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...
On December 12th the LFT Christmas party took place with friends and alumni in the Kulturscheune Knorr in Mannhof. Overall, there was a lot to celebrate. Some service anniversaries were to be celebrated. Numerous new employees were welcomed. A number of alumni jo...
The 19th Erlanger Hotstamping Workshop at NMF was held with great success! We were able to hear 11 exciting lectures on the latest developments and innovations in hot sheet metal forming. A highlight of the workshop was the tour of the production technology, where an AI...
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