Wear parts of agricultural machinery such as shares, tines and blades are currently characterised by the use of simple steel grades. As a result, these components are subject to considerable wear. In the case of soil cultivation equipment, such as cultivators or ploughs, the wear parts can exceed the wear limit after just a few hours and must therefore be checked frequently and replaced or repaired if necessary. With the motivation to achieve longer service lives, the use of ultra-high-strength steels in the above-mentioned wear applications is being investigated at the LUF as part of the FOSTA project P819. The aim of the work carried out is the economical production of wear parts (shares, knives, blades) with improved performance characteristics. The components are to be manufactured from semi-finished sheet metal products using special hot forming operations and investigated with regard to improved performance properties (service life, energy requirements). Ultra-high-strength steels are used, such as XAR® wear-resistant steels from ThyssenKrupp and BSEC steels from Benteler.