EVENTS

On occasion of the 40th anniversary of ICFG, special lectures were given during the General Assembly on "History and Future of Cold Forging" in Europe (Prof. Tekkaya, University of Dortmund, Germany) and Japan (Prof. Osakada, Osaka University, Japan). Dr. Doltsinis (University of Stuttgart, Germany) delivered a talk about "Stochastic Analysis, Optimization and Robustness of Deformation Processes". An historical overview over "40 Years of ICFG" was given by Dr. Groenbaek (Strecon A/S, Denmark).
Additionally, the ICFG document 18/07 "40 Years History Document" has been published. Besides an overview over past and future of ICFG, its organization and workscope, this document contains a compilation of the 7 ICFG documents 11/01 to 17/06.

40 years of ICFG

The ICFG delegates welcomed Prof. Dohda (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan), Prof. Kitamura (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan) as well as Prof. Liewald (IFU, University of Stuttgart, Germany) as new corresponding members. The membership status of Prof. R. Geiger (Liechtenstein) and Prof. Siegert (Germany) was changed to emeritus. Mr. Nishiyama (Japan) and Prof. Shivpuri (USA) left the ICFG. Thus, the ICFG consists of 93 personal members from 23 different countries.
In the ICFG Advisory Board, Prof. Kuzman is new vice-chairman after 4 years as chairman. The new chairman is Prof. Tekkaya. The ICFG thanked Prof. Kuzman for his time as chairman and welcomed Prof. Tekkaya as new chairman in the general assembly.

Memberships

The ICFG has four working subgroups. Within the subgroup “Process Simulation“ a compilation of presentations on process simulation has been prepared. Based on this work a document including case studies is planned. Therefore, the chairmen asked the attendees for case studies in process simulation.
The subgroup “Tool Life & Tool Quality“ plans to prepare a document “Tool life & tool quality in cold forging: Part 4“. At the moment the subgroup has its focus on the surface finishing of tools. A workshop on surface finishing and coating in Soenderborg, Denmark is planned in spring 2008.
The subgroup “Properties of Cold Forged Products“ has organized two workshops (one in Dortmund, Germany and one in Nagoya, Japan) in spring 2007. Two new workshops will be organized again in spring 2008. A document is planned summarizing the results of the subgroup in 2008 as well.
The subgroup „Incremental Bulk Forming“ defined its goals as follows: enhancement of process simulation and description of material behaviour. Therefore, the definition and calculation of benchmark problems as well as the modeling of material behaviour are planned.

Subgroup activities and publications

The ICFG International Paper Prize 2007 was awarded to Mr. Mert Aygen (Turkey) for his paper “Determination of Appropriate Friction Model by Forward Rod Extrusion Tests”. Mr. Aygen presented the paper to the delegates at the general session of the Plenary Meeting and received the prize by the chairman Prof. Kuzman and the vice-chairman Prof. Tekkaya. The prize paper will also be published in one of the coming WIRE issues. Prof. Kuzman asked all attendees to propose good candidates for the ICFG International Prize next year. Deadline for application will be on May 1st, 2008.
In 2007, the ICFG International Exchange Prize was awarded for the first time. The prize winners are Mr. Martin Geier (Brazil), Mr. Sebastjan Masera (Slovenia), Mr. Canderim Önder (Turkey) and Mr. Motoki Terano (Japan). This prize is established in order to support the understanding of young researchers of the importance of cold and warm forging production as it is carried out by world leading companies and also to give young researchers an understanding of social and cultural differences and challenges in overseas countries. The technical trip of 5 days covered visits to a light metal cold forging company (Alutec), coating company (Balzers), machine tool manufacturer (Hatebur), cold-warm-hot forger (Willi Hahn, Daimler, ThyssenKrupp Presta, Hirschvogel) as well as academic institutions (PtU Darmstadt, LFT Erlangen, DIMEG, Padova) in Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Italy. Additionally, the prize winners attended the Plenary Meeting in Padova, Italy, where they have been presented to the attendees during the Plenary Session by Prof. Kuzman, Prof. Tekkaya and Mr. Weidel. The ICFG cordially thanks the companies and institutions for their generous support of the ICFG International Exchange Prize.

ICFG International Prizes – Paper Prize and Exchange Prize

The coming Plenary Meeting 2008 will be held in Warsaw, Poland and will be organized by the ICFG member Prof. Kocanda. He presented the preliminary program of the coming Plenary Meeting that will take place from September 14th to 17th, 2008. More detailed information will be published on the ICFG website. More regularly updated information about ICFG activities including links to its members is provided by the official ICFG homepage: http://www.icfg.info.

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