Abstract: A method for pre-treating a substrate for surface coating includes subjecting the substrate to metal ions and noble gas ions selected from the group of argon-ions, krypton-ions, neon-ions, xenon-ions and helium-ions in a vacuum chamber and applying a negative electrical potential on the substrate. The substrate is pre-treated in at least two steps that are performed subsequently in the vacuum chamber. The first step includes providing a plasma of predominantly noble gas ions selected from the group of argon-ions, krypton-ions, neon-ions, xenon-ions and helium-ions in the vacuum chamber, and applying a first negative electrical potential on the substrate. The second step includes providing a plasma of predominantly metal ions in the vacuum chamber, and applying a second negative electrical potential on the substrate, wherein the first electrical potential is lower than the second electrical potential, and wherein the magnitude of the first negative potential is 100-1500 V.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coated cutting tool with a coating comprising a multilayer structure consisting of alternating layers A and B forming the sequence A/B/A/B/A . . . or alternating layers A and B and an intermediate layer C between the alternating layers A and B forming the sequence A/C/B/C/A/C/B . . . . Layer A consists of ZrAlN and layer B consists of TiN. Layer C comprises one or more metal elements from each of layers A and B and is of different composition and structure than layers A and B. A method for forming the coated cutting tool is also provided. The method comprises heat treatment of the coated cutting tool prior to use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting tool for metal machining with improved wear properties, comprising a cutting tool substrate of cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics or a super hard material, and a wear resistant coating, wherein the wear resistant coating comprises a PVD Ti—Si—C—N layer with a compositional gradient, and a method of making thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting tool for metal machining with improved wear properties, comprising a cutting tool substrate of cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics or a super hard material, and a wear resistant coating, wherein the wear resistant coating comprises a PVD Ti—Si—C—N layer, and a method of making thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coated cutting tool for metal machining with a from about 2.0 to about 20 ?m thick PVD coating, having both the wear resistance of a coating of homogeneous layers and the toughness of a multilayer coating, comprising a first (Mec1,Mec2)(C,N,O) layer where Mec1 is one or more of the elements in the transition metal group IV-VI, Al and Si and Mec2 is one of the elements in the transition metal group IV-VI from about 1.0 to about 4.5 ?m thick, a second (Med1,Med2)(C,N) layer where Med1 is one or more of the elements in the transition metal group IV-VI, Al and Si and Med2 is one of the elements in the transition metal group IV-VI and Y, from about 0.5 to about 4.5 ?m thick, and in between the first and the second layer, an (Mee1, Mee2)(C,N,O) layer where Mee1 is one or more of the elements in the transition metal group IV-VI, Al and Si and Mee2 is one of the elements in the transition metal group IV-VI and Y, from about 0.1 to about 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting tool for metal machining with improved wear properties, comprising a cutting tool substrate of cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics or a super hard material, and a wear resistant coating, wherein the wear resistant coating comprises a PVD Ti—Si—C—N layer with a compositional gradient, and a method of making thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting insert comprising a body of sintered cemented carbide, cermet or ceramic or high speed steel or the superhard materials such as cubic boron nitride or diamond said body being provided with a hard and wear resistant coating including a thin outermost coloring non-oxide layer whereby said color is created by thin film interference.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coated cutting tool insert of cemented carbide with coating including at least one layer of Ti1-x AlxN deposited by PVD-technique. The layer has x=0.4-0.6 with a compressive residual stress of >4-6 GPa and a thickness of 1.5-5, preferably 2.5-4 ?m. Both the I(111) and I(200) are <7.5, preferably <5, times, the intensity average noise level. Good adhesion despite high compressive stress is obtained if the layer is deposited by cathodic arc evaporation technique at a bias in the range ?90<U<?50V, preferably ?80V<U<?60V.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting tool for metal machining with improved wear properties, comprising a cutting tool substrate of cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics or a super hard material, and a wear resistant coating, wherein the wear resistant coating comprises a PVD Ti—Si—C—N layer, and a method of making thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting tool, e.g. carbide insert, solid carbide drill or mill or carbide tip, particularly for milling of steels, stainless steel, HRSA, titanium or any alloyed material from any of these groups, comprising a cemented carbide substrate and an aperiodic multilayer coating with: a substrate of cemented carbide having a composition of from about 8 to about 11 wt-% Co, from about 0.1 to about 0.5 wt-% Cr and balance essentially tungsten carbide and a coating which is essentially an aperiodic multilayer consisting of layers A+B+A+B+A . . . where the sublayers A and B consist of AlxTi1-xN and TiyAl1-yN respectively. The typical average thickness of each A+B sequence is in the range from about 30 to about 300 nm and the total thickness of the coating in the range from about 0.5 to about 20 ?m. The total chemical composition averaged over the whole coating consists of TizAl1-zN where z lies in the range from about 0.40 to about 0.70.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting tool insert for parting, grooving and threading in steel and stainless steels comprising a substrate and a coating. The substrate comprises WC, from about 7.5 to about 10.5 wt-% Co, from about 0.7 to about 1.1 wt-% Cr and from about 100 to about 300 ppm Ti. Ti may partly be replaced by Ta to a weight ratio Ti/Ta of equal to or more than about 0.8. The coating comprises two (Ti,Al)N-layers with different Al/Ti-ratios: an inner AlyTi1-yN-layer with y equals from about 0.4 to about 0.67 with a thickness of from about 0.3 to about 2.5 ?m and an outer AlwT1-wN layer with w equals from about 0.15 to about 0.35 with a thickness of from about 0.5 to about 5.0 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coated cutting tool insert of cemented carbide with coating including at least one layer of Ti1-xAlxN deposited by PVD-tech-nique. The layer has x=0.4-0.6 with a compressive residual stress of >4-6 GPa and a thickness of 1.5-5, preferably 2.5-4 ?m. Both the I(111) and I(200) are <7.5, preferably <5, times, the intensity average noise level. Good adhesion despite high compressive stress is obtained if the layer is deposited by cathodic arc evaporation technique at a bias in the range ?90<U<?50V, preferably ?80V<U<?60V.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cemented carbide endmilling tool particularly useful for semifinishing and finishing machining of hardened steels of HRC above 46, comprising a substrate and a wear resistant coating. The substrate, a, comprises from about 90 to about 94 wt % WC in a binder phase of Co also containing Cr in such an amount that the Cr/Co weight ratio is from about 0.05 to about 0.18. The wear resistant coating, b, is from about 1.8 to about 9.5 ?m thick, and comprises a first layer, c, of a hard and wear resistant refractory PVD AlMe nitride or carbonitride where Me is Zr, V, Nb, Cr or Ti having a thickness of from about 1.0 to about 4.5 ?m and an atomic fraction of Al to Me of from about 1.20 to about 1.50, a second layer, d, of hard and wear resistant refractory PVD AlMe nitride or carbonitride where Me is Zr, V, Nb, Cr or Ti, having a thickness of from about 0.5 to about 4.5 ?m, and an atomic fraction of Al to Me of 1.30-1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coated cutting tool for metal machining with a from about 2.0 to about 20 ?m thick PVD coating, having both the wear resistance of a coating of homogeneous layers and the toughness of a multilayer coating, comprising a first (Mec1,Mec2)(C,N,O) layer where Mec1 is one or more of the elements in the transition metal group IV-VI, Al and Si and Mec2 is one of the elements in the transition metal group IV-VI from about 1.0 to about 4.5 ?m thick, a second (Med1,Med2)(C,N) layer where Med1 is one or more of the elements in the transition metal group IV-VI, Al and Si and Mee2 is one of the elements in the transition metal group IV-VI and Y, from about 0.5 to about 4.5 ?m thick, and in between the first and the second layer, an (Mee1, Mee2)(C,N,O) layer where Mee1 is one or more of the elements in the transition metal group IV-VI, Al and Si and Mee2 is one of the elements in the transition metal group IV-VI and Y, from about 0.1 to about 1.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coated stainless steel strip product with an evenly distributed layer on one side or both sides of said strip. Said layer has a decorative appearance, the thickness of said layer is maximally 10 ?m, the tolerance of said layer is maximally +/?30% of the layer thickness, the parameter value of L*, a*, b* is respectively 0<L*<95, ?66<a*<64, ?90<b*<70, the tolerance of said decorative appearance as expressed in terms of ?E is maximally 15 and the layer has such a good adhesion so that the coated steel strip when tested in soft-annealed condition can be bent more than 90° over a radius maximally equal to 5*t, where t is the thickness of said strip, without showing any tendency to flaking or the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting insert for parting and grooving in heat resistant super alloys and stainless steels comprising a substrate and a coating. The substrate comprises of from about 5 to about 7 wt-% Co and from about 0.15 to about 0.60 wt-% TaC and from about 0.10 to about 0.50 wt-% NbC and balance WC. The coating comprises a homogeneous AlxTi1-xN-layer with x=from about 0.6 to about 0.7 and a thickness of from about 1 to about 3.8 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting insert particularly useful for turning in heat resistant super alloys and stainless steels comprising a substrate and a coating. The substrate comprises WC from about 5 to about 7 wt-% Co and from about 0.15 to about 0.60 wt-% TaC and from about 0.10 to about 0.50 wt-% NbC and balance WC, has a coercivity of from about 19.5 to about 24.5 kA/m and a CW-ratio between from about 0.85 to about 1.00. The coating comprises a homogeneous AlxTi1-xN-layer with x=from about 0.6 to about 0.7 and a thickness of greater than about 1 ?m but less than about 3.8 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting tool, e.g. carbide insert, solid carbide drill or mill or carbide tip, particularly for milling of steels, stainless steel, HRSA, titanium or any alloyed material from any of these groups, comprising a cemented carbide substrate and an aperiodic multilayer coating with: a substrate of cemented carbide having a composition of from about 8 to about 11 wt-% Co, from about 0.1 to about 0.5 wt-% Cr and balance essentially tungsten carbide and a coating which is essentially an aperiodic multilayer consisting of layers A+B+A+B+A . . . where the sublayers A and B consist of AlxTi1?xN and TiyAl1?yN respectively. The typical average thickness of each A+B sequence is in the range from about 30 to about 300 nm and the total thickness of the coating in the range from about 0.5 to about 20 ?m. The total chemical composition averaged over the whole coating consists of TizAl1?zN where z lies in the range from about 0.40 to about 0.70.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coated cutting insert with excellent toughness properties particularly useful for toughness demanding short hole drilling in low alloy and stainless steels and a method of making the same. The inserts comprise a substrate and a coating. The substrate comprises WC, from about 8 to about 11 wt-% Co and from about 0.2 to about 0.5 wt-% Cr with an average WC-grain size of from about 0.5 to about 1.5 ?m and a CW-ratio of from about 0.80 to about 0.90. The coating comprises a laminar, multilayered structure of TiN+Ti1-xAlxN+TiN+Ti1-xAlxN+TiN . . . in polycrystalline, non-repetitive form, with x being from about 0.4 to about 0.6 with a thickness of the individual TiN—or Ti1-xAlxN-layers of from about 1 to about 30 nm varying essentially at random and with a total thickness of the multilayered coating of from about 1 to about 5 ?m. The layers are deposited using arc evaporation technique.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tool holder with a thin outermost coloring non-oxide layer whereby said color is created by thin film interference.