EU RESEARCHERS SEEK INTEGRATION OF NEW HIGH TECH AUTO PART MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
July 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU)-funded research project is trying to outmode traditional stamping of auto structure parts by integrating three new formation techniques in a seamless production system.
The Euro 6 million PROFORM project participants aim to unveil its technology at a conference next year. They will link three new ways of forming structural car parts - flexible roll forming (RF), laser forming (LF) and electromagnetic forming (EMF).
Flexible roll forming shapes flat metal on one axis into a convex or concave strip by rolling it between ...
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