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We are delighted that Henrik Zieroth has successfully completed his Six Sigma Green Belt certification. Congratulations on this achievement! The Six Sigma Green Belt not only teaches methods for process optimization but also offers significant added value, particularly for research: Statistical...

The demand for lightweight yet high-performance gears is growing, not least due to the need for sustainable production. Sheet-bulk metal forming (SBMF) offers a promising approach, providing the potential to manufacture resource-efficient lightweight components with intricate structures.

The Bilstein Group hosted its first Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Day in Hagen on November 13th. The renowned cold-rolled strip manufacturer primarily targeted the construction industry with its innovative STABILS steel fiber, but steel fibers and their potential as concrete reinforcement also interested us as a teaching Institute...

At the IDDRG 2025 conference in Lisbon, the paper “Improving the local formability of an AA7075 aluminum alloy by laser-induced modification of the alloying concept” was recognized as one of the ten best conference papers. The expanded version has now been published in the renowned journal Adv...

The LFT was represented by four people (Prof. M. Merklein, A. Harms, J. Neumann, and J. Sarris) at the AJP in Coimbra, Portugal. This conference, entitled "Advanced Joining Processes," covered many topics that are the subject of current research at the institute. On the one hand, results from...

Der Beitrag mit dem Titel "Influence of localized alloy composition tailoring by laser-induced element evaporation on the mechanical properties of aluminum alloy AA7075" wurde im Journal of Materials Processing Technology (JMPT) veröffentlicht. Der ganze Beitrag kann unter https://doi.org/10.1016/j...

The research project “Roll-formed closed profiles made of high-strength aluminum alloys for semi-finished products and complex component geometries (high-strength aluminum profile components)”, submitted via the European Research Association for Sheet Metal Processing e.V. (EFB), was approved for the LFT. The project...

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...

Tools play a key role in cold forming as they have a direct impact on part quality and process economics. High loads due to the contact pressure of the workpiece represent a major challenge in terms of tool life. Concentrated in complex geometries...