The Ruhr University Bochum is participating in the project "Research for the production of tomorrow", which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
The Chair of Production Systems, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, provides an insight into robot-based sheet metal forming of complex components.
The process principle includes the following points:
- complete elimination of geometry-specific tools
- two simple, synchronized tools with six degrees of freedom
- double-sided processing of the sheet metal
- rigid sheet clamping
- large working area due to industrial robots
- inexpensive production of small quantities
The Roboforming process has already won awards.
For example, the "Euroblech Award 2008" in the forming technology category.
The Roboforming demonstration plant was presented there by Dieffenbacher.
The company Pumpen Peters und Zubehör supplied several gear pumps for lubricating oil delivery, matching hoses
and filters for this project.
Another partner of Ruhr University Bochum is the robot manufacturer Kuka.
Further details can be found on the roboforming website of the Ruhr University Bochum.
