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On February 24th, within the scope of the lecture »Lasers in Manufacturing«, students were invited to take part in an excursion to Held Systems GmbH, a manufacturer of special purpose machines with a focus on laser technology.

The winners of the case studies »quality management« and »suitable design for casting« visited the foundry »Eisengießerei, Maschinen- und Apparatebau GmbH Römheld & Moelle« located in Mainz.

The Roemheld Group is located in Laubach/Hess and was founded in 1879. Today Roemheld employs about 460 personnel. Beside a foundry, the main operating area is the manufacturing of lift columns and clamping systems.

In February 2015 a transnational research project with the topic „Further qualification of machine hammer peening technology for industrial use” starts at the PtU.

One again this year the Institute for Production Engineering and Forming Technology continues the tradition of the annual report and writes another chapter in the history of the research institute. We are pleased to announce that the annual report 2014 is now available for download. Annual Report 2014

9. Technical Meeting Roll Forming 2014 and 5. Intermediate Meeting CRC 666

On November 19th and 20th, 2014 the „Institut für Fertigungsforschung e.V.“ and the Institute for Production Engineering and Forming Machines (PtU) at Technische Universität Darmstadt hosted the 19th Technical Meeting for Roll Forming 2014 and the 5. Intermediate Meeting of the Collaborative Research Center 666 (CRC 666), which is supported by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG).

Following an invitation of the PtU, the former director of the VDI, Dr.-Ing. Willi Fuchs, gave a guest contribution on “task and responsibility of engineers in society” as part of the lecture “engineers in society” on December 15th, 2014.

Publication of the Special Issue in the Journal of Materials Processing Technology

The Special Issue “Joining by Forming” in the Journal of Materials Processing Technology is published, it contains numerous papers from projects of the priority program. www.sciencedirect.com www.spp1640.tu-darmstadt.de

The European Cold Rolled Section Association (ECRA) supports the lecture of the CRC 666 donating prizes to the students of the best team, amounting to 1.000 € every year. The award ceremony of the interdisciplinary project lecture of 2013/2014 was arranged in 5th Zwischenkolloquium of the CRC 666.