LUF Research
At the Chair of Forming and Machining Technology, we are working intensively on the further development of production technology, particularly in the field of forming technology. Our research activities focus on the investigation and design of processes, tools and machines for the flexible and efficient production of components from sheet metal and profiles. Examples of our main areas of focus in process engineering include:
- the process group of working fluid-based forming processes, where fluids replace or supplement the action of rigid tools, and
- incremental forming processes, where a workpiece shape is produced using universal tools and kinematic methods.
Such processes and further developments based on them provide an excellent basis for the manufacture of complex components from high-strength or hybrid semi-finished products.
Research focus and current projects
Sheet metal & profile forming
- Modular Tooling System for intrinsic Lubrication
- Defined Residual-Stress Adjustment in Friction-Assisted Spinning and Flow-Forming
- Duplex Tool Coatrings
- Development of an Innovative Straightening Apparatus for Three-Dimensional Straightening and Forming
- Property-Oriented Control of Work-Hardening and Phase-Transformation Processes in Spinning and Flow-Forming of Metastable Austenite
- Electro-Hydraulic High-Speed Forming
- SuperSharp – Technology Toolkit for Industrial Knife Manufacturing
- Forming of Hybrid Materials
Joining by forming
Energy and Resource Efficiency
Completed research projects
Sheet & profile metal forming
- 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
- Thermal assisted incremental forming of tubes and sheets with process-integrated heat generation
- Presshärten von Rohren und Profilen mittels formlos fester Stoffe
- Hochleistungsaktivelemente für landwirtschaftliche Maschinen aus ultrahochfesten Stählen
- Self-correcting production of roll formed parts for pull-out rails
- Increasing efficiency in industrial hot forming (HotFormOpt)
- Selbstkorrigierende Fertigung in der Verbindungs- und Automatisierungstechnik
Hybrid components
Cooperations
Research departments
- Institut für Umformtechnik und Leichtbau (TU Dortmund)
- Institut für Spanende Fertigungstechnik (TU Dortmund)
- Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffkunde (TU Dortmund)
- Insitut für Werkstofftechnik / Metallische Werkstoffe (Univeristät Kassel)
- Institut für Werkstoffkunde (Universität Hannover)
Scientific associations
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Umformtechnik (AGU)
- College International pour la Recherche en Productique (CIRP)
- Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Produktionstechnik (WGP)
- International Impulse Forming Groupe (I2FG)