Heat Treatment and Hot Forming of Steel - Grundig Akademie

Intensive Training in
Press Hardening
Module A
Heat Treatment and Hot Forming of Steel

Presented by:
Scientific management:
GRUNDIG AKADEMIE,
Academy of Economics and Technology
Prof. Dr. Kurt Steinhoff,
Chair of Metal Forming Technology,
University of Kassel
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than 30 years ago. He was one of Germany’s most successful
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Introduction
During the last decade, hot sheet metal forming technology, better known as
press hardening or hot stamping, has certainly become all pervasive in
automotive body-in-white design. Driven by a strong demand for further
improvement of energy efficiency and passenger safety, today, hot stamping is
undoubtedly a sustainable global technology.
The expected surge in growth of this technology in part production, material
supply, production equipment etc., has recently encouraged quite a few players
to enter this highly specialized technological scene. Competition has risen
inexorably and the ability to act globally has certainly become an existential
challenge.
However, it has become clearly understood during these years that press
hardening is an inevitably knowledge-driven technology. Without a proper
understanding of the governing thermo-mechanical mechanisms it is perhaps
possible to move along to the “low-end” of technology but impossible to reach
the “high-end”. Because of this, there are some very promising opportunities
for SME-companies in reaching and/or maintaining their position at the “highend”
of hot stamping technology and to share/benefit from the high level of
added value. The acquisition of substantial knowledge, therefore, constitutes
the main “key” to be successful in the aforementioned sense.
Prof. Dr. Kurt Steinhoff
This series of intensive trainings, each focussing on a particular aspect of
technology, offers comprehensive access to valuable knowledge on hot sheet
metal forming.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Kurt Steinhoff
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Overview
Benefits
The Intensive Press Hardening Seminar is aimed at combining
practical experience, fundamentals and innovative technologies
on the shop floor level. Technicians and practicians will achieve
a comprehensive knowledge in the rapidly growing technology
field of press hardening, enabling them to cope with the recent
developments in companies applying state-of-the-art hot sheet
metal forming processes. The attendee will receive innovative
and scientifically proven knowledge which will give them the
opportunity to fill a leading role in implementing and utilizing
this technology on a practical level. A detailed view about the
technical surroundings such as the behaviour of special steels
concerning heat treatments and hot forming as well as the
appropriate manufacturing equipment and testing methodology
will be given in theory and practice.
The overall performance and the variety of methods of the
seminar are designed most helpful for efficient studying. You
will have the opportunity to experiment with various parameters
and experience Hot Sheet Metal Forming in the field and acquire
a deep insight into efficient skills in technology.
Courses Module A
Seminars
A1 Fundamental Principles of Heat Treatment of Steel
A2 Fundamental Principles of Hot Sheet Metal Forming
of Steel
A3 Recent Developments in Hot Sheet Metal Forming
Practical Laboratory Internship
A1 Laboratory Internship
A2 Laboratory Internship
A3 Laboratory Internship
Revision Course
Exam
Closing Meeting
Course Schedule
Time Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
08:30 – 10:15
A2 Seminar
Exam
Arrival A1 Laboratory Internship
A3 Laboratory Internship
10:15 – 12:00 A2 Laboratory Internship Closing Meeting
12:45 – 14:30 Introduction
A2 Laboratory Internship
A1 Laboratory Internship
A3 Laboratory Internship
14:30 – 16:15
A1 Seminar
A3 Seminar
16:15 – 17:45 A2 Seminar Revision Course
Departure
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Facts and Figures
Target Participants
Engineers, technicians and foremen in the fields of production,
quality assurance, assembly and process planning
Venue
University of Kassel, Chair of Metal Forming Technology
Contact
IIYour personal contact for this course is:
Technical Consultant
Christian Kovacs
Phone: +49 (0) 911 95117-231
Fax: +49 (0) 911 95117-309
E-Mail: kovacs@grundig-akademie.de
GRUNDIG AKADEMIE
Academy of Economics and Technology
Non-profit Institution Registered Association
Klingenhofstr. 58
90411 Nürnberg
www.grundig-akademie.de
Certificate of Performance
IIA two-hour written examination following a revision course
IIA certificate of participation issued by the GRUNDIG AKADEMIE
Course Schedule
IISee schedule timetable
IIDinner on the last evening
IIBy appointment (July 2011, week 27)
Terms of Conditions
IISeminar fee (per group): 18.500 Euro in addition to a seminar
charge to the amount of 540 Euro per participant (for the entire
seminar). The GRUNDIG AKADEMIE is exempt from VAT according
to § 4 No. 21 a) bb) UStG.
IIGroup size is limited to 8 participants.
IIThe seminar price includes course participation, laboratory use,
seminar charge, dinner on the last evening of the course, and all
training materials.
IIWe will gladly provide you with hotel recommendations for
accommodation.
IIAll participants receive a certificate from the GRUNDIG AKADEMIE.
Other Modules in Preparation
Module B
Virtual process design for the press hardening of ultra-highstrength
steels (2 days, from October 2011)
Module C
Process and automation technology for the press hardening of
ultra-high-strength steels (2 days, from October 2011)
Module D
Market developments and design trends when using ultra-highstrength
hot formed components in body panel construction
(1 day, from October 2011)
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Module A
Heat Treatment and Hot Forming of Steel
A1
Fundamental Principles of
Heat Treatment of Steel
Aim
A comprehensive understanding of the interaction between
heat, phase transformation, microstructure and mechanical
properties will be provided.
Content
The basic principles of heat treatment of steel are presented
in a combination of seminar and practical experience.
These particularly concern the fundamental interactions of
heat, phase transformation, resulting microstructures and
mechanical properties. Using their acquired knowledge and
skills, participants will be able to set defined properties for
selected steels suitable for heat treatment processes including
determining and verifying the thermal process parameters
hereby provided by means of appropriate material testing
methods.
IIDuration: 4 hours seminar /
8 hours practical laboratory internship
A2
Fundamental Principles of
Hot Sheet Metal Forming of Steel
Aim
Knowledge on special features of the process of press
hardening of body panels will be provided.
Content
The basics of steel forming processes at high temperature
are provided by means of seminar presentations and
practical experience in a laboratory. The basic mechanisms
of plastic forming will also be taken into account, in addition
to considering the temperature dependence of formability
and flow stress. Similarly, questions about high temperature
tribology will be handled. By means of the well-founded
training provided, participants will be in a position to fully
comprehend and consider the special features of the process of
press hardening of body panels and handle these adequately
under real processing conditions.
A3
Recent Developments in Hot Sheet
Metal Forming
Aim
An overview over different actual process variations of the hot
stamping process will be provided from a material-oriented
technological point of view as well as from a process-oriented
point of view.
Content
A major challenge in the press hardening process is the safe
and reliable processing and efficient combination of heat
treatment and forming. The different process variations of
the press hardening process, both from a process-oriented
technological viewpoint as well as from a material-oriented
technological viewpoint, will be explained in detail in the
seminar presentations. The individual properties of different
material processing systems will also be fully taken into
account. The process strategies of time dependent and locally
variable temperature control, with the aim of creating graded
component properties, will be comprehensively covered. In
addition, the influence of different material processing systems
when in contact with selected tool steels and coatings on the
tribological system design is considered.
This knowledge will then be reinforced by practical work
experience in the laboratory on the basis of extensive press
hardening trials. Questions will also be addressed on the
selection of appropriate methods of thermal process control.
Participants will acquire the ability to reliably handle and utilize
the latest material processing systems, which are essential for
the press hardening of body panels under mass production
conditions.
I I Duration: 4 hours seminar /
8 hours practical laboratory internship
IIDuration: 4 hours seminar /
4 hours practical laboratory internship
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Your Trainers
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Kurt Steinhoff
Professional experience in metal forming
technology both in industry and in science for
20 years. Has established the internationally
leading research site for the development
and production of hot formed ultra-highstrength
body-in-white components.
Education/Qualifications
IIMSc, Mechanical Engineering, Gerhard-
Mercator-University of Duisburg, Germany
IIPhD & Habilitation and venia legendi, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Professional Experience
IIFull Professor of Metal Forming Technology, University of Kassel,
Germany
IIAssociate Professor of Production Technology, Delft University of
Technology, The Netherlands
IIResearch Assistant, Department of Metal Forming Technology,
Max-Planck-Institute for Iron Research, Düsseldorf, Germany
IIManagement positions in Cold Strip Production and Research &
Development in Steel & Automotive/Aerospace/Defence Industry
Dr. rer.nat. Natalie Barbakadze
More than 10 years established knowhow
in investigations of the mechanical
performance of engineering and natural
materials
Education/Qualifications
IIPhD, Material science, Max Planck Institute
for Metals Research, Stuttgart, Germany
IIStudy of Materials Science, Georgian
Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Professional Experience
IIResearch Assistant, Chair of Metal Forming Technology, University
of Kassel, Germany. Main research topics: surface coatings,
development of new composite materials.
IIAssistant Professor for Materials Science at the Faculty of Chemical
Technology and Metallurgy, Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi,
Georgia
IIVice President, Georgian Foundrymen and Material Scientists Society
IIResearch Assistant, Institute of Materials Science, Technical
University Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
IIResearch Assistant, Chair of Materials Science, Georgian Technical
University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Dr.-Ing. Ursula Weidig
Specialist for thermo-mechanical processing
technologies
Education/Qualifications
IIMSc Metallurgy and Material Science, RWTH
Aachen
IIResearch Assistant, Chair of Metal Forming
Technology, Max-Planck-Institut for Iron
Research, Düsseldorf, Germany
IIPh.D. Thesis, Thermo-mechanical processing with Dieless Drawing,
RWTH Aachen
Professional Experience
IIResearch & Development/QS, RUAG Components, Altdorf,
Switzerland
IICEO of the Collaborative Research Center SFB/TR 30 “Processintegrated
manufacturing of functionally graded structures on the
basis of thermo-mechanically coupled phenomena”
IIAssistant Professor, Division Metal Forming Technology, University
Kassel, thermo-mechanical processes
Dipl.-Ing. Agim Ademaj
Head of Materials Technology and Process
Engineer
Education/Qualifications
IIMSc, Mechanical Engineering, University of
Kassel, Germany
Professional Experience
IIProcess Engineer, Metakus GmbH, Center for
Applied Metal Forming Technologies, Germany
IIHead of Process Technology, Metakus GmbH, Center for Applied
Metal Forming Technologies, Germany
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Contact
Mr. Christian Kovacs
Phone +49 911 95117-231
Mail kovacs@grundig-akademie.de
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Fax +49 911 40905-33
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