A casting tool for metal pressure or metal gravity casting, in particular aluminum pressure or aluminum gravity casting, comprising a base material forming the casting mold consisting of steel, in particular tool steel, characterized in that a wear protection layer offset with tungsten is applied to at least partial areas of the surface of the base material, the wear protection layer being coated with Welding a tungsten carbide-containing welding filler material is made on the surface of the carrier material.
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