A surface-coated cutting tool including at least a TiAlCN layer, in which the layer is expressed by a composition formula: (Ti.sub.1-XAl.sub.X)(C.sub.YN.sub.1-Y), an average content ratio X of Al and an average content ratio Y of C (here, X and Y are atomic ratios) satisfy 0.60X0.95 and 0Y0.005, respectively, an average content ratio Z of Cl in the total amount of atoms configuring the TiAlCN phase (here, Z is an atomic ratio) satisfies 0.0001Z0.004, plane spacings d(111) and d(200) are respectively calculated from X-ray diffraction spectra of (111) plane and (200) plane of crystal grains having a NaCl type face-centered cubic structure in the TiAlCN layer measured by using an X-ray diffraction device, and an absolute value A=|A(111)A(200)| defined as A(111)=3.sup.1/2d(111) and A(200)=2d(200) satisfies 0.007 A0.05.

Disclosed herein is a device which detects repetitive movement of a user's body part. The device has a sensor which detects G forces along at least two axes when the user repeatedly moves the body part; a memory, which stores reference data corresponding to ideal reference data; a processor/computing unit, which communicates with the sensor and the memory, and receives data associated with the G forces. The processing/computing unit compares the ideal reference data with the data associated with the detected G forces. A feedback component is connected to the processor/computing unit to provide the user with a signal when a target has been achieved. Also disclosed is a method of computing data received by the device and an exerciser device that simulates the movement of a hula hoop.

A coated cutting tool includes a body and a hard and wear resistant PVD coating on the body, wherein the body is made from a cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics, polycrystalline diamond or polycrystalline cubic boron nitride based materials. The coating includes a first (Ti,Al)-based nitride sub-coating and a second (Ti,Al)-based nitride sub-coating. The first (Ti,Al)-based nitride sub-coating can be a single layer, and the second (Ti,Al)-based nitride sub-coating can be a laminated structure, wherein the first (Ti,Al)-based nitride sub-coating includes a (Ti.sub.1-xAl.sub.x)N.sub.z-layer where 0.1<x<0.4, 0.6<z<1.2, and wherein the second (Ti,Al)-based nitride sub-coating includes a (Ti.sub.1-x1-y1Al.sub.x1Cr.sub.y1)N.sub.z1 layer where 0.5<x1<0.75, 0.05<y1<0.2, 0.6<z1<1.2.

A cutting tool including a substrate and a coating film disposed on the substrate, wherein the cutting tool includes: a rake face, a flank face contiguous to the rake face; and a cutting edge region composed of a boundary part between the rake face and the flank face, wherein the coating film includes a TiSiCN layer, the TiSiCN layer has: a first TiSiCN layer positioned in the rake face; and a second TiSiCN layer positioned in the cutting edge region, the first TiSiCN layer has a composition of Ti.sub.(1-Xr)Si.sub.XrCN, the second TiSiCN layer has a composition of Ti.sub.(1-Xe)Si.sub.XeCN, and the Xr and the Xe each represent 0.010 or more and 0.100 or less, and satisfy a relationship of Xr?Xe?0.003.

A cutting tool includes a base material, and a coating film covering the base material in contact with the base material. The base material is a cubic boron nitride sintered material. The coating film is a ceramic. An amount of oxygen in the coating film is less than or equal to 0.040 mass percent.

A coated cutting tool according to the present invention is a coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein: the coating layer comprises a lower layer, an intermediate layer formed on a surface of the lower layer, and an upper layer formed on a surface of the intermediate layer; the lower layer is a predetermined Ti compound layer with a predetermined average thickness; the intermediate layer is an -type aluminum oxide layer with a predetermined average thickness; the upper layer is a Ti carbonitride layer with a predetermined average thickness; and a texture coefficient of a predetermined plane of each of the -type aluminum oxide layer and the Ti carbonitride layer falls within a predetermined range.

A cemented carbide comprising a predetermined hard phase, a predetermined binder phase and a predetermined composite compound phase, wherein: a content ratio of each of the hard phase, the binder phase and the composite compound phase based on total contents of the hard phase, the binder phase and the composite compound phase in the cemented carbide falls within a predetermined range; and the composite compound phase comprises an aggregate containing a small-diameter aggregate which satisfies a predetermined condition and a large-diameter aggregate which satisfies a predetermined condition.

A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein: the coating layer comprises a lower layer including at least one Ti compound layer containing a specific Ti compound, an intermediate layer including an -type Al.sub.2O.sub.3 layer containing -type Al.sub.2O.sub.3, and an upper layer including a TiCN layer containing TiCN; the respective layers are laminated in this order from the substrate side toward a surface side of the coating layer; an average thickness of the coating layer is from 5.0 m or more to 30.0 m or less; and an angle formed by a normal to a cross-sectional surface which is located within a predetermined range below a surface of the intermediate layer and is parallel to the surface of the substrate and a normal to a (001) plane of a particle of an -type Al.sub.2O.sub.3 layer, and an angle formed by a normal to a cross-sectional surface which is located within a predetermined range below a surface of the upper layer and is parallel to the surface of the substrate and a normal to a (111) plane of a particle of a TiCN layer, respectively satisfy predetermined conditions.

A cutting tool is a cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating film disposed on the substrate, in which the coating film includes a first layer, the first layer is composed of an alternate layer where a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately stacked, the first unit layer is composed of Ti.sub.1-a-bAl.sub.aCe.sub.bN, a is between greater than or equal to 0.350 and equal to or less than 0.650, b is between greater than or equal to 0.001 and equal to or less than 0.100, the second unit layer is composed of Ti.sub.cSi.sub.1-cN, and c is between greater than or equal to 0.20 and equal to or less than 0.99.

A cutting tool comprises a substrate and a coating that coats the substrate, the coating including an ?-alumina layer provided on the substrate, the ?-alumina layer including crystal grains of ?-alumina, the ?-alumina layer including a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion being occupied in area at a ratio of 50% or more by crystal grains of ?-alumina having a (006) plane with a normal thereto having a direction within ?15? with respect to a direction of the normal to the second interface, the lower portion being occupied in area at a ratio of 50% or more by crystal grains of ?-alumina having a (110) plane with a normal thereto having a direction within ?15? with respect to the direction of the normal to the second interface, the ?-alumina layer having a thickness of 3 ?m or more and 20 ?m or less.