstract:
A method of plasma modification of a film includes applying about −400 V to about −600 V to a gas in a chamber to generate a gas-discharge plasma; and subjecting the film to the gas-discharge plasma to form a plasma-modified film, where the gas comprises H2, H2S, NH3, deuterium, methane, or a mixture of any two or more. Films may be prepared. Devices coated with the films may be prepared.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention provide a medium which provides high media S/N and good corrosion resistance. According to one embodiment, in a perpendicular magnetic recording medium at least comprising a soft-magnetic underlayer, a seed layer, an intermediate layer, a magnetic recording layer and an overcoat layer which are stacked over a substrate in order, the magnetic recording layer has a granular structure which consists of many columnar grains of CoCrPt alloy and a grain boundary layer containing an oxide, the seed layer is made of TaNi alloy or TaTi alloy and the intermediate layer is made of Ru or Ru alloy which contains about 80 at. % Ru or more.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a cutting tool insert preferably for machining of hardened steel, hot and cold working tool steel, die steel, case hardened steel, high speed steel and ductile grey cast iron and composed of a composite comprising from about 30 to less than about 60 vol-% of a cBN-phase and a binder phase comprising a titaniumcarbonitride phase and a TiB2 phase. According to the invention, in the XRD pattern from the composite using CuKα-radiation the peak height ratio of the strongest TiB2 peak and the strongest cBN peak is less than about 0.02.
Abstract:
The disclosure is for a film coating which yields increased life for optical media molds and the method and apparatus for making such a film. The film is a carbon nitride layer of 0.5 to 5.0 microns thickness with 2% to 45% nitrogen coated on an underlayer. One method of making the carbon nitride film is by the use of a pulsed carbon arc to generate a carbon plasma while injecting nitrogen into the vacuum chamber in which the arc is created. Another method is to generate a radio frequency plasma in a vacuum chamber into which acetylene and nitrogen gas are injected. The carbon nitride is formed by the combination of nitrogen with the carbon from the acetylene.