Industry-related research

Current projects

10/01/2025

Development of cold forming dies by hybrid additive laminated tooling

Advancing cold forming die development through hybrid additive laminated tooling.

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…

03/01/2025

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.

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.

11/01/2024

Seamless Cryogenic tanks for hydrogen

A feasibility study was conducted with the goal of proposing a process chain for the manufacturing of seamless cryogenic tanks for liquid hydrogen.

12/01/2023

Numerical Flat Silencer Shape Optimization

Optimized baffles for flat silenzers: Efficient prediction of contact behavior using mathematical methods.

01/01/2023

Modeling and Analysis of Process-Induced Properties of Structures Additively Manufactured by Laser Metal Deposition

Modeling and experimental evaluation of the laser metal deposition

Completed projects

10/01/2021

Prototype Development of a Device for Performing Equibiaxial Compression Tests for Material Characterization for Forming

a) Sketch of the biaxial compression test device, b) Stress state and strain state during biaxial compression

07/01/2021

Increasing the Forming Limits by Heat-Assisted Bending below the Recrystallization Temperature

a) Design of the bending tool and part with cracks, b) Inductive heating before bending as well as component after bending

07/01/2021

Green Manufacturing – Analysis and Prediction of Emissions in an Industrial Hot Forming Process Chain

a) Concept of heat recovery, b) Proportion of part-specific CO2 emissions for an exemplary hot plate forged gear rack

04/01/2021

Process Development and Technology Transfer of a Combined Forming Process for the Production of Graded Profiles for Lightweight Applications (ProLeit)

a) Combined rolling and drawing process, b) Formed workpiece (first tryout)

03/01/2021

Prediction of Wall Thinning during Rotary Draw Bending of Tubes

a) Estimation of wall thinning, b) Formability study using FLC from the numerical investigations

01/01/2021

Formability Limits of Advanced High-Strength Steels

Limits of the global (FLC) and local (FFL) formability in the prinicipal strain space

01/01/2021

Development of an Efficient Physical-Based Modeling Approach for the Prediction of Microstructure in Extrusion Processes

Schematic workflow of the model development

01/01/2021

Formability of High Temperature Stainless Steel Grades

Experimentally determined forming limit curves and geometry of utilized specimen

12/01/2020

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

07/01/2020

Preparing the Standardization of the In-Plane Torsion Test

Overview of the four main fields of influences on the test results of the in plane torsion test.

04/01/2020

Longitudinal Mechanical Joining of Extruded Aluminum Profiles with Increased Tightness Requirements

Longitudinal joining: equivalent plastic strain, contour comparison, and microstructure image

01/01/2019

Incremental Sheet-Bulk Metal Forming by Application of Thermally-Controlled Grading Mechanisms

a) Cold/warm iSBMF, b) Required temperature field, c) Heated part, d) Resulting temperature field

01/01/2018

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Industry-related research

Current projects

Development of cold forming dies by hybrid additive laminated tooling

Characterization of thin sheets using the in-plane torsion test

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

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

Seamless Cryogenic tanks for hydrogen

Numerical Flat Silencer Shape Optimization

Modeling and Analysis of Process-Induced Properties of Structures Additively Manufactured by Laser Metal Deposition

Completed projects

Prototype Development of a Device for Performing Equibiaxial Compression Tests for Material Characterization for Forming

Increasing the Forming Limits by Heat-Assisted Bending below the Recrystallization Temperature

Green Manufacturing – Analysis and Prediction of Emissions in an Industrial Hot Forming Process Chain

Process Development and Technology Transfer of a Combined Forming Process for the Production of Graded Profiles for Lightweight Applications (ProLeit)

Prediction of Wall Thinning during Rotary Draw Bending of Tubes

Formability Limits of Advanced High-Strength Steels

Development of an Efficient Physical-Based Modeling Approach for the Prediction of Microstructure in Extrusion Processes

Formability of High Temperature Stainless Steel Grades

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

Preparing the Standardization of the In-Plane Torsion Test

Longitudinal Mechanical Joining of Extruded Aluminum Profiles with Increased Tightness Requirements

Incremental Sheet-Bulk Metal Forming by Application of Thermally-Controlled Grading Mechanisms

Shape Prediction and Improvement for Canning of Non-Round Tubes