FormPlanet Open Innovation Test Bed Fostering advancement in the sheet metal forming industry
We offer integral advanced metal characterisation methodologies, non-destructive in-process measurements, and modelling approaches to assure a zero-defects production and optimise sheet material development, production, and performance.
FormPlanet Open Innovation Test Bed
Your innovation partner to increase productivity, improve product quality, optimise processes and cut time to market of your next sheet metal products.
We address difficulties to assess sheet formability, non-expected part performance, and production losses due to cracks and inaccurate quality assessment with integral advanced metal characterisation and modelling testing services.
At FormPlanet Open Innovation Test Bed we aim to empower the sheet metal forming industry by boosting a wide usage of high-strength sheet materials for high-added value products in different applications.
The FormPlanet Open Innovation Test Bed is the main result of the FormPlanet project (2019 -2021), receiving funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 814517.
The Open Innovation Test Bed is constituted as a Joint Research Business Unit among Eurecat Technology Center, COMTES FHT and LETOMEC srl, three research entities with a solid R&D background in metal forming sharing a common goal: addressing the industrial challenges of the sheet metal forming industry.
High level of competence
High-experienced researchers and engineers able to provide solutions to your industrial challenges
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Experienced specialists
Our scientists and technicians bring deep academic and materials science background to meet customers highest expectations for the analysis, testing and modelling of their sheet metal materials.
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Providing the sheet metals information, you need
We provide the sheet metal forming industry with innovative modelling and characterisation tests, allowing the customer to access to material performance & formability data quicker and accurately.
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Innovative services validated by key companies in the sheet metal forming industry
FormPlanet Open InnovationTest Bed novel metal characterisation and modelling methodologies effectiveness and reliability have been validated by more than 15 industrial companies across Europe.
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One of the first European Commission Open Innovation Test Beds
FormPlanet Open Innovation Test Bed is the main result of the FormPlanet project (2019 -2021), receiving funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 814517.
