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PVD coated tool and die components

PVD Coatings for Tool & Die Components

North Star Coating provides high-performance PVD coatings for tool and die components throughout the Midwest. Our available coating solutions include MetalFlow, TiN, TiCrN, TiCN, and CrN for a wide range of tooling, forming, punching, drawing, and wear applications.

Selecting the correct coating can help protect tooling from abrasion, impact, heat, friction, and material buildup. North Star Coating works with manufacturers to match each component with a coating suited to its material, operating conditions, and production requirements.

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Performance Benefits

Why Coat Your Tool & Die Components?

PVD coatings provide hard, wear-resistant surfaces that help tool and die components perform reliably in demanding punching, forming, drawing, machining, and metal fabrication applications.

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Increased Wear Resistance

Hard PVD coating surfaces help protect tool and die components from abrasion caused by repeated contact with production materials.

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Reduced Friction

Low-friction coatings improve material flow across tooling surfaces and help reduce drag during forming, drawing, and punching operations.

03

Improved Impact Resistance

Coatings such as MetalFlow and TiCN provide impact resistance for tooling used in high-pressure, interrupted, and demanding production applications.

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Reduced Material Buildup

Smooth coating surfaces help reduce material transfer, pickup, and buildup on punches, dies, forming tools, and other critical tooling surfaces.

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Longer Component Life

Protecting tooling against wear, friction, and heat helps extend the usable life of valuable tool and die components.

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Reliable Production Performance

Properly selected coatings help tooling maintain consistent performance while reducing maintenance, rework, and production interruptions.

Coating Selection

Recommended Tool & Die Coatings

North Star Coating offers several PVD coating options for tool and die components, including solutions for wear resistance, impact resistance, low friction, punching, drawing, and forming.

CrN

Chromium Nitride

A low-stress coating with high abrasion resistance and heat resistance. CrN can be applied thicker than many other coatings and is commonly used on punches, die blocks, and wear components.

MetalFlow

CrN-Based Nano-Layer Coating

North Star Coating’s nano-layer coating is harder and smoother than CrN, with low friction and high impact resistance for high-pressure metal fabrication applications.

TiCN

Titanium Carbon Nitride

An impact-resistant coating suited for punching steel or aluminum and for tight-radius drawing and forming applications.

TiCrN

Titanium Chromium Nitride

A hard PVD coating option for tool and die components requiring improved wear resistance in demanding production environments.

TiN

Titanium Nitride

A proven general-purpose and cost-effective coating used for metal forming, wear components, and low-speed machining applications.

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Whether you're coating cutting tools, dies, molds, or wear components, our team can recommend the best coating for your manufacturing process.

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