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The Hussmann thesis award was awarded for the second time in order to honor an outstanding thesis in the field of roll forming and flow splitting.

Since April 2014, the company BRUDERER AG provides a high performance stamping press BSTA 810-145 at the PtU. The system is a mechanical high speed press with a nominal force of 810 kN. The maximum stroke rates are between 100 and 1,000 strokes per minute and the adjustable stroke is up to 63 mm.

On November 21th the second colloquium of the SFB 805 will take place in the science- and congresscenter “Darmstadtium” in Darmstadt.

In late 2014, the second phase of the priority programme 1640 “joining by plastic deformation”, which is coordinated by the PtU, will start. It is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and consists of 16 research projects.

From September 15th to September 19th the biennially held workshop of the Institute for Production Engineering and Forming Machines took place in the university city of Ilmenau. Same as in the years before, a mixture of intense work units and teambuilding activities were scheduled at the workshop.

On September 4th, 2014 the annual works outing was held. As always did not know what was planned for the day, except Prof. Groche and the organizers.

Once again this year, the PtU participated at the WGP Football Tournament in collaboration with its partner Institute PTW and reached the 2nd place.

Since April 2014 the PtU is a proud owner of a new laser machining center with YLS-300-S2T laser (IGP) as beam source.