Mechanical joining without auxiliary elements (C01)

• Subject Area: Metal-Cutting and Abrasive Manufacturing Engineering ; Plastics Engineering
• Term: since 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 418701707

The focus of the project will be on increasing the versatility and adapting the joining of planar semi-finished products by means of pin structures to extend the process limits. For this purpose, a combined experimental-numerical approach will be used to investigate load- and material-adapted multi-pin structures in order to be able to react to changing material properties and load collectives. In addition, an adaptation of the joining process is investigated, which reduces the process chain of caulking by using the pin structure as a hole-forming element. Finally, the joints will be characterised mechanically, by computer tomography and by micrographs.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 285: Method development for mechanical joinability in versatile process chains
• Applicant Institution: Universität Paderborn
• Project Heads: Professor Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Drummer; Professorin Dr.-Ing. Marion Merklein