completed projects

"Determination of Suitable Process Strategies for the Integration of Press Hardening Processes in Active- Media-Based Forming"

Project runtime: 2009-2013 

• Baseline investigations, strategies for numerical process design, the development of innovative tooling technologies, analysis of contouring accuracy and the adjustment of tailored properties 
• Funded by the AiF, through the European Research Association for Sheet Metal Working (EFB) (16182BR and 16961BR) 

Joint project "Flexible Heat Treatment"

Project runtime: 2009-2012 

• Targeted design of component properties and the increase in the energy efficiency of hot forming process chains, tool design, thermomechanically coupled simulation 
• Funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research 

"Cutting and Joining of Ultra-High-Strength Steels"

Project runtime: 2008-2010 

• Requirements for reliable series production and the development of new cutting technologies for ultra-high-strength steels 
• Funded by the Sächsische Aufbaubank (SAB)