The largest confluence of experts in the field of impulse-based metalworking, the 10th International Conference on High Speed Forming will be on August 26th - 27th, 2025. Please join the conference as an author, an industry expert, a student or someone simply looking to explore this technology.

In addition to the presentation of new research results regarding high speed forming, the conference intention is to provide a forum for the exchange of experiences and the discussion between industrial operators and researchers on an international stage. The topics covered by the conference will reach from new developments in impulse forming to current industrial applications of these processes to future aims of high speed forming.


Topics:

Process Technologies

Forming and joining technologies driven by electromagnetic, electrohydraulic, explosive, hydro punch, vaporizing foil actuator, laser ablation and other novel mechanisms.

Tools and Equipment

Design guidelines and applications of tooling and pulsed power equipment design

Energy

Process efficiency, emission, and life cycle analysis

Materials and Measurement Techniques

Material characterization, high speed testing methods, and process monitoring

Modeling and Simulation

Finite and boundary element methods, physical modeling, and analytical techniques

Industrial Applications

High speed forming applications, Impulse welding and crimping as well as hybrid processes

Mini-Symposium: High-speed shearing, including adiabatic blanking

Mechanics, materials, processing and modelling perspectives

Organizers

The 10th International Conference on High Speed Forming (ICHSF 2025) is organized by the Institute of Forming Technology and Lightweight Components (IUL) of TU Dortmund University in cooperation with the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the Ohio State University.

Conference History

Prof. Matthias Kleiner initiated the Conference on High Speed Forming (ICHSF) in 2002. Since the first ICHSF, which was held in Dortmund, this biannual conference has become one of the major events for high speed forming and its applications. The conference has been held in Dortmund (6 times), Columbus (1 time), Daejeon (1 time). Since 2012, the conference has been led by Profs. Tekkaya (TU Dortmund University), Daehn (Ohio State University), Huh (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), and Dr. Vivek (Ohio State University). Like its nine predecessors, the ICHSF 2025 shall provide scientists, manufacturers, industrial operators as well as other interested persons an international forum for the exchange of experience and knowledge.


Prof. Matthias Kleiner (Ret.)
Institute of Forming Technology
and Lightweight Construction
(IUL)