Application of NANO coatings on the vital cutting edges and forming parts of progressive and transfer tools and milling tools for automotive production, to increase productivity, persistence and life time.

01.08.2010 - 30.06.2013
Research funding project
The aim of the proposed project is the protection of selected cutting and forming tools with nanolayer, nanocomposite and selflubricant coatings. These coatings will be prepared by con-ventional as well as high power pulsed magnetron sputtering (HPPMS). HPPMS coating de-position is relatively new and has not been yet established in industrial practice. HPPMS al-lows the preparation of a new generation of PVD hard coatings with better properties in com-parison to the conventional coatings. We will apply conventional and HPPMS deposition processes for the preparation of the following PVD coatings: * nanolayer TiAlN/TiN * blue nanolayer AlTiN/TiN hard coatings * nanocomposite TiSiAlN/TiN * double coatings composed of TiAlN base layerand selflubricant layer a-CN. These coatings will be deposited on milling cutters as well as on deep drawing-cutting tools. The goals are: * to increase the lifetime of tools, * to reduce the use of lubricants and cooling liquids * to reduce the maintenance cost * to improve the surface quality of the product made by deep drawing. The performance test of milling cutters in industrial conditions will be done on machining of forming die made from cold work tool steel D2 hardened to 58 HRC. Coated test-tools will be used to evaluate their performance in the steel-strip-drawing and cutting test. In order to improve the performance of the tool special attention will be given to the tool surface and cut-ting edge pretreatment.

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  • European Commission (EU) FP7 IV.2 CAPACITIES Research for the benefits of SMEs 7.Rahmenprogramm für Forschung European Commission - Framework Programme European Commission Call identifier 826438 Application number 826438

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  • Sustainable Production and Technologies: 100%

Keywords

GermanEnglish
Schneidkantencutting edge
Nanobeschichtungennano coatings

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