Abstract: A sliding element, in particular a piston ring, has a coating which has the following layers from the inside outwards: a polycrystalline, metal-containing adhesive layer, an intermediate layer, and at least one amorphous carbon layer, the intermediate layer having the following partial layers from the inside outward: an AxCy layer, with c standing for carbon, A standing for a metal, preferably of the metal-containing adhesive layer, and x as well as y each comprising values of 1-99, and a crystalline-containing or crystal-containing carbon layer.

Abstract: Provided is a coated cutting tool, which includes a hard coating film containing a layer (c) which is a layered coating film made by alternately layering a nitride or carbonitride layer (c1) that contains, with respect to the total amount of metal elements (including metalloid elements), at least 55 atom % aluminum (Al), chromium (Cr) having the second highest content percentage, and at least silicon (Si), and a nitride or carbonitride layer (c2) that contains, with respect to the total amount of metal elements (including metalloid elements), at least 55 atom % aluminum (Al) and titanium (Ti) having the second highest content, each layer having a thickness of 50 nm or less. A peak intensity Ih ascribable to an hcp (010) plane of AlN in the layer (c) and the total peak intensity Is ascribable to other predetermined crystal phases satisfy a relationship of Ih×100/Is?15.

Abstract: A cutting tool includes a substrate and a coating that coats a surface of the substrate, the coating including a multilayer structure layer composed of at least one layer A and at least one layer B alternately deposited from a side closer to the substrate toward a side closer to a surface, the layer A having an average composition of AlxCr(1-x)N, the layer B being composed of AlyTi(1-y)N, the layer A being composed of a domain region and a matrix region, the domain region having a composition ratio of Cr larger than that of Cr of the matrix region, wherein x has a range of 0.5?x?0.8 and y has a range of 0.5?y?0.7.

Abstract: A hard film for coating a surface of a base material, the hard film includes a layer A, a layer B, and a nanolayer-alternating layer. The layer A is an AlTiCr nitride of (AlaTibCrc?d)N, where ? is one or more elements selected from C, B, Si, V, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, and W. The layer B is an AlTiCr nitride or AlTiCr carbonitride of (AleTifCrg?h)CxN1-X, where ? is one or more elements selected from B, Si, V, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, and W. The nanolayer-alternating layer is formed by alternately laminating a nanolayer A or a nanolayer B having the same composition as the layer A or B. And, the layer C is an AlCr(SiC) nitride or AlCr(SiC) carbonitride of [AliCrj(SiC)k?l]CYN1-Y, where ? is one or more elements selected from B, Ti, V, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, and W.

Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a substrate and a coating formed on a surface of the substrate, the coating including one or two or more layers, at least one of the layers being an Al-rich layer including hard particles, the hard particle having a sodium chloride type crystal structure, and including a first unit phase in a form of a plurality of lumps and a second unit phase interposed between the lumps of the first unit phase, the first unit phase being composed of a nitride or carbonitride of AlxTi1-x, the first unit phase having an atomic ratio x of Al of 0.7 or more and 0.96 or less, the second unit phase being composed of a nitride or carbonitride of AlyTi1-y, the second unit phase having an atomic ratio y of Al exceeding 0.5 and less than 0.7.

Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein: the coating layer comprises at least one ?-type aluminum oxide layer; and, in the ?-type aluminum oxide layer, a texture coefficient TC (0,0,12) of a (0,0,12) plane is from 4.0 or more to 8.4 or less, and a texture coefficient TC (1,1,9) of a (1,1,9) plane is from 0.5 or more to 3.0 or less.

Abstract: A cutting tool includes a base material. The base material is a cemented carbide or a cermet. A surface of the base material includes a rake face, a flank face, and a cutting edge face connecting the rake face to the flank face. The base material has an oxygen concentration of less than or equal to 1 at. % at a depth position of 0.4 ?m from the cutting edge face.

Abstract: A cutting tool includes a substrate and a coating that covers the substrate, the coating includes an ?-Al2O3 layer, and the ?-Al2O3 layer has an orientation index TC(0 0 12) of a (0 0 12) plane not smaller than 4 and not larger than 8.5, an orientation index TC(2 0 14) of a (2 0 14) plane not smaller than 0.5 and not larger than 3, and a total of the orientation index TC(0 0 12) and the orientation index TC(2 0 14) not larger than 9.

Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool having a rake face and a flank face includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material. The base material is a cemented carbide or a cermet. The coating includes an aluminum oxide layer containing a plurality of aluminum oxide crystal grains. The aluminum oxide layer includes: a first region made up of a region A on the rake face and a region B on the flank face; a second region on the rake face except for the region A; and a third region on the flank face except for the region B. The aluminum oxide layer satisfies a relation: b?a>0.5, where a is an average value of TC(110) in the first region in texture coefficient TC(hkl), and b is an average value of TC(110) in the second or third region in texture coefficient TC(hkl).

Abstract: A multilayer hard film-coated cutting tool including a cutting tool body and a multilayer hard film formed on a surface of the cutting tool body, wherein the multilayer hard film comprises at least an upper layer and a lower layer; the upper layer is made of a Ti and Si compound layer; the lower layer is made of a multi-layered film of an A-layer and a B-layer, a layer thickness of the B-layer is equal to or thicker than a layer thickness of the A-layer, a ratio of the layer thicknesses of the A-layer and the B-layer being A-layer:B-layer=1:1 to 1:2, the multilayer hard films having 2 to 8 pairs of the A-layer and the B-layer in a case where a single pair is defined by a combination of a single A-layer and a single B-layer.

Abstract: A hard coating comprising a lower layer formed by an fcc-based titanium aluminum nitride coating, and an upper layer formed by an aluminum nitride coating having an hcp crystal system, the upper layer having a columnar crystal structure, the columnar crystals having an average transverse cross section diameter of 0.05-0.6 ?m, and a ratio of an X-ray diffraction peak value Ia(002) of (002) planes to an X-ray diffraction peak value Ia(100) of (100) planes in the upper layer meeting the relation of Ia(002)/Ia(100)?6.

Abstract: In the surface-coated cutting tool, a Ti compound layer containing at least nitrogen and carbon is formed on a surface of cutting tool substrate, a nitrogen concentration in the Ti compound layer, in a case of being measured in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the cutting tool substrate in a vicinity of a cutting edge, gradually increases as a distance from cutting tool substrate increases within a range of 0.20 ?m from the surface of the cutting tool substrate toward the Ti compound layer, an average concentration gradient of the nitrogen concentration is 20 at %/?m or more and 300 at %/?m or less, and an average nitrogen concentration in the Ti compound layer in the vicinity of the cutting edge is lower than an average nitrogen concentration in the Ti compound layer at a position of a flank face away from the cutting edge by 3 at % or more.

Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on the substrate, wherein: the coating layer includes a first composite nitride layer containing a compound having a composition represented by (AlxCr1-x)N, and a second composite nitride layer containing a compound having a composition represented by (AlyCr1-y)N; an average particle size of particles which constitute of the first composite nitride layer is less than 100 nm; the second composite nitride layer comprises a cubic crystal system, and a ratio I(111)/I(200) of a peak intensity I(111) for a (111) plane to a peak intensity I(200) for a (200) plane in the second composite nitride layer is 1.0 or more; an average particle size of particles which constitute of the second composite nitride layer is 100 nm or more; and a residual stress of the second composite nitride layer is from ?10.0 GPa or higher to ?2.0 GPa or lower.

Abstract: A diamond substrate according to an embodiment includes a diamond layer including at least one first element selected from the group consisting of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), and bismuth (Bi), the number of threefold coordinated atoms of the at least one first element in the diamond layer being larger than the number of fourfold coordinated atoms of the at least one first element in the diamond layer, a surface of the diamond layer having an off angle of 10 degrees or less with respect to a (111) face.

Abstract: A coated cutting tool according to the present invention is a coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein: the coating layer comprises a lower layer, an intermediate layer formed on a surface of the lower layer, and an upper layer formed on a surface of the intermediate layer; the lower layer is a predetermined Ti compound layer with a predetermined average thickness; the intermediate layer is an ?-type aluminum oxide layer with a predetermined average thickness; the upper layer is a Ti carbonitride layer with a predetermined average thickness; and a texture coefficient of a predetermined plane of each of the ?-type aluminum oxide layer and the Ti carbonitride layer falls within a predetermined range.

Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool comprises a hard coating layer that includes a TiAlN layer and is provided on a surface of a cutting tool body. In case the composition of the TiAlN layer is expressed by a formula: (TixAl1-x)N, 0.10?x?0.35 (here, x is in atomic ratio) is satisfied. In the TiAlN layer, a high Ti band-like region is present in a direction at 30 degrees or less with respect to a line normal to the surface of the cutting tool body. An average composition X of the Ti component in the high Ti band-like region satisfies (x+0.01)?X?(x+0.05), an average width W of the high Ti band-like region is 30 to 500 nm, and an average area ratio St of the high Ti band-like region is 3 to 50 area %.

Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein: the coating layer comprises a lower layer, an intermediate layer and an upper layer, the lower layer, the intermediate layer and the upper layer being laminated in order from the substrate side toward a surface side of the coating layer; the lower layer comprises a Ti compound layer; the intermediate layer contains ?-Al2O3; the upper layer contains TiCN; an average thickness of each of the lower layer, the intermediate layer, and the upper layer is within a specific range; a ratio of a length of ?3 grain boundaries to a total 100% length of all grain boundaries in a specific region of the upper layer is from 20% or more to 60% or less; and a ratio of (111)-oriented grains in the upper layer is 30 area % or more.

Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material. The base material is a cemented carbide or a cermet. A surface of the base material includes a rake face, a flank face, and a cutting edge face connecting the rake face to the flank face. The base material has an oxygen concentration of less than or equal to 1 at. % at a depth position of 0.4 ?m from the cutting edge face. The coating includes a hard layer. A topmost layer in the hard layer has a compressive stress of more than or equal to 1.5 GPa in absolute value.

Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool has a rake face and a flank face, and includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material. The base material has a cutting edge face connecting the rake face to the flank face. The coating includes an aluminum oxide layer containing a plurality of aluminum oxide crystal grains. The aluminum oxide layer includes: a first region made up of a region A on the rake face and a region B on the flank face; a second region on the rake face except for the region A; and a third region on the flank face except for the region B. The aluminum oxide layer satisfies a relation: b?a>0.5, where a is an average value of TC(006) in the first region in texture coefficient TC(hkl), and b is an average value of TC(006) in the second or third region in texture coefficient TC(hkl).

Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a substrate composed of cemented carbide and a coating film. The coating film includes an intermediate layer in contact with the substrate and an upper layer formed on the intermediate layer. The upper layer is made up of a single layer consisting of an upper base layer which is a layer in contact with the intermediate layer or multiple layers constituted of two or more layers. A mismatch in lattice interplanar spacing in an interface region between the substrate and the intermediate layer is not higher than 65% of a theoretical value of a mismatch in lattice interplanar spacing between the substrate and the upper base layer. A mismatch in lattice interplanar spacing in an interface region between the intermediate layer and the upper base layer is not higher than 65% of the theoretical value of the mismatch in lattice interplanar spacing between the substrate and the upper base layer.