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02/20/2025

Second excursion to the thyssenkrupp plant in Duisburg

On February 18, 2025, another excursion to the thyssenkrupp steelworks in Duisburg took place due to high demand. Participants included students from…

02/11/2025

Factory tour Alunorf

At the end of January, IUL students and doctoral candidates had the opportunity to visit the world's largest aluminum smelting and rolling plant in…

02/01/2025

Incrementel profile forming with stress superposition

Incremental profile forming allows the manipulation of cross-sections along the profile axis to produce components adapted to specific loads.

02/01/2025

Extension of the forming limits in internal high-pressure hot forming through isothermal process conditions

Isothermal process control allows extended forming limits to be achieved in internal high-pressure hot forming of tubes.

02/01/2025

Functionalization of additively manufactured press hardening dies

Additive manufacturing of tools for selective press hardening

01/16/2025

Student excursion to thyssenkrupp plant in Duisburg: steel production in transition

On January 10th, 2025, students of the Bachelor’s course “Fundamentals in Forming Technology” visited the thyssenkrupp plant in Duisburg and gained…

01/16/2025

Student from Gifu University, Japan, visiting the IUL

Between November and December 2024, Mr. Hiroto TANABASHI, student at the Gifu University, Japan, conducted research at the Institute of Forming…

01/01/2025

Controlling damage in the production of hollow tubular shafts using radial forging, spline extrusion and martensitic hardening

Optimization of the process chain for hollow tubular drive shaft manufacturing using numerical and experimental investigations.

01/01/2025

Influencing damage in cold forging

Investigation of the influence of microscopic damage evolution and damage-controlled forming in cold forging using forward rod extrusion.