Author: Hinnerk Hagenah

At the IDDRG conference 2025 in Lisbon, David Naumann's paper entitled "Tensile testing of sheet metals at elevated temperatures with optical strain rate control," as well as Henrik Zieroth's paper, were both recognized as among the ten best. All of the top ten papers were...

On February 22nd, Dr.-Ing. Ulas Durmaz successfully defended his dissertation entitled "Springback Compensation of Structural Components When Using High-Strength Multiphase Steels." In his presentation, discussion, and oral examination, he was able to present his findings very effectively and address remaining open questions...

Yesterday, two employees from the South Korean Zeiss office, along with a colleague from the German office, visited us to learn about the diverse applications of the ARAMIS and ATOS optical measuring systems in the fields of forming technology and materials characterization. Zeiss...

Another research article from the Institute of Manufacturing Technology has been published in the Journal of Materials Science & Technology. This journal has an impact factor of 14.3.The article presents results from an investigation into the microstructure evolution of Al-Mg-Si-Mn alloys, focusing on...

After 20 years of teaching at the LFT, Prof. Paul Dick was bid farewell on January 12, 2026. His lecture course on body construction was expanded from one to two semesters over the course of his long tenure. It was then taught jointly with Dr.-Ing. Peter Feuser and provided the students with...

Another technical article from the Institute of Manufacturing Technology has been published in the Journal of Advanced Joining Processes. The publication covers the numerical design and analysis of a wobble joining process for dissimilar materials.The article investigates an approach in which the wobble joining process...

This semester, interested students again took the opportunity to get to know the Institute of Manufacturing Technology better during a guided tour. In addition to demonstrations of material characterization on the Gleeble and laser beam cutting, there was information...

Last Friday, our former research assistant Manuel Jäckisch successfully completed his doctorate. The topic of his dissertation is the "Fundamental scientific investigation of the mechanisms of action in vibration-induced forming".

The Insitute of Manufacturing Technology is pleased to announce a successful journal publication in the international journal Production Engineering. The work was produced in close collaboration with the Institute of Measurement Technology and Sensors (MTS) at RPTU Kaiserslautern Landau and addresses...

Dr.-Ing. Martin Killmann, an alumnus of the LFT, received the doctoral prize for his dissertation entitled "Prestressing and Fatigue of Cold Forging Tools for Non-Circular Component Geometries" at the Faculty of Engineering's Day event. His successful introduction to this fascinating topic within the framework of...