WEAR RESISTANT COATINGS FOR TOOL DIES

摘要

A tool (100) die for forming a green ceramic body. The tool die has a wear resistant coating (120) that is deposited on a substrate (110) and has an outer or free surface having a morphology that provides a mean roughness in a range from about 0.03 µm up to about 0.8 µm Rq. In one embodiment, the wear resistant coating(220) has multiple alternating layers (222, 224, 226) of fine grained and coarse grained materials. Methods of making the tool die and wear resistant coating are also provided.