Papers by Keyword: Arc PVD Coating

Abstract: The deposition of thin hard coating onto tool steel is done to improve the surface properties such as wear, corrosion. The adhesion strength between substrate and coating is one of important parameters in practical applications since coating failure affects the lifetime of tool directly. Scratch test with acoustic emission(AE) technique was performed to evaluate the adhesion strength qualitative by observing the friction load vs. the normal load curves, the acoustic emission signal generated by the damage of coatings and the scratch track using an optical microscope. In this study, the effect of substrate hardness on the adhesion strength was investigated by evaluating critical load and work of adhesion and observing AE signal and failure mode in scratch track using optical microscope. Coatings were individually deposited on six substrates by means of physical or chemical vapor deposition(PVD, CVD) process and TD process. The critical load of the substrates with nitride layer is higher than without nitride. Although high load causes higher stresses which make flaking occur in the coating-substrate interface, the work of adhesion of harder substrates is also high. Because harder substrates have small contact area causing lower the plastic deformation around stylus.

Abstract: This paper was designed to assess the adhesive properties of hard coatings made by physical vapor depositions on various substrates (AISI D2, AISI H-13 and M2) with and without an intermediate nitrided layer. An estimation of adhesion was carried out using the scratch test, where adhesion is measured by the critical load (Lc). This value was determined as the normal force affecting the indenter and causing the coating detachment as well as the acoustic emission signal containing the information on the extent of coating damage. The scratch track after the scratch test was also examined with an optical microscope to observe the failure modes of each coating. Hard coatings TiN, CrN and TiAlN were chosen for this study. Results of the test showed that harder substrates and coatings give higher values of critical loads.