Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Shum, P W
• Escursell, M
• Wong, T H
• Li, K Y
• Zhou, Z F
• Shen, Y G

Titel

TRIBOLOGICAL AND HIGH SPEED TURNING PERFORMANCE IN Ti1-xAlxN COATINGS PREPARED BY CLOSE-FIELD UNBALANCED MAGNETRON SPUTTERING

Ist Teil von

• Acta metallurgica sinica : English letters, 2005-06, Vol.18 (3), p.254-260

Ort / Verlag

Advanced Coatings Applied Research Laboratory (ACARL), Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon,Hong Kong, China

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Titanium-aluminium-nitride (Ti1-xAlxN) coatings were deposited by close field unbalanced magnetron sputtering on M42 steel substrates and WC-6wt%Co inserts at 450DGC. The tribological behavior was analyzed by sliding against steel and WC-6wt%Co balls, while the turning performance was evaluated by a conventional turning machine at high cutting speeds without using coolants. In the tribological tests, the formation of transfer layer and the variations of hardness of the coatings played an important role for sliding against steel balls. For the coatings sliding against WC-6wt%Co balls, the Ti-Al-N coatings showed a similar friction coefficient, but the TiN coating exhibited a lower value. The difference could be explained by the tri-oxidation wear mechanism. In the turning tests, a superior cutting performance of the coating was found at x= 0.45, which endured 38 minutes before the tool flank wear reached the maximum value of 0.3mm, whereas only 20 minutes were endured for the TiN coating. The excellent performance of the coatings in the turning tests could be explained by the enhanced mechanical properties and oxidation/diffusion resistance of the coatings.