Universal Hydraulic Press

• Subject Area: Production Technology
• Term: Funded in 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 421841006

The requested major research instrument constitutes a central component of the laboratory at the Institute for Lightweight Construction with Hybrid Systems (ILH) and forms part of the refurbishment of equipment for the Department of Forming and Machining Technology. The new machine will replace a thirty-year-old double-acting hydraulic deep drawing press built in 1987. This replacement is necessary in order to ensure compliance with current occupational safety guidelines and to provide state-of-the-art functionality, in particular. Future application scenarios include research and development for new forming technologies – especially in the context of overlapping process chains for the production of complex components from predominantly sheet-metal composite materials. This requires a press which can be equipped with complex tool systems. It must be possible to control the movement and/or the application of forces in a defined manner, in a functional relationship to a specification or to corresponding measured values of the new tool systems required. Features such as a multi-point blank holder system, a fine resolution, a proportional adjustable pressure control and a powerful press or process control meet these requirements. The requested hydraulic press thus contributes significantly to strengthening the local research centre. This is because, on the one hand, it allows projects to be explored in more depth and better dealt with and, on the other hand, it permits innovative ideas to be experimentally validated or transferred to research projects of a high quality and relevance to a greater extent than before.

• DFG Programme: Major Research Instrumentation
• Major Instrumentation: Hydraulische Universalpresse
• Instrumentation Group: 2130 Pressen und Maschinen zum Biegen, Drücken, Stanzen, Prägen, Ziehen
• Applicant Institution: Universität Paderborn
• Leader: Professor Dr.-Ing. Werner Homberg