SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN A UNIVERSITY-BASED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITY AND A MANUFACTURING FACTORY

Abstract

University facilities often have extensive technical equipment for complex high-accuracy engineering calculations. These facilities strive to verify their results in practice. Such an opportunity arose in collaboration between the Centre for Forming Machine Design Research (CFMDR, Centrum výzkumu konstrukce tvářecích strojů) and the company TS Plzen, which focused on a new design concept for a hydraulic press for open-die forging. This press was the CKV 120/140 type; built for and supplied to the company SUNAN.