prof. dr hab. inż. Andrzej Gontarz
We develop advanced metal forming technologies and innovative forming machines that enable efficient and precise manufacturing of modern engineering components.
Services for industry
The Department of Metal Forming at Lublin University of Technology provides services and research and development support for industrial enterprises, particularly in sectors such as metallurgy, automotive, aerospace, energy and machinery manufacturing.
The Department’s team offers support in the design, optimisation and implementation of metal forming technologies, drawing on many years of scientific expertise and industrial practice of its staff.
The Department specialises in the design and implementation of modern metal forming technologies, in particular such processes as:
The offer also includes the design and construction of suitable production equipment where a company does not have dedicated technological infrastructure.
Technologies for open-die and die forging are also being developed, both in open and closed dies, taking into account the specific properties of forming various structural materials.
The Department’s specialists develop comprehensive manufacturing technologies for forgings with complex shapes, including:
An important area of research is increasing the durability of tools used in metal forming processes.
The Department also develops new metal forming technologies, including the design of technological machines, production fixtures, and forging and rolling tools.
The Department performs multi-variant numerical simulations of technological processes using methods such as:
Numerical analyses make it possible to predict the course of technological processes, optimise production parameters and minimise the costs of implementing new technologies.
The Department’s team also develops dedicated computer software supporting the design of metal forming processes.
The Department’s staff have extensive industrial experience – many of them previously worked as designers and technologists in manufacturing companies.
The Department has a Laboratory of Innovative Machines and Metal Forming Technologies equipped with a unique machine park of its own design, enabling research and technological testing.
The Department of Metal Forming actively cooperates with companies in the implementation of research and development projects, technological expertise and the introduction of new production processes.
We invite companies to cooperate in the development of technologies, optimisation of production processes and design of modern solutions in metal forming.
Project co-financed by the European Union under the European Social Fund, Operational Programme Knowledge Education Development 2014–2020 "PL2022 – Integrated Development Programme of Lublin University of Technology" POWR.03.05.00-00-Z036/17