Wear behavior and cutting performance of nanostructured hard coatings on cemented carbide cutting tools in hard milling

► The influence of nanostructured coatings on the wear behavior of carbide tools. ► Mechanical and tribological properties of nanostructured coatings. ► nl-AlTiN/TiN coating shows superior adhesion to AISI D2 substrate. ► nc-TiAlSiN/TiSiN/TiAlN coating has higher plastic deformation resistance. ► nl-AlTiN/TiN coating provides longer lifetime to carbide cutting tools.