The present invention relates to a tap drill comprising a substrate and a coating, wherein the coating is deposited on at least a portion of the substrate comprising the head of the drill, the coating comprising a first layer deposited directly on the substrate and a second layer deposited atop the first layer, wherein the first layer is a wear resistant layer of (Al,Cr)N deposited by Hi PIMS and the second layer is a friction reduction layer, wherein the second layer is a metal carbide layer or a metal-carbide comprising layer deposited by using a physical vapor deposition (PVD) process of the type magnetron sputtering, preferably of the type HiPIMS.

The present invention relates to a tap drill comprising a substrate and a coating, wherein the coating is deposited on at least a portion of the substrate comprising the head of the drill, the coating comprising a first layer deposited directly on the substrate and a second layer deposited atop the first layer, wherein the first layer is a wear resistant layer of (Al, Cr)N deposited by Hi PIMS and the second layer is a friction reduction layer, wherein the second layer is a metal carbide layer or a metal-carbide comprising layer deposited by using a physical vapor deposition (PVD) process of the type magnetron sputtering, preferably of the type HiPIMS.