Forming

Field of activity

 

• Tribology/wear 
  Tribological system 
  Sheet metal/lubricant/tool
  • Strip draw test
  • Pin-on-disk method (RT ... 1100 °C) 
• Materials expertise
• Powder metallurgical high-speed steel Hardmetals/cermets/Ceramics
• Damage analysis Characterization of materials and boundary layers Fatigue loading (tribological, corrosive, oxidative)
  
• Surface reactions 
• Quantitative fractography 
• Tool construction and design Design of functional surfaces (residual stress, machining condition)

 

Services offered

 

Tool selection, development and prototype production for forming tools from hardmetals/cermets and high-performance ceramics 

• Optimization of the tribological system 
• Workpiece material/lubricant/tool material 
• Damage assessments based on fractographic and ceramographic analyses 
• Tool development in close cooperation with process and design engineers 
• Interdisciplinary collaboration with Fraunhofer Institutes and academic institutions