Innovation and Creativity in Metal Forming

Abstract

The global trend of Industry Influences the materials Industries In general, and specifically demanding technological Innovations In metal forming. The metal forming Industry Is evolving constantly accepting new Innovative technologies and combining technologies In various areas as fusion technologies, thus leading to creation of value. In order to achieve creative realization of new metal forming technologies, more systematic methods of approach are needed. The creative realization matrix and value equation for materials Industry can be conveniently used for such effort. In the presentation, recent Innovations are Introduced and an Industrial example of effective and creative realization of metal forming process would be explained. © 2011 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. Weinheim.