Gestamp presented the FlexCrash project at the 28th DYMAT Technical Meeting, held from 10–12 September in Bilbao, Spain. The event was jointly organised by Mondragon University and the DYMAT Association and brought together leading experts in materials science and manufacturing.
During the meeting, Andoni Agirre, project partner from Gestamp, shared insights on the current challenges facing the automotive industry, particularly in crash simulations and materials development. He highlighted the growing complexity of Gigacastings and the difficulty of generating accurate material cards for simulations.
In this context, FlexCrash was introduced as a key European project addressing these challenges. The project is developing innovative, flexible, and hybrid manufacturing technologies to produce adaptive, crash-tolerant structures made from sustainable aluminium alloys. These advancements aim to support the automotive sector in meeting safety, efficiency, and environmental goals.
The DYMAT Technical Meeting serves as a key platform for advancing both applied and fundamental research in the dynamic behaviour of materials and their applications in manufacturing processes, continuing the association’s long-standing mission to foster innovation in this field.
