Department of Forming and Machining Technology
Today, forming technology can be the key to the efficient and ecological manufacture of innovative products with great usability. Therefore, research at the LUF (Department of Forming and Machining Technology) focuses on developing new and improved metal forming processes. Our work is concentrates on the investigation and design of processes, tools and machines for the flexible and efficient manufacture of metal parts from sheets and profiles.
Exemplary processes are:
- medium-based forming processes: rigid tools are replaced or assisted by fluids, e.g. hydro-forming
- incremental forming processes: a part is shaped by the tool kinematic using universal tools
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Methodological competence
- Forming technology (presses, tools)
- Forming analysis
- Friction measurement
- Thermographie
- Heat treatment
- Material characterization (strength, hardness)
Topics
Hybrid materials
- Combined forming of hybrid parts from steel and CFRP
- Process chains for hybrid steel-CFRP-parts
- Tools for the combined forming of steel and CFRP
Incremental forming
- Thermal assisted incremental forming of tubes and sheets with process-integrated heat generation (friction spinning)
- Internal Flow-Turning – An innovative process for the manufacture of semi-finished steel products for lightweight design with a varying wall thickness and mechanical properties
Hydro-forming
- Hydro-forming of sheets and profiles
High-speed-forming
- Pneumo-mechanical forming of sheets and profiles
- Electro-hydraulical forming of sheets and hybrid materials
- High-speed-forming
Press hardening
- Production of ultra high-strength steel parts
