The Laboratory of Coating in the MTF Institute of Materials deals with the preparation and evaluation of the properties of various types of high-hard PVD coatings. PLATIT π80 + DLC coating equipment installed in the Laboratory allows coating of the conventional TiN, TiCN, TiAlN, AlTiN, CrN, AlCrN or CrTiN-based coatings, as well as gradient coatings, nanocomposite TiAlSiN and AlCrSiN-coatings, multilayers and DLC coatings, depending on the cathodes used (Al, Ti, Cr and Al / Si) and the coating parameters. The device can be used for deposition of both, laboratory samples as well as tools with diameter of 300 mm and a length of 400 mm in maximum. The maximum charge weight is 50 kg. The tools made of HSS and WC/Co substrates are coated in the temperature range from 450 °C to 480 °C. In addition, the device allows plasma cleaning of substrate surfaces prior to deposition, including surface activation. The Laboratory also includes the equipment for cleaning and preparing the substrates and tools‘surface prior to the coating process, namely the Powerplus Tools SBC 420 (~ 6 bar) sand booth, the Elmasonic P ultrasonic cleaner and the Bio-Circle GT Compact degreasing bath. The applied research of the Laboratory of Coating is focused on monitoring the influence of deposition parameters on the chemical, physical and mechanical properties of nanocomposite TiAlSiN and AlCrSiN coatings. The Laboratory cooperates with the companies Staton, s.r.o. in Turany and Liss, a. s. in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm engaged in the production of cutting tools and coating deposition.