Author: Hinnerk Hagenah

For most academic staff, the moment comes when they leave their institute. For three members of staff, the time came last Monday, when they said goodbye to their colleagues with a small snack. Franz H...

At the Institute of Manufacturing Technology, the new test bench for film HTV can be used with immediate effect. Among other things, there is a tool for a bulge test with a diameter of 50mm. The test bench is integrated into one of the institutes numerous universal testing machines...

Last Monday, Raphaela März, Prof. Michael Lechner and Prof. Hinnerk Hagenah were able to visit the Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg 's Hybrid Manufacturing department. Prof. Sebastian Härtel, head of the department, took a lot of time...

The Research Association for Steel Applications (FOSTA) is a non-profit and legally independent research association within the steel sector. As a joint organization, it represents the interests of the steel industry in research work in the field of applied research on...

Tailored multi-material systems with thickness distribution by orbital formingThe use of multi-material systems is becoming increasingly relevant for future production technologies with regard to lightweight construction and higher functional integration. In addition, improvements require new approaches that...

On March 8, 2025, Andreas achieved his goal and successfully completed his doctorate with a presentation and final thesis. During his presentation, he provided further insights into his work on influencing material flow in sheet metal forming of precipitation-hardenable aluminum materials by...

The ESAFORM benchmark 2023: interlaboratory comparison benchmark for the characterization of microstructural grain growth and dynamic recrystallization kinetics of a single-phase Ni-base superalloyThis paper presents a comprehensive benchmark study funded by ESAFORM and conducted in eight European...

On Friday, March 7th, Dr.-Ing. Nikolaos Rigas had the opportunity to convince the large audience of current and former LFT employees as well as the examination board of the quality of his scientific work. Lecture, discussion and rigorosum on the topic...

As announced and planned, the time had come in January. The modernization of the universal testing machines by ZwickRoell was continued. In this round it was the turn of the 300kN and 400kN universal testing machines. In both systems, the gearbox, control and software were modern...

Tranregio 285 "Method development for mechanical joinability in adaptable process chains" held a status meeting in Dresden. The participating universities from Paderborn, Dresden and Erlangen were represented by the spokesman Prof. Meschut and the site...