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Jana von der Heidt from Baosteel Tailored Blanks and Thomas Böttcher, Head of Application Concepts at Thyssenkrupp Steel, present the Door Ring: a structural support for the outer side wall of a car made from a single blank that replaces up to eight individual components. © Thyssenkrupp Steel

New door ring solution

1. December 2025 Hans Georg Schätzl

Optimization of manufacturing costs, weight and complexity of vehicle production: Door Ring made from a single tailored blank replaces up to eight individual parts of the vehicle structure. At this […]

Short, high-energy pulses lasting just a few picoseconds vaporize the material during USP structuring. In the second step, the laser, which then runs with different parameters, melts the top 0.2 to 2 µm of the surface. It then smoothes itself out. Fraunhofer ILT

UKP laser structures and polishes hard material components in a single clamping operation

1. December 2025 Hans Georg Schätzl

Tools made of hard materials and ceramics such as tungsten carbide are particularly wear-resistant. However, the tools used to manufacture them wear all the faster – unless the tool is […]

ALEX automates tensile and bending tests, freeing up valuable time for qualified specialist personnel. © ZwickRoell

Automation solution for small test series

1. December 2025 Hans Georg Schätzl

The compact automation solution ALEX (Automated Lab EXpert) for small test series is now even more versatile – with new extension packages for metal round specimens, elastomer specimens and as […]

The indirectly interlinked system from Trumpf consists of the TruBend Center 7030 folding machine, the TruMatic 5000 punch laser machine and an automated Stopa storage system. © Trumpf

New solution for machine interlinking

1. December 2025 Hans Georg Schätzl

At Blechexpo, Trumpf presented a fully automated, interlinked system consisting of the next generation of the TruBend Center 7030 folding machine, the TruMatic 5000 punch laser machine and the Stopa […]

From October 21 to 24, 2025, sheet metal processing and joining technology companies showed where the journey is heading. Sound

Once again “the place of the best”

1. December 2025 Hans Georg Schätzl

The 17th Blechexpo, international trade fair for sheet metal working, was successfully held together with the 10th Schweisstec, international trade fair for joining technology. 1,190 exhibitors from 41 countries showed […]