Forging Center

  

The forging center at IBF consists of a hydraulic forging press by SMS Group GmbH and a 6-axis heavy-duty forging robot by GLAMA Maschinenbau GmbH. The forging center is mainly used for research in the field of industrial open-die forging, where the current research topics are focusing on the near-net shape forging of complex geometries and the process modelling in open-die forging. Besides these research projects the open-die forging press is also available for experimental investigations and services in the field of open- and closed-die forging. For this purpose, various tool setups for different geometries are available.

Specifications

• Max. force: 630 tons
• Max. press velocity: 100 mm/s
• Repetition accuracy: 0,1 mm
• Max. stroke: 600 mm
• Robot: max. lifting weight approx. 300 kg
• Ingot measurements: Cross section: 70 - 260 mm round resp. 70 - 225 mm square
• Moving range: 300° and 1800 mm resp. 800 mm (horizontal / vertical)
• Measuring equipment (Stroke, Force, Velocity, Temperature, Axis position)
• Gas furnace up to 1200 °C (Volume: 1540 x 900 x700 mm³)
• Electric furnace up to 1200 °C (Volume: 1450 x 400 x 400 mm³)