THE FORMING LABORATORY

The forming laboratory houses equipment for both hot forming and cold forming. This includes an isostatic press, a deep-drawing press, a forward-extrusion press, a crank press, a universal hydraulic press, a 1:10 scaled down version of an industrial press with a sinusoidal drive, a high-speed press featuring a proportional valve, and an air hammer. The equipment for heating and heat treating consists of six furnaces which offer temperature profile control and treatment in hot baths. Induction heating equipment is available as well. A material handling robot is provided for research tasks.