Conference

General Information

BLECHbusiness features a conference with five individual presentation streams, as well as case studies and panel discussions. The main topic will be "Technologies to maximise productivity in sheet metal working". The subjects will be carefully chosen by experts from the European Research Association for Sheet Metal Working (EFB). Conference languages will be Polish and English, with simultaneous translation provided.


Conference Programme


Technologies to Maximise Productivity in Sheet Metal Working
Tuesday, 27th November 2007
Welcome address
Dr.-Ing. Norbert Wellmann, CEO European Research Association of Sheet Metal Working, Hannover
Conference Session I: 10.00 – 12.00
Research
New Trends in Research on Sheet Metal Working
Dr.-Ing. Norbert Wellmann, CEO European Research Association of Sheet Metal Working, Hannover
Sheet-Metal Research in Poland – Institutes and Programmes
Agata Walewska, AiF Kontaktbüro Warschau
Demands on sheet metal technologies from an automotive point of view
Dr.-Ing. Steffen Kulp, Dr. Ing. Holger Heyn, R. Struck Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg
The steel market in Poland: Development and present situation
Andrzej Ciepiela, General Director PUDS .- Steel Stockholders Association Poland
Conference Session II: 14.00 – 16.00
Joining
Tightness and mechanical strength of lock bolt and link rivet joints in dependence on different materials and surface coatings
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin-Christoph Wanner, Dr.-Ing. Knuth-Michael Henkel, Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Normen Fuchs, Dipl.-Wirt.Ing. Marcus Delin, IfF Uni Rostock
Electron Beam and Laser Beam – Tools for the Joining of Metal Material Combinations
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Dilthey, Dr.-Ing. Klaus Woeste, Dipl.-Ing. Heinrich Masny, Dipl.-Ing. Simon Olschok, Dipl.-Ing. Nikolaus Wagner, Dipl.-Ing. Jens Holk, ISF - Welding and Joining Institute, RWTH - Aachen University
Adhesive bonding as clamping technology for laser beam welding
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Prof. h.c. Stefan B&nhm, Fachgebiet Mikrofügen, Institut für Füge- und Schweißtechnik, Technische Universität Braunschweig
Wednesday, 28th November 2007
Conference Session III: 10.00 – 12.00
Forming
Patchwork Blanks – an effective technology for the economic production of lightweight parts.
Dipl.-Ing. Sandra Menzel, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Reimund Neugebauer, Dr.-Ing. Reinhard Mauermann, IWU Fraunhofer Chemnitz, Dr.-Ing. Jens Standfuß, Dipl.-Ing. Axel Jahn, IWS Fraunhofer Dresden
The use of pressing technologies to produce sharply bent profiles.
Dr.-Ing. Klaus Müller, TU Berlin, Forschungszentrum Strangpressen, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Thoms*, TU Dresden, Professur für Umform- und Urformtechnik
″Process optimisation of press hardening″
Dipl.-Ing. Cord Schäffner, Institut für Umformtechnik und Umformmaschinen, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Ceramic-steel-composite layers for sheet metal forming.
Dipl.-Ing. Lars Hauschild, Laser Zentrum Hannover
Conference Session IV: 14.00 – 1600
Machines + Tools
High strength Steel. Development of Steel – driving innovation forward
Roger Hannig, Stefan Woestmann, ThyssenKrupp Steel AG, Zbigniew Ferda, ThyssenKrupp Stal Serwis Polska
Stamping and Forming Machines for New Steel Qualities
Karl Stahl, Graebener Pressensysteme GmbH & Co KG
Arcelor Mittal Steel Service Center & Distribution development in Central Europe
Marek Dolina, CEO AMSSC Central Europe, Bytom
Experimental Investigation of Influencing Factors on the Dynamic Properties of Forming Presses
Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Thomas Hofmann, Department fro Process Chains and Forming Units, Institute for Production Engineering and Forming Machines, Darmstadt University of Technology
Thursday, 29th November 2007
Conference Session V: 10.00 – 12.00
Methods
Sheet Metal Joints under Crash Loading: From Experimental Parameter Determination to FE-Simulation of Components.
Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Wißling, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ortwin. Hahn, LWF Uni Paderborn
Successful Handling of the Model Diversity with Stamping Simulations.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Rambke, Fachbereich Maschinenbau, FH Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel
Methods of the steel coils transformation – case sudy of Drozapol Profil
Thomas Milas, CEO TM Steel Sp. Z o.o., Chorzów

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