Influence of the surface microstructure on the adhesion of a CVD-diamond coating on steel with a CrN interlayer

E-ISSN： 2261-236x|190|issue|14008-14008

ISSN： 2261-236x

Source： MATEC Web of conference, Vol.190, Iss.issue, 2018-09, pp. : 14008-14008

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Abstract

forming tool coating. Most of the forming tools are made of steel, so that especially the coatability of steel by a polycrystalline diamond coating would rise the range of fields of application. The polycrystalline CVD-diamond coatings are deposited by a laser induced plasma CVD process, without a vacuum chamber. Various surface microstructures were investigated regarding their influence on the residual stresses to prevent a flaking of the coating: on the one hand, deterministic structures generated by ultrasonic vibration assisted milling (UVAM) and on the other hand, stochastic structures manufactured by blasting and polishing processes. For the UVAM, a surface prediction tool was used to design the surface microstructure beforehand. All steel substrates (material no. 1.2379) were coated in one batch by high-power impulse magnetron sputtering with a chromium nitride coating with a thickness of 2.4 μm. The specimens were analysed by laser microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy. None of the microstructures investigated in this study was able to prevent delamination of the coating entirely. It could be shown that a roughness higher than Sa 0.1μm supports the interlocking between coating and surface as well as that sharp peaks inhibit a homogenous diamond coating deposition.