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1988 |
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With many years background in metal forming and upon
requests of industry, the research in resistance
projection welding started at the Technical University of Denmark
with the first PhD project.
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1994-1997 |
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National Materials Research Program MUP2 financed
by the Danish Technical Research Council with a consortium of four
partners: Danfoss A/S, Grundfos A/S, FORCE Institute (the Danish
Welding Institute) and the Technical University of Denmark. This
initiated systematic research on resistance projection welding with
four sub-projects including: Complex geometry and material combinations;
Electrode degradation and lifetime; Welding machine characteristics;
and Numerical modelling.
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1997-2000 |
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TALENT Project financed by the Danish Technical
Research Council on numerical modelling of resistance welding. The
numerical models were further developed and systematically verified,
which were packed into a new software system named SORPAS®.
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1999 |
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Spin-off private company SWANTEC
Software and Engineering ApS established for development and
commercialization of simulation software for resistance
welding. |
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SORPAS® registered as trademark of SWANTEC.
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2000 |
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First license of SORPAS® sold to Danfoss A/S. |
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The 1st
International Seminar on Advances in Resistance Welding organized by
SWANTEC and JOM Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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SORPAS® exhibited for the 1st time at the EURO-BLECH fair in Hannover,
Germany.
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2001 |
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First license of SORPAS® sold to Germany followed by
France and other EU countries. |
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SORPAS® exhibited for the 1st time at the Essen Welding Exhibition in Essen,
Germany.
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2002 |
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SORPAS® exhibited for the 2nd time at the EURO-BLECH fair in Hannover,
Germany. |
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The 2nd
International Seminar on Advances in Resistance Welding organized by
SWANTEC and ISF-RWTH in Aachen, Germany.
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2003 |
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ARO S.A.
appointed as distributor of SORPAS® in France.
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2004 |
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First license of SORPAS® exported to North America and
Asia. |
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Huys
Industries Ltd. appointed as distributor of SORPAS® in North America. |
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SORPAS® exhibited for the 3rd time at the EUROBLECH fair in Hannover,
Germany. |
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The 3rd
International Seminar on Advances in Resistance Welding organized by
SWANTEC and BAM in Berlin, Germany.
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2005 |
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SORPAS® exhibited for the
2nd time at the Essen Welding Exhibition in Essen,
Germany. |
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I S Korea Ltd. appointed as distributor of SORPAS® in Korea.
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2006 |
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Sumisho Computer Systems Corp.
(SCS) appointed as distributor of SORPAS® in Japan. |
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National research project INNOJOINT on numerical modeling of resistance and friction stir welding
financed for 4 years (2006-2010) by the Danish Technical Research
Council with a consortium of five departments from DTU and
SWANTEC as the sole industrial partner. |
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The 4th International Seminar on
Advances in Resistance Welding organized by SWANTEC and Fronius
in Wels, Austria.
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2007 |
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EU research project XPRESS financed by the European Commission for
4 years (2007-2010) involving 17 partners from 9 European countries aiming at developing flexible production experts for reconfigurable assembly technology in 3 representative industrial sectors (automotive, aeronautics and electrical). SWANTEC is
participating as industrial partner responsible for welding
simulations. Further information can be found at the website: www.xpress-project.eu.
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2008 |
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The 5th
International Seminar on Advances in Resistance Welding organized by
SWANTEC and Huys in Toronto, Canada. |
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