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Congratulations Alexander Barlo, Licentiate in Mechanical Engineering!

Alexander Barlo presented his licentiate thesis entitled “Failure Prediction of Complex Load Cases in Sheet Metal Forming: Emphasis on Non-Linear Strain Paths, Stretch-Bending and Edge Effects” in front of an +50 people hybrid audience of online listeners and physically present people. Alex made a popular presentation of the background of his research and the findings […]

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I-STAMP project progress meeting in Spain

The partners of I-STAMP project met in Mondragon Spain between 6th and 7th February to discuss project progress and exchange learnings. I-STAMp project aims to develop cost-effective and affordable actuators and sensors, together with fully automatic control systems to achieve self-adjustable production systems in automotive press lines. Read more about the project and partners at […]

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Academic Ceremony 2021

8th of October was the Academic Ceremony at BTH with promotion of PhD’s and installation of professors among other things on the agenda. From Product Development Research Lab and the research subject of Mechanical Engineering we were very happy to see the installation of two new professors in Marco Bertoni, and Sophie Hallstedt. We also […]

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Welcome as Adjunct Lecturer, Johan Pilthammar!

WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT IS YOUR BACKGROUND? My name is Johan Pilthammar and I live in Hällevik, Sölvesborg, with my wife and four children. I work as a research engineer at Volvo Cars in Olofström with all kinds of projects related to sheet metal forming, mostly focused on forming simulations and material. I’ve previously […]

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Congratulations Johan Pilthammar, PhD!

Johan Pilthammar successfully defended his PhD thesis “Towards Virtual Tryout and Digital Twins: Enhanced Modeling of Elastic Dies, Sheet Materials, and Friction in Sheet Metal Forming” in COVID-19 style with some local people keeping distance and web casting the presentation and also having grading committee and opponent taking part online. The thorough questioning of Johan’s […]

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VIPP – Volvo Industrial PhD Programme

At Volvo Cars annual VIPP meeting, BTH’s PhD student Johan Pilthammar presented his research findings and received very good comments from the management team. His supervisor Prof. Sharon Kao- Walter was also invited and got a very good impression of the Volvo survey. About 30 industrial projects are in progress and more than 10 new […]

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Center of Excellence – stamping (förstudie) | 2018-2019

Förstudien kommer att handla om hur ett “Center of excellence” inom området stamping ska utformas och etableras i Olofström/Blekinge. Förstudiens mål är att arbeta fram en komplett verksamhetsplan för hur detta “Center of Excellence” ska utformas och etableras. PROJEKTINFORMATION BTH project leader: Prof Tobias Larsson Time span: 20180903-20190531 Funding: 800 kSEK (400 Tillväxtverket, ERUF) Partners:  Blekinge Tekniska Högskola Olofströms […]

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Introductory study of sheet metal forming simulations to evaluate process robustness

ABSTRACT The ability to control quality of a part is gaining increased importance with desires to achieve zero-defect manufacturing. Two significant factors affecting process robustness in production of deep drawn automotive parts are variations in material properties of the blanks and the tribology conditions of the process. It is imperative to understand how these factors […]

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