DeepForm: a new tool design for efficient car body parts

该项目是为DeepForm Limited的第一个原型产品的开发提供资金：一种新型模具，用于冲压车身结构部件，减少浪费，成本和隐含排放。在全球范围内，用于制造汽车车身零部件的金属板材几乎有一半被切割和报废，这使每辆车的实际排放量增加了近10%。剑桥大学的衍生公司DeepForm有限公司获得了一种新颖的、正在申请专利的冲压模具概念“DeepForm”，该概念承诺减少75%的废品率，降低20%的件价，并有机会制造具有更强材料等级的零件。在这个项目中，我们将设计和评估一个中型生产准备的模具，以在汽车OEM当前生产中制造多个零件。制造工作将在英国的中小企业和模具制造商惠斯顿工业公司开始。该项目将启动DeepForm有限公司作为一家英国企业，旨在减少汽车生产的隐含排放。

The project is to fund the development of DeepForm Limited's first prototype product: a novel die-set for stamping a car body structural part with less waste, cost and embodied emissions.Almost half of sheet metal purchased for making car body parts globally is trimmed off and scrapped, adding almost 10% to the embodied emissions of every vehicle.DeepForm Limited, a spin-out company from University of Cambridge has access to a novel, patent pending stamping die concept 'DeepForm' that that promises a 75% reduction in scrap, a 20% reduction in piece price, and the opportunity to make parts with stronger material grades.In this project, we will design and evaluate a mid-size production-ready die set to manufacture multiple parts in current production at an automotive OEM. Fabrication work will begin at UK-based SME and die manufacturer, Whiston Industries. This project will kickstart DeepForm Limited as a UK business aiming to reduce the embodied emissions of car production.