ACI EALA 14 Agenda.indd

Conference Programme
EALA 2014
Tuesday \\ 11 February
  9.00 h
  9.15 h
Greeting and introduction to the topics
Andrea Huber, Automotive Circle International, DE
Dr. Matthias Graudenz, Audi AG, DE
High throughput cutting of presshardened
steel parts by a robot based system at small
footprint
Impulse
Dr. Torsten Scheller, Jenoptik Automatisierungstechnik GmbH, DE
Process monitoring for laser materials
processing – Standstill or progress?
Prof. Dr. Michael Schmidt, Friedrich-Alexander
University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Chair of Photonic
Technologies, DE
Session ISpotlight on New Materials
  9.45 h
Laser-welding of press-hardened components – New alloy concepts and new
surface coatings
Johnny K Larsson, Volvo Car Corporation, SE
10.15 h
Laser-joining of metals with plastics
Marc Kirchhoff, Trumpf Laser- und
Systemtechnik GmbH, DE
10.45 h
11.15 h
Coffee & contacts
15.15 hRemote laser-welding of fillet welds –
The new Mini doors
Dr. Florian Oefele and Christian Roos,
BMW Group, DE
15.45 hRobotic 3D scanner welding with on-the-fly
seam tracking
Dr. Wolfgang Vogl, Blackbird Robotersysteme
GmbH, DE
16.15 h
11.45 hRemote laser beam welding of profileintensive structures
Anja Deblon, Ford GmbH, DE
CLIO 4: From innovation to production
process – Laser-welded plastic tailgate Coffee & contacts
16.45 hExperiences in introducing laser-cutting
into the pressing plant – Laser applications
in manufacturing high strength body parts
Dr. Steffen Kulp, Volkswagen AG, DE
17.15 h
Laser applications on new platform EMP2
Alain Baud, PSA Peugeot Citroen, FR
Laser application in manufacturing aluminium doors for the new Mercedes Benz S-Class
Mike Pälmer Daimler AG, DE
12.15 h
14.45 h
17.45 hMeet the experts
18.30 h
Get together
19.00 h
Networking night
Hichame Roumadni, Jean-Gilles Kerbiguet,
Renault SAS, FR
12.45 hMeet the experts
Visit us at
13.15 h
Lunch
Session IIAdvances in laser manufacturing
processes
14.15 h
Innovative welding system and process with
potential for weight reduction in vehicle
construction
Thorge Hammer, Volkswagen AG, DE;
Christoph Franz, Scansonic IPT GmbH, DE
www.automotive-circle.com
Conference Programme
EALA 2014
Wednesday \\ 12 February
Session III Quality assurance strategies for laser
14.30 hDiode laser on new paths
application in body construction
  8.00 h
Quality assurance technique for bodywork
laser-welding
Dr. Christoph Ullmann, Laserline GmbH, DE
15.00 h
Taishi Tarui, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., JP
  8.30 hData is not information – how to extract
information from process data
Thomas Grünberger, Plasmo Industrietechnik
GmbH, AT
Wolfram Rath, Rofin-Sinar Laser, DE
15.30 h
16.00 h
  9.30 hAluCheck – innovative quality assurance
system for joining-processes
Thomas Rehmann, EHR GmbH, DE
10.30 h
Improved laser seam control via innovative
surface inspection
Jochen Sander, Automation W+R GmbH, DE
11.00 h
The American Laser Dream – Applications,
challenges and development
Florian Hanschmann, Magna Cosma International, US
Session IVExamples of laser manufacturing apart
from bodywork
11.30
What will the future bring?
Reports from automobile manufacturers:
Dr. Matthias GraudenzAudi AG, DE
Dr. Florian Oefele BMW Group, DE
Michael Ruther Daimler AG, DE
Danielle Bassan
Centro Ricerche Fiat, IT
Jürgen Hover
Ford-Werke GmbH, DE
Dr. In Sung Chang
Hyundai Motor & Kia
Corp., KR
Dr. Kiyokazu Mori Nissan Motors Co. Ltd., JP
Alain Baud PSA Peugeot Citroën, FR
Hichame Roumadni Renault SAS, FR
Thorge Hammer Volkswagen AG, DE
Niclas Palmquist Volvo Car Corporation, SE
Markus Kogel-Hollacher, Precitec GmbH & Co. KG, DE
Coffee & contacts
Coffee & contacts
OEM Round-Table
  9.00 hAdvanced in-process sensor technology –
a milestone for laser materials processing
10.00 h
Fibre laser in power range from 1 to 6 kW for
automobile production
16.30 h
Farewell to the participants and end of the
conference
Andrea Huber, Automotive Circle International, DE
Dr. Matthias Graudenz, Audi AG, DE
Optimisation of laser-weld seam configurations
of electric contacts within high-voltage batteries
Thomas Pauleser, Audi AG, DE
12.00 h
High precision laser-welding for gear boxes
Patrick Talmon l´Armeé, Daimler AG, DE
12.30 hMeet the experts
13.00 h
Lunch
Session VNewest developments in beam sources
14.00 h
Fibre laser for innovative joining in automobile
manufacturing
Dr. Klaus Krastel, IPG Laser GmbH, DE
Visit us at
www.automotive-circle.com