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International conference on Smart Forming Technology in Waaier

Last week, the 38th conference of the International Deep Drawing Research Group (IDDRG) took place in De Waaier. The conference was organized by Ton van den Boogaard and Javad Hazrati from the chair Nonlinear Solid Mechanics, together with Tata Steel Europe.

After an opening address by the Rector Thom Palstra, over 190 participants from all over the world presented and discussed on the latest developments in Forming Technology. The theme of the conference was “Forming 4.0 – Big data, Smart solutions”. Subjects like active process control, digitalization and machine learning were intensively discussed by participants who equally represented academia and industry.

Next year, the IDDRG conference will take place in Busan, Korea.