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Technologies for Forming and Foaming of Aluminium Foam Sandwich

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The new innovative materials enable the production of rail vehicles with excellent crash safety as well as with less weight. This article presents the results of the research project “Crash-safe front modules for rail vehicles of aluminium foam”. The team of the project consists of user, manufacturer and developer. The partners are Bombardier Transportation, Wilhelm Schmidt Co., AMIC Angewandte Micromesstechnik Co. and Chair of Design and Manufacturing of The Technical University of Cottbus. The main object of this research project was the developing of technology for the production of front module for ITINO-Trainset of aluminium foam sandwich (AFS). The technical and economic feasibility of front modules made of this innovative material should be demonstrated.

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  1. Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany

    Bernd Viehweger & Alexander Sviridov

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  1. Bernd Viehweger
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  1. Institutfür Umformtechnik und Leichtbau, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

    A. Erman Tekkaya

  2. Lehrstuhl für Umformende und Spanende Fertigungstechnik, Universität Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany

    Werner Homberg

  3. Institut für Fertigungstechnik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Alexander Brosius

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Viehweger, B., Sviridov, A. (2015). Technologies for Forming and Foaming of Aluminium Foam Sandwich. In: Tekkaya, A., Homberg, W., Brosius, A. (eds) 60 Excellent Inventions in Metal Forming. Springer Vieweg, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46312-3_63

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