Wel­come to the Chair of Form­ing and Ma­chin­ing Tech­no­logy

At the Chair of Forming and Machining Technology (LUF), we work intensively on the further development of production technology, particularly forming technology. Our research activities focus on the design, investigation and optimisation of processes, tools and machines for the flexible and efficient production and targeted property adjustment of workpieces made from sheet metal and profiles. Examples of our process engineering specialisations are

  • Incremental forming processes in which universal tools are used for the kinematic shaping of a workpiece,
  • High-speed forming processes,
  • Forming processes based on active media, in which fluids replace or supplement the effect of rigid tools,
  • Hybrid forming processes,
  • Energy and resource efficiency through the targeted utilisation of friction effects.

Pro­fess­or

Office

Susanne Bäumler

Umformende und Spanende Fertigungstechnik
Room IW1.807
Paderborn University
Pohlweg 53
33098 Paderborn

Em­ploy­ees

The LUF currently employs

6 research assistants

2 technical staff

and 6 students are employed.

 

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News

From May 6 to 9, the LUF team presented its latest approaches to aluminum recycling, intrinsic lubrication, and process-controlled pressure rolling at ESAFORM 2025 in Paestum, where it also established valuable contacts for future research.

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On Monday, May 26, 2025, starting at 5:30 p.m., the LUF invites you to a social barbecue evening with live demonstrations of our current research work: IW Hall (Gate 3).

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On March 13, 2025, the meeting of the Working Group on Forming Technology (AGU) took place at the Chair of Machining and Forming Technology (LUF) at the University of Paderborn. The heads of 17 university institutes specializing in forming technology from all over Germany attended the meeting.

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Re­search

Profile and sheet metal forming

At the Chair of Forming and Machining Technology (LUF), we focus our research activities on the design, investigation and optimisation of processes, tools and machines for the flexible and efficient production and targeted property adjustment of workpieces made of sheet metal and profiles.

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Joining by forming

At the Chair of Forming and Machining Technology (LUF), we focus our research activities on the design, investigation and optimisation of processes, tools and machines for the flexible and efficient production and targeted property adjustment of workpieces made of sheet metal and profiles.

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Energy and resource efficiency

At the Chair of Forming and Machining Technology (LUF), we focus our research activities on the design, investigation and optimisation of processes, tools and machines for the flexible and efficient production and targeted property adjustment of workpieces made of sheet metal and profiles.

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Completed projects

At the Chair of Forming and Machining Technology (LUF), we focus our research activities on the design, investigation and optimisation of processes, tools and machines for the flexible and efficient production and targeted property adjustment of workpieces made of sheet metal and profiles.

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Teaching at LUF

Courses at the LUF

The courses from the Department of Forming and Machining Technology can be taken in the engineering degree programmes at Paderborn University. For detailed information, please select summer/winter semester.

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Winter term

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Summer term

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Student work

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Vacancies

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