Equipment

Plant equipment

  • MSP4-2000-2.5x1.2-400 multiservopress (with 4 main drives and max. press force of 2,000kN)
  • Hydraulic tryout press EHP4-1600 with multi-point die cushion and high-speed-system
  • Hydraulic double-column frame presses and C-stand press
  • Roll forming system (11 profiling frames, band with up to 500mm)
  • Hydroforming presses (clamp forces of 15,000kN and 50,000kN with gas compression and control unit up to 70MPa, active medium: nitrogen)
  • Induction unit for medium and high frequency, each with 25kW output power
  • Magnetic forming system (105kJ pulse energy)
  • Equipment for high-speed impact cutting (ADIA 7) with speeds up to 15m/s and 120lifts/min
  • Robot system with grippers for the handling of warm components
  • 10kW recooling system for tool cooling

Measuring- and testing equipment

  • Erichsen sheet metal and strip testing machine 145 with 600kN punch force
  • Tensile testing machine Zwick 1475 with position-sensitive strain measurement, high temperature capability up to 1,100 °C and max. force of 100kN
  • Tensile testing machine UTS 20 with vacuum / inert gas furnace up to 1,600 °C
  • Biaxial tensile testing machine Zwick (combined force 250 kN)
  • Heated strip draw tester with 90 °C bending angle
  • CNC micro hardness tester EMCOTEST M1C 010-DR
  • InfraTec VarioScan 3021 ST thermo camera with temperature range up to 1,100 °C
  • Nikon Epiphot reflected light microscope and Olympus SZX10 stereo microscope
  • GOM 3D contour, displacement and strain measurement equipment
  • ViALUX (compact mobile and vario system) AutoGrid® deformation analysis equipment
  • Optimized equipment to apply electro-chemical or screen printed grids in diverse applications
  • Cutting, mounting, grinding and polishing equipment as a basis for metallographic examinations

Software tools available

Design:

  • Creo Elements / Pro (Pro / ENGINEER), CATIA V5, Autodesk®, Inventor®, AutoCAD®

Simulation:

  • PAM-STAMP, DEFORMTM, LS-DYNA, AutoForm, Abaqus, ANSYS®