2018 Conference Full Program

11:00 – 12:00

Registration

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch

13:00 – 15:00

Workshop on SORPAS® and User Group Meeting – Open to all seminar participants
Presentation and demonstrations of new releases of SORPAS®2D and 3D and case studies
by Wenqi Zhang, Swantec Software and Engineering ApS, Denmark

New developments of SORPAS® 2D3D.link – from 2D welding/joining to 3D strength testing
by Wenqi Zhang, Swantec Software and Engineering ApS, Denmark

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee break

15:30 – 17:00

Demonstrations and Round Tour of the Labs

Round tour of the labs at Hochschule Esslingen – Open to all seminar participants

09:00 – 09:10

Welcome

09:10 – 10:00

Keynote speech: State-of-the-art in welding and joining and a look into Industry 4.0
by Martin Greitmann, Hochschule Esslingen, Germany

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee break

Session 1: Mechanical joining and hybrid joining

Joining by Forming of Sandwich Composite Panels to Metallic Tubes
by L.M. Alves, R.M. Afonso, C.M.A. Silva, Paulo Martins, IDMEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Experimental study as basis for the simulation of Joining by Forming
by Uwe Füssel, Jan Kalich, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

FEM simulation for the development of data-based process models in mechanical joining technology
by Tobias Falk, Thomas Kropp, Mathias Jäckel, Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU, Germany

New Method to Estimate Fatigue Life of Multi-Material Connections Joined by Self-Piercing Rivets
by Jan Presse, Opel Automobile GmbH, Germany

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

Session 2: Resistance welding of advanced high strength steels & aluminum

13:30 – 14:00

Effects of Electrode Material on Projection Welding of Advanced High Strength Steel
by R. Nivas, Z. Jiao, K. Chan, Nigel Scotchmer, Y. Zhou, Huys Industries, Canada

14:00 – 14:30

A study on the effect of local fracture toughness on the cross-tension strength of advanced high strength steel resistance spot weld
by Ali Chabok, University of Groningen, E. van der Aa, Tata Steel B.V, J.T.M. De Hosson & Y.T. Pei1, University of Groningen, Netherlands

14:30 – 15:00

Advances in resistance welding of aluminum for volume production applications
by Sullivan Smith, TWI Ltd, UK

15:00 – 15:30

A study on seam welding on steels for fuel tank
by Yun Sang-Man, Posco, South Korea

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

Session 3: Welding and joining copper alloys and electronic materials

16:00 – 16:30

Batteries need strong connections – what is the best suited joining technology?
by Jörg Kundrat and Marcin Alexy, Amada Miyachi, Germany

16:30 – 17:00

Aluminum/Copper-compounds, “the missing link” between lightweight and power
by Arno Marto, Inovan GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

17:00 – 17:30

Experimental study on the role of the electrical contact resistance in resistance projection welding
by Michael Wehle, Robert Bosch GmbH, G. Schmitz University of Stuttgart, and Martin Greitmann, Hochschule Esslingen, Germany

Session 4: Advances in welding equipment and control technologies

09:00 – 09:30

Material mixes in modern automotive body-in-white production and consequences on energy consumption in production facilities
by Jörg Eggers, Ralf Bothfeld, Harms-Wende, Germany

09:30 – 10:00

Development of resistance spot welding technology applying 2-stage adaptive control for narrow pitch spot welding
by Chikaumi Sawanishi, JFE Steel Corporation, Japan

10:00 – 10:30

Projection Welding of nuts with Electromechanical Electrode Force System
by Zygmunt Mikno, Szymon Kowieski, Adam Pilarczyk, Instytut Spawalnictwa (Institute of Welding), Poland

10:30 – 11:00

Influence of cone angles on behavior of Truncated electrodes, a practical and FEA study
by Arnout Dejans, Hendrik Roels, Patrick Van Rymenant, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee break

Session 5: Digital and computer technologies

11:30 – 12:00

Visualization by high speed camera and observation of welding phenomena
by Kiyoyuki Fukui, Nac Image Technolgy Inc., Japan

12:00 – 12:30

Omicron – an Adaptive Smart Sensor with Optical Monitoring of Electrode Quality in Spot Welding Production
by Eugenio Tedeschi, Marco Paleari, Giuseppe Palopoli Sinterleghe S.r.l., Italy

12:30 – 13:00

Imaging spot weld inspection using Phased Array technology
by Carsten Köhler, VOGT Ultrasonics GmbH, Germany

13:00 – 13:30

Evolution of computer simulation and optimization with potential for machine learning and artificial intelligence
by Wenqi Zhang, Swantec Software and Engineering ApS, Denmark

13:30 – 14:30

Lunch

14:30 – 15:00

Closing remarks and discussions