Volumetric metal forming
Metal forming includes shaping methods such as forging, pressing and extrusion. It has found wide application in the production of components for many industries. These include, for example, the automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding, railway, oil and gas industries. We provide comprehensive services for these methods with numerous industrial implementations, research and development work and patents.
Forging tools
We design forging tools for press forming. We have extensive experience in designing forging tools for die and semi-die forming. In addition, we have a fully developed range of proprietary PKJ instruments that enable localised swaging of a bar located in a horizontal position.
Automation of forging processes on presses
We carry out automation of metal forming processes. Automation can concern a newly designed technology or an existing one. The stations we design meet all predetermined performance and safety parameters.
At our Centre’s premises, there is an automated forging station for single- and double-sided shaping of rips and heads at the ends of bars with a maximum diameter of up to 25 mm, in length ranges from 405 mm to 1005 mm. The automated forging station includes components, i.e. an eccentric press with a mounted self-clamping forging tool, a comb feeder for batch bars, two induction heaters, a robot and a buffer/storage area to cool the forged head. Robotization has made it possible to double the productivity as compared to manual forging.
Workstation design based on Industry 4.0
Design of dedicated machinery and equipment
According to customer requirements. We design stand-alone machines, prepare full technological lines, as well as incorporate the designed machines into existing technological lines.
Our machines are CE safety certified
Dedicated test equipment and testers are also in the scope of our activities. They are developed based on the testing requirements for the item to be tested and the parameters that must be recorded during testing.
Production-laboratory station with expanded capabilities for recording parameters of the ring rolling process (patent application no. 437863)
Finite element method (FEM) analyses
We design and verify shaping technologies. We have dedicated software for numerical simulations, using the finite element method. They allow us to design technologies, optimize and eliminate possible defects, for example, in the form of material discontinuities. We offer numerical testing in the elastic range, as well as flow analysis.
Production orders
We have an experienced staff of engineers and press operators, capable of completing the order on both our forging instruments and those entrusted from the customer. In the absence of a suitable tool, we will design and implement production according to customer guidelines.
We realize small and large series orders
Our machinery includes: eccentric presses, deep drawing press, hydraulic presses, CNC milling machines, sinker and wire EDM machines.
We also offer:
steel testing, aluminum testing, aluminum alloy testing, copper alloy testing, rebar tensioning.
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Nasz ekspert:
Szymon Szkudelski
Tel.: +48 607 802 424
Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz – Poznański Instytut Technologiczny, Centrum Zrównoważonej Gospodarki, ul. Jana Pawła II 14, 61 – 139 Poznań
