Projects

• Basics of hot forming of multiphase steels with controlled cooling conditions to adjust local mechanical properties


• Characterization and specification of the frictional behavior of the direct and partial press hardening process


• Determination of characteristic values of materials for sheet metal forming


• Development of a methodology for simulation-based determination of material parameters for the forming and heat treatment simulation of steel materials


• Elaboration of principles for mapping tribological systems in the FE-simulation


• Enhancement of formability of aluminum alloys in multi-stage forming operations by a local intermediate heat treatment


• Fine Machining of Tool Surfaces


• Flexible additive manufacturing of process-adapted metal assemblies with sheet-body materials


• Forming of complex functional elements on sheet metal (TR73-A2)


• Forming within the reserarch project ISAR – Innovative spinforming process for high strenght aluminium alloys with friction stir welding


• Fundamental investigation of cutting, forming and assembly injection molding and their interdependence for manufacturing of durable tight electronic systems moulding and their interdependence for producing durable media dense electronic systems


• Identification and modeling of material characteristics for Finite-Element-Analysis of sheet metal forming processes - phase II


• Layered Lightweight Materials with Functional Gradients


• Manufacturing of tailored blanks by orbital forming and flexible rolling (DGF SFB/TR73 - A1/1)


• Manufacturing of ultrafine grained, tailored heat treated aluminum sheet metal by repeated rolling for the application in automotive engineering


• Mechanical joining of dissimilar materials by shear clinching processes without pre-punching (shear clinching)


• MEGaFIT - Manufacturing Error-free Goods at First Time


• Parameter based process optimisation of bending and blanking operations


• Practical description of failure in forming processes of sheet metal


• Process combination for manufacturing of teethed, thin-walled functional components out of tailored blanks (DGF SFB/TR73 - A1/2)


• Reduction of friction in EHD-contacts by microstructured surfaces of components – design, layout and manufacturing by forming


• Sheet metal hydroforming of tailored blanks using magnetorheological fluid as forming and sealing medium


• Use of monocrystalline silicon as tool material for cutting thin metallic foils


• Warm Forming of high strength steel using Granular Material as a hydroforming medium