Event

At the beginning of the lecture the basics of metal forming are briefly introduced. The focus of the lecture is on massive forming (forging, extrusion, rolling) and sheet forming (car body forming, deep drawing, stretch drawing). This includes the systematic treatment of the appropriate metal forming Machines and the corresponding tool technology. Aspects of tribology, as well as basics in material science and aspects of production planning are also discussed briefly. The plastic theory is presented to the extent necessary in order to present the numerical simulation method and the FEM computation of forming processes or tool design. The lecture will be completed by product samples from the forming technology.

The topics are as follows:

• Introduction and basics
• Hot forming
• Metal forming machines
• Tools
• Metallographic fundamentals
• Plastic theory
• Tribology
• Sheet forming
• Extrusion
• Numerical simulation

Learning Outcomes:

The students …

• are able to reflect the basics, forming processes, tools, Machines and equipment of metal forming in an integrated and systematic way.
• are capable to illustrate the differences between the forming processes, tools, machines and equipment with concrete examples and are qualified to analyze and assess them in terms of their suitability for the particular application.
• are also able to transfer and apply the acquired knowledge to other metal forming problems.

Workload:

regular attendance: 21 hours
self-study: 99 hours