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Excursion to the foundry “Römheld und Moelle” in Mainz

2015/02/23

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.

Excursion with the case study winners »Planning a factory« to Roemheld GmbH

2015/02/01

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.

Funding of transnational CORNET-project

2015/02/01

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

Annual Report 2014

2015/01/06

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

Press Release

2014/12/16

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).

Guest contribution by Dr.-Ing. Willi Fuchs

2014/12/16

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.

12th “Umformtechnische Kolloqium Darmstadt"

2014/12/11

On the 10th / 11th June 2015 the 12th “Umformtechnische Kolloqium” (UKD) will take place in Darmstadt. In 2015 the key issue will be: "Industry 4.0 in metal forming".

Further informations: www.ukd2015.ptu-darmstadt.de

Priority Program 1640 – “Joining by Plastic Deformation”

2014/12/09

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

Award Ceremony of the ECRA-Student-Awards

2014/12/01

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.

Hussmann Studies Award 2014

2014/11/27

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.