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Mr. Nikolaos Rigas ceremoniously received his Six Sigma Green Belt certificate from the European Six Sigma Club Deutschland e.V. today. As part of the Green Belt training in Villingen-Schwenningen led by Mr. Dieter Szemkus, he acquired extensive knowledge, which he ...

On Friday October 25th, 2024, Dr.-Ing. Barbara Hansen successfully completed her doctorate with a convincing presentation and the subsequent Rigorosum. Her lecture on the essential content of her dissertation entitled "Method for taking fluctuations into account in tribological...

The Board of Directors of ESAFORM met on October 17th/18th in Paris. As part of these regular meetings, new activities of the European Scientific Association for material FORMing are discussed and planned. On the one hand, this involves the venues for the conferences of...

For the forming technology specialization group, there is a significantly expanded range of lectures for both the bachelor's and master's degrees. Overall, the specialization now includes the following lectures that students can choose from:

This year too, the LFT welcomed the first-year students with a tour and information about the content of the institute's research fields. 50 curious first-year students from the Mechanical Engineering Department took up the offer. In exciting live demonstrations, the students gained insights into...

At the 5th expert meeting on stamping technology, the focus was on forward-looking topics such as research priorities and offered plenty of opportunity for professional exchange. Digitalization, artificial intelligence and resource-saving production. Innovative specialist lectures...

From September 30th until 04.10. The sixth edition of the Sheet Metal Advanced Research and Teaching summer school took place in Palermo. Prof. L. Fratini from the University of Palermo took on the challenge of organizing this event again after a break. 39 curious participants, including...

The use of high-strength, stainless materials for the production of semi-hollow punch rivets enables an increase in the resource efficiency of the rivet manufacturing process, as the usually necessary energy-intensive process steps of heat treatment and coating of the rivet are...

We are pleased to welcome a new hardness testing device to the department. Over the last two days, our employees Alina Biallas, Reiner Stadter, Arnold Harms, Raphaela März and Henrik Zieroth received intensive training and were instructed in the operation and possibilities of the hardness testing device. A...