Diamond-like carbon coatings on microdrill using an ECR-CVD system

H. Y. Ueng*, C. T. Guo

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The Ti/TiN/TiCN/DLC multilayer coating on the microdrill was processed in a hybrid PVD-ECRCVD coating system (HBS900). Functionally gradient Ti/TiN/TiCN supporting multilayer was pre-deposited initially on the microdrill in order to improve the adhesion strength of the DLC films. The following dry lubricant coating on it is composed of amorphous, diamond-like carbon (DLC) deposited by ECRCVD plasma in the same recipient. For drilling applications, the combination of hard/soft coating layers, TiN/TiCN/DLC, allows it to improve chip flow with a lowered coefficient of friction and reduced cutting force. In view of further cost reduction, technically the Ti/TiN/TiCN/DLC multilayer coating on microdrill could serve this purpose best. Functionally, in adapting a microdrill coated with DLC film, the quality of hole after inspection was found sufficiently superior than that of uncoated ones, and the drilling lifetime obtained a significant improvement reaching about 2.5 times.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)246-256
Number of pages11
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume249
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 08 2005
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • DLC
  • ECR
  • Microdrill
  • Raman

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