Research

& Development

R&D

Research Field

Sustainable Lightweight Component Development
Process System Innovation
Improved Data Acquisition System for aluminum extrusion
Automated collection of key process data such as temperature and speed
  • Analog sensors replaced with digital systems
  • Additional non-contact temperature sensors installed
Statistical analytics development for process optimization
  • Visualization of correlations between processing parameters and yield/defect rate
  • Variation tracking by product / batch / time-based comparisons