Abstract
Nanolaminate coatings consisting of hundreds of alternating CrN and AlN nanolayers can be used as protective coatings on various manufacturing technology tools. In this work, a coating is investigated, which is deposited using a hybrid direct current and high power pulse magnetron sputtering technology. The coating exhibits a nanolaminate architecture and its nanolayers consist of cubic CrAlN and AlCrN ternary solid solution phases. In order to study the thermal stability especially in the near-surface area of the coating, it is heat treated by using a continuous-wave laser at two different laser power densities. Laser induced heat-affected zone as well as punctual Al-rich precipitates, which are formed at the interface between the Al–rich AlCrN nanolayers and the column boundaries, are investigated using transmission electron microscopy. Moreover, it is demonstrated that the indentation hardness and indentation modulus of the coating are affected only to a small extent by the continuous-wave laser heat treatment.
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