Facilities

The PtU is equipped with numerous presses, incremental and multi-stage forming systems, material and tribology characterization systems, peripherals, lasers and test benches. An overview is given below.

Presses

Triple Acting Hydraulic Press (500 kN)
3D Servo Press (3 DOF, 1.600 kN)
Prototype of the 3D Servo Press (3 DOF, 10 kN)
Hydraulic Universal Press with High Pressure Unit (30.000 kN)
Burst Testing of Tubes and Profiles
Pneumatic press for conventional and fluid-based forming
Servo Motor Press (Synchropress SWP 2500, 2.500 kN)
Servo motor spindle press (H&T SSP2-1.200)

Incremental and Multistage Forming Plants

Rotary Swaging Machine (UR 8-4-DD-50LH-CNC)
Roll Forming Line (12 stands)
Stand for the Flexible Roll Forming
Flexible Production Plant for Branched Multiple Chamber Profiles
Linear Flow Splitting Module
Roll Forming Module
Stand for the Flexible Flow Splitting
Hotmelt Coating Machine (TH 300-V37,5)
“Intelligent” Roll Forming Line
Profile steel bending machine (three-roller profile bending machine) Herkules BO229

Material characterization

Hydraulic Bulge Test Bench (HBT)
Pneumatic bulge test (pbt)
Combined Tensile Compression Test Machine

Tribology

Intermitting Strip Drawing Test Rig
Combined Strip Drawing Facility
Systems for Mechanical Surface Treatment (Machine Hammer Peening and Deep Rolling)
Strip drawing test rig for fibrous materials and plastics
Strip drawing test according to VDA standard and for aluminum hot forming
Sliding Compression Test Stand (Cold and Hot Bulk Metal Forming)

Peripherals and Laser

Induction Generator TruHeat 5040 MF
Heat Treatment Furnace N 41/H
Semi-automatic Precision Screen Printing Machine PAB 45 for Flat and Round Printing
SCARA Placement System
Laser Welding and Cutting System
9-axis laser machining center 3D-Micromac
Binder drying furnace
3D-printer Prusa i3 MK2S
Forced convection chamber furnace Nabertherm NA 15/65
Collaborative robot (Cobot)

Test Benches

Model Test Rig for Collision Welding