Project: Sheet-metal forming tools surfaces improvement - research and development
The project is focused on developement and verifying a new advanced technology of sheet-metal forming tools surfaces improvement in order to obtain better performances, lower costs and lower environmental impacts of sheet-metal parts production processes. The attention is paid to issue of stamping and metal spinning tools and its application in metal forming processes of different challenging materials, such as Al-alloy, Mg-alloy, Ni-alloy, duplex and super-duplex stainless steels. It aims to demonstrate the technical, economical and environmental feasibility of advanced forming tool surfaces treatment by laser micro-structuring (texturing) and hydrostatic ball-burnishing applied to improve the stability of forming processes.
| Acronym | FormTool |
| Duration | 01/01/2015 - 31/12/2017 |
| Project Topic | Adaptive manufacturing technologies: processes for removing, joining, adding, forming, consolidating, assembling |
| Network | MANUNET II |
| Call | MANUNET Call 2014 |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Institute of Production Technologies, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, Slovak University of Technology | Coordinator | Slovakia |
| 2 | Matrici S.Coop | Partner | Spain |
| 3 | Inpromat ingeniería | Partner | Spain |
| 4 | Industrias Puigjaner, S.A.(DENN), Polinyà - Barcelona, Catalonia - Spain | Partner | Spain |