Tool coatings - new developments for forming, cutting and abrasive machining

New tool coating developments for forming, cutting and abrasive machining are presented. This comprises new chromiumnitride-(CrN)-diamond-like-carbon-(DLC) systems for punching tools, chromium-vanadium-nitride (CrVN) coatings for casting and forging tools, titaniumdiboride (TiB2) and titanium-boron-nitride (TiBN) coatings for hot forming tools, chemical vapour deposited (CVD) thin film diamond coatings on ceramic drawing dies for the drawing of wires with complex shapes, CVD diamond grinding layer for precision and micro grinding tasks, cubic boron nitride (c-BN) thin film coatings for hard machining of steel, silicon carbide-(SiC)-diamond layer systems for cemented carbide tools, approaches for self-sharpening cutting tools through selective coatings and tool sensor applications by means of sensoric thin-films.