Join us for an interactive session exploring a new hydroforming approach pioneered by the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) that could shake up the luxury car industry.

As the world pushes towards net zero emissions targets, there is an increasing demand across the automotive sector to reduce vehicle weight, and therefore CO2 impact.

NMIS, in collaboration with heritage automotive supplier PAB Coventry, has developed a new hydroforming approach which can reduce the weight of key car components by 24%.

A lightweight revolution

This webinar will introduce a cost-effective forming approach for the automotive industry.

Attendees will hear about how luxury vehicle car parts can be made lighter, potential material savings, and the possibilities this technology represents for the entire automotive sector.

Who should attend?

Whether you’re an avid petrolhead or involved within the automotive supply chain, this webinar is perfect for anyone interested in reducing vehicle weight and emissions in a cost effective way.

You may also be keen to learn how this approach could be tailored to other industries, such as rail and aviation.

Speakers

Jun Liu is a manufacturing engineer within the University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC). His background is in metallic materials and manufacturing engineering, mainly sheet metal forming technologies.

He received his PhD degree in 2013, focusing on developing a novel superplastic forming process using aluminium and titanium alloys at lower temperatures and faster forming conditions. Before joining AFRC, he was at Imperial College as a post-doctoral researcher working on hot stamping technologies for lightweight applications.

He has expertise in Materials Characterisation, Microstructure, Forming Processes, FE simulation, etc. He is now leading a few research projects at the AFRC on the development of lightweight manufacturing technologies for automotive and aerospace applications.

Please note that this webinar is being recorded and may be made publicly available.

PAB Coventry Ltd.

PAB Coventry has been working with some of the most admired British made niche vehicle manufacturers for over 35 years. PAB is renound in the industry for producing innovative solutions to their clients problems.

Working with universities and major OEM’s around the world they have supported some major collaborate R&D projects funded through UK and EU Innovation programmes along with self-funding specialist programmes.

PAB understand the requirements of the OEM and specialise in bridging the gap between academia and industry and providing solutions within the metal forming industry along with supplying highly complex pressing and assemblies on a production basis to the niche vehicle sector.