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Influence of nanolayer thickness on the performance properties of multilayer composite nano-structured modified coatings for metal-cutting tools

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The paper considers multilayer composite nano-structured modified Ti-TiCN-(Ti,Al)CN coatings for metal-cutting tools. The coatings under the study have identical elemental composition (Al 30 at.%, Ti 70 at.%) and thickness (5 μm), but differ in the thicknesses of the nanolayers. The mechanical characteristics of the coatings were studied, and the tool life tests were carried out for carbide tools with the above coatings for dry turning of steel C45 at v c = 300, 350, and 400 m/min. Microstructural studies (using SEM) of the nature of wear and failure of metal-cutting tools with the coatings under study were conducted. It was found that, with the same strength of adhesion bond to the substrate, a coating with thicker sub-nanolayers has a greater tendency toward interlayer and inter-sublayer delamination. A tool with a coating characterized by a lower thickness of sub-nanolayers showed the longest tool life at all cutting speeds.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are very grateful to the late Professor Anatoly Stepanovich Vereschaka of Moscow State Technological University STANKIN for his valuable contributions to this work. He is remembered with affection by the authors and by all those who enjoyed and were touched by his company during his lifetime.

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This study was supported by the Mimistry of Education and Science of Russian Federation (leading researchers, 16.9575.2017/6.7.

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  1. Moscow State Technological University STANKIN, Vadkovsky per. 1, Moscow, 127994, Russia

    Alexey A. Vereschaka, Jury I. Bublikov, Gaik V. Oganyan & Catherine S. Sotova

  2. Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Keldysh Research Center”, Onezhskaya St. 8, Moscow, 125438, Russia

    Nikolay N. Sitnikov

  3. National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Kashirskoeshosse 31, Moscow, 115409, Russia

    Nikolay N. Sitnikov

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Vereschaka, A.A., Bublikov, J.I., Sitnikov, N.N. et al. Influence of nanolayer thickness on the performance properties of multilayer composite nano-structured modified coatings for metal-cutting tools. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 95, 2625–2640 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-017-1325-7

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