BAOSTEEL Australia


Project ID: BA19001

Project Title: Towards a semi industrial flexible forming facility for low volume production

Investigators: 
  • Dr Matthias Weiss, Deakin University
  • Professor Bernard Rolfe, Deakin University
  • Dr Yong Sun, Deakin University
  • Dr Rui Ge, Baosteel Central Research Institute (Wuhan Branch)
  • Dr Lei Shi, Baosteel Central Research Institute
  • Dr Hongchuan Zhu, Baosteel Central Research Institute (Wuhan Branch)
  • Mr Li Yu, Baosteel Central Research Institute (Wuhan Branch)

This project aims to develop a business case for the industrial implementation of flexible roll forming for automotive and truck component manufacture. A first concept of a semi-industrial production facility will be developed in combination with advanced forming approaches and tool solutions that reduce cost and enable high quality and flexible manufacture at high production rates. If successful this project will demonstrate the feasibility of flexible roll forming for the industrial manufacture of complex parts with variable width and height from UHSS and establish guidelines for tool design, production planning and part shape influence required for planning a future industrial flexible roll forming cell.