Cutting plate and method and compression mold for producing a green body of the cutting plate

A compression tool for producing plate shaped green bodies by multiaxial pressing, the green bodies each having two substantially parallel main surfaces and a peripheral edge surface connecting the main surfaces, each green body being comprised of a powder mixture of hard metal and a binder, wherein the compression tool defines a cavity for receiving the powder mixture and includes at least two side punches moveable towards each other, wherein front faces of each of the side punches are arranged to form at least a part of the edge surface of the green body, wherein one of the side punches may be replaced by a fixed side wall of a die, wherein there are provided two heading tools on two remaining opposite sides of the cavity, which are moveable towards each other along a common axis and perpendicular to a plane defined by the main surfaces, each of the heading tools including at least two parts, a main punch and an independently moveable form punch, a cross-section of which extends to the front face of at least one side punch, wherein a front face of the form punch is moveable towards the cavity beyond a front face of the main punch in order to form a depression such as a web thinning of the green body.