Calendar

Cafeteria menus

To overview

Location & approach

Plan of site & interactive map

The facilities of TU Dortmund University are located on two campuses, the larger North Campus and the smaller South Campus. In addition, some university facilities are located in the adjacent Dortmund Technology Park as well as in the city center and the wider urban area.

> Go to interactive map

ServicePortal UniMail

Contrast Deutsch

Calendar

Cafeteria menus

To overview

Location & approach

Plan of site & interactive map

The facilities of TU Dortmund University are located on two campuses, the larger North Campus and the smaller South Campus. In addition, some university facilities are located in the adjacent Dortmund Technology Park as well as in the city center and the wider urban area.

> Go to interactive map

ServicePortal UniMail

Basic research in forming technology

Current projects

Direct recycling of aluminium: Chip Extrusion

Hot extrusion of compacted aluminium chips is a direct recycling method without remelting. Hot extrusion enables a wide product spectrum with good…

SPP2476: Holistic process chain modeling for aluminum profile forming

Development of a modeling method for reducing uncertainties in the production of complex aluminum profiles and improving quality-critical parameters.

Effect of Anisotropy on Formability

The effect of anisotropy on formability is investigated through experimental validation of analytical and numerical models.

LightBat – Light battery housings from thin-walled large scale extruded profiles

Expansion of process limits through extrusion of thin-walled, large-area profiles with inline monitoring.

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.

Functionalization of additively manufactured press hardening dies

Additive manufacturing of tools for selective press hardening

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.

Influencing damage in cold forging

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

Production and heat treatment of composite components by temperature-assisted incremental tube forming

Incremental tube forming enables the production of bi-metallic tubes and bent tubes.

Functional surfaces through adiabatic high-speed processes: microstructure, mechanisms and model development

High-speed shear cutting enables cost-effective cutting of high-strength steels and light metals with functional cut surfaces without post-processing.

CRC/Transregio 188 – Scientific service project S01

The scientific service project S01 supports and coordinates collaboration among the TRR188, with a particular focus on the implementation,…

Damage in Sheet Metal Bending

The primary goal of this project is to identify the potential for damage control in sheet metal bending and to assess its influence on product…

Completed projects

Solid-state welding of oxide-containing aluminium surfaces in forming technology

Analysis of the influence of different hot extrusion conditions on the solid-state welding of oxide surfaces using an automated bond-strength testing…

Influencing the Evolution of Damage in Cold Extrusion

a) Experiments to determine the effect of load path changes and b) of heat treatments on damage

Production of Sheets by Hot Extrusion of Aluminum Chips

Process chain for the production of chip-based sheets

Passive Granular Medium-Based Tube Press Hardening

a) Process schematic, b) Required corner forming pressure, c) Cross section of a formed part

Development of a Model to Predict Geometry Changes in Spring Manufacturing Based on Plasticity Theory Considering Heat Treatment

a) Process chain for the production of compression springs, b) Residual stresses in the wire cross section

Analysis of the Application Potential of Roll-Clad MnB-Cr Steel Composites for Press Hardening

a) Hardness of the composite, b) Validation of the analytics

Application and Analysis of Adiabatic Blanking

a) Comparison of strain localization, b) Effect of the strain rate sensitivity on forming energy

Functionalization of Additively Manufactured Hot Stamping Tools Using Ball Burnishing

a) Surface properties, b-d) Additive manufacturing of cooling channels: procedure and preliminary tests

Process for Manufacturing Composite Components by a Combination of Deep Drawing and Cold Forging

a-d) Process with counter holder, e) Asymmetrically and f) Symmetrically encapsulated component

Property-controlled multi-stage hot sheet metal forming

Property control in multi-stage press hardening enables the precise adjustment of the hardness and geometry of safety-relevant components.

Media-Based Profile Shaping and Kinematic Bending in a Continuous Process Using a Graded Temperature Field

a) Hot-Tube-Bulge-Test setup, b) Determined forming limits at 1000 °C including the strain paths

Improvement of Product Properties by Selective Induction of Residual Stresses in Incremental Sheet Metal Forming

Comparative structural strength test with in-situ corrosion

Influence of the Multiaxial Bauschinger Effect in Cold Forging

Numerically determined residual stress distribution in cold-extruded parts and comparison with experiments

Production of Flange-Shaped Components by Cold Forging of Composite Hot Extruded Semi-Finished Products

Kinematic Profile Bending with Locally Heated Cross Section

Composite Cold Forging of Cold-Forged Semi-Finished Parts

a) Process route for composite cold forging, b) Hollow demonstration part

Forming by Locally Varying Vaporizing Actuators

Researched computation possibilities and selected experiment

Fundamental Research and Process Development for the Manufacturing of Load-Optimized Parts by Incremental Forming of Metal Sheets – Incremental Sheet-Bulk Metal Forming (iSBMF)

a) Schematic setup, b) Resulting current density, c) Measured impact on the forming force

Analysis of Strain Path-Dependent Damage and Microstructure Development for the Numerical Design of Sheet-Bulk Metal Forming Processes

Evaluation of the accuracy of different damage models regarding the occurrence of failure