Lightweight near net shape components produced by thixoforming

Materials and Design

Volumn 18, Issue 4-6, 1997, Pages 315-321

  Hirt, G ^a   Cremer, R ^a   Witulski, T ^a   Tinius, H C ^b  

^a EFU GmbH   (Germany)

^b ThyssenKrupp Gerlach GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concepts; Developments; Production; Thixoforming

Indexed keywords

BILLETS (METAL BARS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIE CASTING MACHINES; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; LIGHT METALS; MATERIALS HANDLING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

THIXOFORMING;

METAL FORMING;

EID: 0031363735     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0261-3069(97)00071-x     Document Type: Article

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