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Coating Types and Functions

CVD coatings are thick and highly wear resistant, making them useful for machining steel and cast iron. However, thick coatings can compromise edge toughness. PVD coatings are thinner but tougher, and smoother than CVD coatings. As a result, PVD coatings are useful for machining materials like superalloys and titanium alloys that can notch cutting edges. CVD coatings like TiN and TiC are recommended for turning, milling, and drilling steels and cast irons due to their excellent build-up edge resistance and wear resistance. PVD coatings like TiN, TiCN, and TiAIN are useful for machining high-temperature alloys and stainless steels as

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Coating Types and Functions

CVD coatings are thick and highly wear resistant, making them useful for machining steel and cast iron. However, thick coatings can compromise edge toughness. PVD coatings are thinner but tougher, and smoother than CVD coatings. As a result, PVD coatings are useful for machining materials like superalloys and titanium alloys that can notch cutting edges. CVD coatings like TiN and TiC are recommended for turning, milling, and drilling steels and cast irons due to their excellent build-up edge resistance and wear resistance. PVD coatings like TiN, TiCN, and TiAIN are useful for machining high-temperature alloys and stainless steels as

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Chemical Vapor

Deposition (CVD) and Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) are the two main coating processes for carbide inserts, each one
providing interesting features and benefits. CVD coatings are thick (typically 9 – 20 microns) and highly wear resistant,
making them especially useful for steel and cast iron machining as well as widely used in turning operations.
Unfortunately, however, such thick coatings can compromise edge toughness. PVD coatings are thin (typically 2 – 3
microns) yet tougher and typically smoother than CVD coatings. Consequently, they are useful for machining materials,
such as superalloys, titanium alloys and difficult-to-machine stainless steels, that typically notch or chip cutting edges.
Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) Coatings
CVD-coated inserts work well in turning, milling and drilling applications involving ferrous materials. In fact, CVD-coated
inserts are recommended over PVD-coated inserts for turning, milling or drilling steels and cast irons.
Characteristics of CVD Coating Types:  
TiN Coatings:
•  Excellent build-up edge resistance
•  Excellent on gummy materials
•  Excellent for threading and cutoff operations
•  Makes it easy to identify what insert corners have
   been used
•  Effective at lower speeds
TiC Coatings:
•  Excellent wear resistance
•  Effective at medium speeds
•  Excellent on abrasive materials
 Al203 Coatings:
•  Excellent crater resistance
•  Effective at high speeds and high heat conditions
Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Coatings
PVD-coated inserts are especially useful for turning, milling and drilling applications involving high-temperature alloys,
titanium alloys and stainless steel. PVD-coated inserts are recommended when turning high-temperature alloys; however,
if the alloy is on the softer side and can be machined at higher speeds, a CVD coating is preferred.
Characteristics of PVD Coating Types:   
TiN Coatings:
•  Excellent built-up edge resistance
•  Broad application range
•  Effective on high-temperature alloys
•  Effective on stainless steels
TiCN Coatings:
•  Harder than TiN coatings
•  Effective on end mills
• Sometimes used in milling applications
where the work material is abrasive
TiAIN Coatings:
•  Harder and more stable than other PVD coating types
•  Becomes harder and more stable with time
• Effective on high-temperature alloys and stainless
steels
•  Effective on abrasive irons at lower speeds
Maximum depth of cut in rough turning, based on turning insert shapes

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