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07/17/2025

Visit of Prof. Dr. Akinori Yamanaka Hosted by the IUL at TU Dortmund University

On July 14, 2025, the Institute of Forming Technology and Lightweight Components (IUL) at TU Dortmund University had the pleasure of hosting Prof. Dr.…

07/10/2025

Best Paper Award at the MSEC 2025 conference

We are proud to share that our paper, "Effect of Ball Burnishing and Laser Polishing on the Surface Characteristics of Deposited Layers in Hybrid…

07/10/2025

Awarded the Kornel F. Ehmann Manufacturing Medal

We are honored to announce that our paper, titled “On the Potential of Manufacturing Multi-Material Components With Micro/Nanocellular Structures Via…

07/09/2025

Visit of Prof. Josep Maria Carbonell Puigo

On June 25, Prof. Josep Maria Carbonell Puigbo visited the Institute of Forming Technology and Lightweight Components (IUL) as part of his stay at the…

07/01/2025

Material characterization on tubular parts through temperature assisted media based forming

Resistance heating of tubes in combination with expansion by internal pressure and axial feed can be used to control the strain path.

06/30/2025

Visit by Prof. Dr. Hector Jensen and Prof. Dr. Danko Jerez from the Federico Santa María University in Chile

On June 26th 2025 we were pleased to welcome Prof. Dr. Hector Jensen and Prof. Dr. Danko Jerez from the University Federico Santa María in Chile.…

06/11/2025

IUL at the 44th Conference of the International Deep Drawing Research Group (IDDRG 2025)

From June 1 to 5, 2025, our colleagues Prof. Yannis P. Korkolis, Gabriel Marín, Olaf Schrage, and Jan Gerlach represented the IUL at the 44th…

05/01/2025

Characterization of thin sheets using the in-plane torsion test

This project investigates the application of the in-plane torsion test (IPTT) for characterizing thin metal sheets with thicknesses ranging from 0.1…

04/22/2025

Meeting of the Industry Association

The Institute of Forming Technology and Lightweight Components at TU Dortmund University welcomed interesting guests to open up for a future…