Effects of tool coating materials and coating thickness on cutting temperature distribution with coated tools

Abstract Coated tools are currently widely used tool technology in machining. The influence of tool coating on heat transfer has become an active field of research enjoying constantly increasing attention in the field of machining. This paper is devoted to the cutting temperature in machining H13 hardened steel with monolayer coated tools (TiN, TiAlN, and Al ₂ O ₃ ) and multilayer coated tools (TiN/TiC/TiN and TiAlN/TiN). Equivalent composite thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity of multilayer coated tools were calculated using the equivalent approach. The established heat transfer analytical models estimated coating temperature in turning. The effect of tool coating in steady and transient heat transfer was studied, as well as the cutting temperature distribution. It reveals that the tool coating material and coating thickness can influence the cutting temperature distribution of coated tool. Thermal conductivity of coating material affects the steady cutting temperature distribution, and thermal diffusivity of coating material affects the transient cutting temperature distribution of coating tools.