Seven European SMEs and companies in the sheet metal forming industry have been selected to receive free services to better characterise sheet metal properties and predict the formation of defects in an early stage of design, forecast part performance and prevent production losses. The awarded companies applied to the FormPlanet Open Call, which was launched on…
DetailsThe FormPlanet project will create an Open Innovation TestBed (OITB) in Europe for the purpose of increasing the productivity of metal forming industries by developing new experimental methodologies and modelling approaches for predicting and optimizing the performance of materials and parts and for reducing the marketing time of new developments in this area. Sheet metal…
DetailsApplus+ Laboratories will develop a Smart Contract traceability solution for product certification services based on test data from the FormPlanet Test Bed. Applus+ Laboratories is defining a common certification methodology to remotely audit the quality of the tests performed by the FormPlanet lab network in compliance with EN ISO 17025. To do so, Applus+ Laboratories…
DetailsSheet metal forming is currently a fundamental manufacturing process, used to produce components for several industrial sectors. Especially under automotive and aerospace driving force, sheet steels with improved mechanical performances are increasingly demanded to meet lightweight and cost reduction targets. However, these innovative materials involve a series of failure risks (cracks, stretching, thinning). Therefore, quality…
DetailsThe mechanical properties of the material, such as yield strength, ultimate tensile strength, elongation and reduction in cross-sectional area of the specimen are basic mechanical characterisation values in engineering design. The evaluation of the local mechanical properties of in-service components or as input data for Finite Element Method (FEM) simulation requires an accurate data obtained…
DetailsSMEs and companies in the sheet metal forming sector can now apply to free services to better characterise sheet metal properties, predict part performance and prevent production loses FormPlanet European Open Innovation Test Bed (OITB) project has launched a call for SMEs and companies in the sheet metal forming sector to access to services to…
DetailsOne major aim in the field of production technology is the reduction of scrap. This requires comprehensive monitoring of both the processes and the resulting product quality. For this purpose, process data, which is sensitive for the result of the manufacturing process, must be evaluated and monitored. In order to do so, Fraunhofer IWU assessed…
DetailsCrash resistance of Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS) developed by ArcelorMittal for the automotive market is evaluated at laboratory scale with two types of tests: – Bending impact resistance test à to characterize steel grades for parts dedicated to anti-intrusion (B-pillars, door beam…). – Axial impact resistance test à to characterize steel grades for parts…
DetailsConventional tool try-out in the sheet forming industry often means many loops of die spotting, a high effort to compensate the tool surface and to rework specific areas of the tool. The try-out procedure can take up to a couple of weeks for complex tooling applications which has a high impact on cost and lead…
DetailsDeep drawing is a complex forming process, in which the sheet metal is drawn into a forming die by a punch, so that a different kind of stresses are applied on the material blank. If the depth of the part is greater than its diameter, the operation is considered to be deep. This can be…
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