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.