COATED TOOLING

摘要

A coated forming tool (10) including a tool component (12) and a wear resistant coating (14) on at least a portion of the tool component. The wear resistant coating (14) includes a bottom coating layer (16) and a top coating layer (18). The top coating layer (18) has a thickness from about 1 m to about 12 m and the coating (14) has a thickness ratio of the bottom coating layer thickness to the top coating layer thickness from about 0.5 to about 5.