Preparation of TiAlTaN/TaO/WS Composite Coatings by Magnetron Sputtering and their Cutting Properties on Titanium Alloy

doi:10.11901/1005.3093.2022.266

Chinese Journal of Materials Research

2023, Vol. 37

Issue (4): 301-307 DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2022.266

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Preparation of TiAlTaN/TaO/WS Composite Coatings by Magnetron Sputtering and their Cutting Properties on Titanium Alloy

DU Feifei¹, LI Chao²^,³, LI Xianliang²^,⁴, ZHOU Yaoyao², YAN Gengxu¹, LI Guojian²(

), WANG Qiang²

^1.Shenyang Heshitai General Titanium Industry Co. Ltd., Shenyang 110206, China
^2.Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
^3.School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
^4.State Key Laboratory of Rolling and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China

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DU Feifei, LI Chao, LI Xianliang, ZHOU Yaoyao, YAN Gengxu, LI Guojian, WANG Qiang. Preparation of TiAlTaN/TaO/WS Composite Coatings by Magnetron Sputtering and their Cutting Properties on Titanium Alloy. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2023, 37(4): 301-307.

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Abstract

In order to solve the problem of coating failure caused by cutting heat due to hard coatings with a high coefficient of friction (COF) when cutting titanium alloy, TiAl-TaN/TaO/WS composite coatings were prepared on cutters by magnetron sputtering. The coatings were composed of Ti buffer layer, TiAl-TaN layer with high wear resistance, TaO with low adhesive property and WS with low COF. The surface morphology of coatings changes from polyhedral granula (of TiAlTaN coating) to spherical granula (of composite coating), but the phase composition and columnar crystal structure of coatings are not affected. The composites can not only reduce the hardness and elastic modulus of the coatings, but also decrease the COF of the coatings from 0.648 of the TiAlN coatings to 0.102 of the composite coatings. Due to the low COF, the composite coatings show beneficial lubrication effect, the life of the cutters with composite coatings is 84% higher than that without coating and 33% higher than that with ordinary commercial coating respectively for cutting titanium alloy. Therefore, it provides a new tool coating that can be used for cutting titanium alloy.

Key words: metallic materials tool coating functional composite titanium alloy cutting

Received: 09 May 2022

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TG174.444

Fund: State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense of China(JCKY2020110C004)

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Table 1 Deposition parameters of the TiAlTaN low-affinity and self-lubricating functional composite coatings

Fig.1 SEM morphologies of the TiAlTaN composite coatings (a) TiAlTaN coatings; (b) TiAlTaN/TaO composite coatings; (c) TiAlTaN/TaO/WS composite coatings

Fig.2 EDS results of the TiAlTaN composite coatings (a) TiAlTaN coatings; (b) TiAlTaN/TaO composite coatings; (c) TiAlTaN/TaO/WS composite coatings

Fig.3 SEM morphology and EDS mapping of the TiAlTaN/TaO/WS composite coatings (a) cross section morphology; (b) W element; (c) S element; (d) Ta element; (e) O element

Fig.4 XRD patterns (a) and enlarged patterns (b) of the TiAlTaN coatings, the TiAlTaN/TaO composite coatings, and the TiAlTaN/TaO/WS composite coatings

Fig.5 Overall scratch SEM morphology (a) and enlarged morphologies (b, c), scratch acoustic signal curves (d) and EDS results (e) of the TiAlTaN/TaO/WS composite coatings

Fig.6 Coefficient of friction, hardness and elasticity modulus of the TiAlTaN coatings, the TiAlTaN/TaO composite coatings, and the TiAlTaN/TaO/WS composite coatings

Fig.7 Nano indentation SEM morphologies of the TiAlTaN/TaO composite coatings and the TiAlTaN/TaO/WS composite coatings under different loading forces (a, d) 25 g; (b, e) 50 g; (c, f) 100 g

Fig.8 Cutting length and flank metallurgical morphologies of uncoated, commercialized and the TiAlTaN/TaO/WS composite coated tools when milling titanium alloy at a speed of 41 m/min

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