TiCN has a fine grain dense structure that provides excellent toughness and high hardness. TiCN is harder and tougher than TiN, consequently it exhibits a high resistance to edge chipping.
This coating is a good choice for milling, forming and punching tools that encounter high mechanical stresses. TiCN is also recommended for applications cutting highly abrasive and/or gummy materials such as cast iron, brass and some cast aluminium alloys. LVEB TiCN is extremely smooth.
Applications and Benefits
- High performance applications
- Difficult to machine materials
- Abrasive materials – cast iron and aluminium alloys
- Adhesive materials – copper and copper based alloys
- Higher speeds and feeds possible for enhanced machine productivity compared to TiN
- Wear resistance and toughness superior to TiN
Improved performance with
- Higher speed conventional milling
- Gear cutting tools
- Heavy duty stamping
- Plastic moulds and extrusion tools for plastics containing >30% glass fillers (abrasion resistance)
- Deep drawing tools
Specifications
| Colour | Blue – Grey |
| Coating Thickness | 2 – 4 μm |
| Microhardness | 3000 HV |
| Thermal Stability | up to 400°C |
| Coeff. Friction vs Steel | 0.4 |
