The Scientific Technical Committee “F” had two meetings in 2024, one during the Winter Meeting in Paris on February 22nd with 33 participants (7 of whom were guests) and another during the General Assembly in Thessaloniki on August 23rd with 42 participants (11 of whom were guests).
Summary of the STC-F Meeting in Paris on February 22nd
Reports
Short reports related to the following activities were given:
- 14th International Conference on Technology of Plasticity (ICTP 2023) by Prof. H. Utsunomiya
- 55th Plenary Meeting of the International Cold Forging Group (ICFG 2022) by Prof. M. Liewald
- 42nd IDDRG (International Deep Drawing Research Group) Conference by Prof. M. Merklein
- International Impulse Forming Group (I2FG) 2024 conference by Prof. E. Tekkaya
- 10th International Conference on Tribology in Manufacturing Processes & Advanced Surface Engineering (ICTMP) 2024 by Prof. P. Groche
CIRP Dictionary / CIRPedia / CIRP NTPE / CIRP JMST
CIRP Dictionary / CIRPedia: short presentation was given by Prof. T. Kuboki.
CIRP Novel Topics in Production Engineering: short presentations were given by Dr. E. Simonetti and Prof. J. Ha for CNTPE essays they are leading in 2025 and 2026, respectively.
CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology: short presentation as given by Prof. L. Fratini, where 74 papers were submitted in 2023, with 21 accepted.
Keynotes
(a) 2024 Keynote – progress report
Profs. J. Cao and M. Merklein presented the progress report of 2024 KN “Artificial intelligence in metal forming”
(b) 2025 Keynote – progress report
Prof. J. Allwood presented the progress report of 2025 KN “Cut the Scrap: making more use of less metal”
Open discussion and brainstorming on topics for 2027 Keynote
Open discussion topics included the possibility of an STC focused on additive manufacturing and the educational survey that was created by Prof. P. Martins. Prof. J. Yanagimoto presented possible KN topics based on the Google sheet results. A reduced number of potential topics moved forward for presentation during the August meeting.
Technical presentations
7 technical talks were presented: 1 by an invited guest, 4 related to the 2026 KN topic “Shear-dominated processes and mechanics in forming and blanking”, and 2 open topic presentations.
Summary of the STC-F Meeting in Thessaloniki on August 23rd
Reports
Short reports related to the following activities were given:
- 15th International Conference on Technology of Plasticity (ICTP 2026) by Prof. H. Utsunomiya
- 57th Plenary Meeting of the International Cold Forging Group (ICFG 2024) by Prof. M. Liewald
- 43rd IDDRG (International Deep Drawing Research Group) Conference by Prof. M. Merklein
- International Impulse Forming Group (I2FG) 2024 conference by Prof. E. Tekkaya
- 2024 International Conference on Tribology in Manufacturing Processes (ICTMP) by Prof. P. Groche
- 13th International Conference and Workshop on Numerical Simulation of 3D Sheet Metal Forming Processes (Numisheet) 2025 by Prof. W. Volk
CIRP Dictionary / CIRPedia / CIRP JMST
CIRP Dictionary / CIRPedia: a short presentation was given by Prof. T. Kuboki.
CIRP Novel Topics in Production Engineering: short presentation was given by Prof. J. Ha for a CNTPE essay that she is leading for 2026.
CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology: In 2024 thus far, there were 9 desk rejections and 3 accepted papers.
Keynotes
(a) 2025 Keynote – progress report
Prof. J. Allwood presented the progress report of 2025 KN “Cut the scrap: making more use of less metal”.
(b) 2026 Keynote – progress report
Prof. W. Volk presented the progress report of 2026 KN “Shear-dominated processes and mechanics in forming and blanking”.
(c) Selection of the 2026 keynote
The following proposals for the 2027 keynote were presented:
1) ‘Inline quality control in metal forming’ by Prof. P. Groche
2) ‘Tube forming and processing technologies for a sustainable society’ by Prof. T. Kuboki
3) ‘Metal forming for biomedical applications’ by Prof. M. Banu
Based on voting, ‘Tube forming and processing technologies for a sustainable society’ was selected as the 2027 keynote topic.
Targeted discussion
Preparations for the STC F officer elections were discussed.
Technical presentations
8 technical talks were presented.