Technology development

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

Model Integration for Process Simulation

a) Damage locus, b) Validation in terms of air bending

03/01/2021

Analysis of a New Process for Continuous Hot Extrusion Utilizing the Theory of Similarity

Cycle of continuous hot extrusion, a-c) Direct extrusion, d-e) Indirect extrusion phase

01/01/2021

Production of Sheets by Hot Extrusion of Aluminum Chips

Process chain for the production of chip-based sheets

01/01/2021

Forming of Additively Manufactured Sandwich Sheets with Optimized Core Structures

a) Large semi-finished sheet, b) Material-fit and form-fit joint, c) Shear strength of the connections and shear test

07/01/2020

Automated Joining and Non-Destructive Testing of Tube-Fitting-Joints (AutoFit)

Scheme of the cyclic tensile test and experimentally determined elastic and plastic strains

06/01/2020

Hot Plate Forging of Load-Adapted Gear Racks

a) Schematic depiction of the plate forging process, b) Effective plastic strain distribution in the gear rack after forming

05/01/2020

Application and Analysis of Adiabatic Blanking

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

04/01/2020

Longitudinal Mechanical Joining of Extruded Aluminum Profiles with Increased Tightness Requirements

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

01/01/2020

Reducing the Stair Step Effect for Dies Manufactured by Layer-Laminated Manufacturing by Additive and Formative Post-Processing

Manufacturing the deep drawing tool by hybrid manufacturing with deep drawing depth of 21 mm and deep drawing ratio of 1.9

01/01/2020

Optimized Working Coil Windings for Electromagnetic Forming Employing Additive Manufacturing Techniques

a) Assembly-based hybrid coil, b) Single ring, c) Side supports, d) Comparison experiment/prognosis (sheet work piece)

01/01/2020

Functionalization of Additively Manufactured Hot Stamping Tools Using Ball Burnishing

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

01/01/2020

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

12/01/2019

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

09/01/2019

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

Comparative structural strength test with in-situ corrosion

07/01/2019

Kinematic Profile Bending with Locally Heated Cross Section

01/01/2019

Composite Cold Forging of Cold-Forged Semi-Finished Parts

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

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

07/01/2018

Forming by Locally Varying Vaporizing Actuators

Researched computation possibilities and selected experiment

01/01/2018

Shape Prediction and Improvement for Canning of Non-Round Tubes

Consistent prediction of the shape along the process chain of forming and canning

01/01/2017

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

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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)

Model Integration for Process Simulation

Analysis of a New Process for Continuous Hot Extrusion Utilizing the Theory of Similarity

Production of Sheets by Hot Extrusion of Aluminum Chips

Forming of Additively Manufactured Sandwich Sheets with Optimized Core Structures

Automated Joining and Non-Destructive Testing of Tube-Fitting-Joints (AutoFit)

Hot Plate Forging of Load-Adapted Gear Racks

Application and Analysis of Adiabatic Blanking

Longitudinal Mechanical Joining of Extruded Aluminum Profiles with Increased Tightness Requirements

Reducing the Stair Step Effect for Dies Manufactured by Layer-Laminated Manufacturing by Additive and Formative Post-Processing

Optimized Working Coil Windings for Electromagnetic Forming Employing Additive Manufacturing Techniques

Functionalization of Additively Manufactured Hot Stamping Tools Using Ball Burnishing

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

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

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

Kinematic Profile Bending with Locally Heated Cross Section

Composite Cold Forging of Cold-Forged Semi-Finished Parts

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

Forming by Locally Varying Vaporizing Actuators

Shape Prediction and Improvement for Canning of Non-Round Tubes

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