Bhattacharya R., Large area filtered arc deposition of carbon and boron based hard coatings

FINAL REPORT, Prepared for THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Contract No. DE-FG02-99ER82911, UES, Inc. 4401 Dayton-Xenia Road Dayton, OH 45432-1894, pgs. 78.
Summary: significant increases in tool lives were realized in end milling of H-13 die steel (8X) and titanium alloy (80%) using the LAFAD deposited ultra hard monolayer TiBN coating. Other coating candidates also provided higher tool lives. However, the increases were not as
significant.