Oxide-resistant tungsten carbide high-temperature forming tools by innovative coatings and mechanical interface manipulation - proTool

Project summary

The project “proTool" is focussed the development of solutions for an increased wear resistance of high-temperature-applications forming tools by creation of a competent and efficient European network of universities, institutes, and industrial partners. The developments aim for innovative surfaces, coatings and interfaces. The process restrictions of forming technologies can be traced back to overloads of allowed forming tool strains. Therefore, the performance of the forming tools are determining the productive application of forming technologies. The technological limits, especially in warm and hot forming, are set by thermal tool strain and complex tribological conditions. Through the application of new carbide grades, innovative substrate pre- and post-treatment and the advanced development of coating technologies a performance increase of warm and hot forming tools is expected to be achieved.