The invention provides a gradient nano
composite ceramic cutting tool material and a preparation method thereof, pertaining to the technical field of
ceramic cutting tool materials. The
cutting tool material has a symmetrical gradient
layered structure, with the layer number of 3 or 5; according to
volume percentage, the components of all the
layers are 69 percent to 39 percent of AI2O3, 30 percent to 60 percent of micro TiCN, and 1 percent of micro MgO, micro Y2O3 and micro NiO; the
layers which are symmetrical relative to the
central layer have the same content of the components, and the thickness is symmetrically distributed, wherein, the AI2O3 of two surface
layers is the mixture of nano AI2O3 and micro AI2O3, the
volume content of the nano AI2O3 takes up 10 percent to 30 percent of the total AI2O3
volume content of the layer, and the AI2O3 of all the other layers is micro AI2O3; the TiCN content of each layer steadily increases layer by layer by 10 percent from the
central layer to the outer layers, and the AI2O3 content steadily decreases layer by layer by 10 percent from the
central layer to the outer layers.
Powder layered
filling in a laying way and hot pressed
sintering technologies are adopted to prepare the material. The
cutting tool material is characterized by uniform grain size distribution, high
hardness, high bending strength, and good
fracture toughness property and
thermal shock resistance.