2024 International Seminar Program

11:00 – 12:00

Registration

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch

Workshop on SORPAS® 2D/3D with latest developments and case studies
SWANTEC Software and Engineering ApS (Open to all participants)

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee break

Workshop on “Nil Defect Intelligent Control System”
Shanghai InfoMass Information Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (Open to all participants)

Welcome Reception

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 09:05

Welcome

09:05 – 09:50

Keynote speech – Innovative Resistance Spot Welding Technology to Promote Lightweight Thin-Wall Structure High Reliability Manufacturing
by Prof. Yongbing LI, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

09:50 – 10:20

Electrospark Deposition of AlCrFeCoNi High-Entropy Alloy Coating
by Nigel Scotchmer, Jihui Yanm Kevin Chan, Huys Industries, Canada

10:20 – 10:40

Coffee break

Session 1: Light-weight designs and spot welding of Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS)

10:40 – 11:10

Numerical and Experimental Investigations on the Enhancement of the Tensile Shear Strength for Resistance Spot Welded TWIP Steel

by Ding Kai, Baosteel, China

11:10 – 11:40

Research and Optimization of Spot Welding on Three Stacks Steel Plate with Different Thickness

by Yi Rigui, Shougang, China

11:40 – 12:10

Liquid Metal Embrittlement in Resistance Spot Welding and Its Solution for Automotive Steels

by Lei Ming, Baosteel, China

12:10 – 13:30

Lunch

Session 2: Digitalization of welding, digital twins, and numerical simulations

13:30 – 14:00

Twinning Digital and Physical Processes with SORPAS® Simulations and Optimizations in Resistance Welding and Mechanical Joining

by Wenqi Zhang, SWANTEC Software and Engineering ApS, Denmark

14:00 – 14:30

Promising Fully Coupled Resistance Spot Welding Process Model under Abaqus® Software

by Outhmane Siar¹, Chaouki Benzekri², Sylvain Dancette², Thomas Dupuy¹, Damien Fabregue²
1: ArcelorMittal Maizières les Metz, France   2: MATEIS Lab, INSA Lyon, France

14:30 – 15:00

Global Resistance Welding Research Progress Based on Big Data

by Luo Zhen, Tianjin University, China

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee break

Session 3: Weld quality and improvement methods

15:30 – 16:00

The Influence of the Current Curve on the Projection Welding Process and on the Quality of Welded Joints

by Zygmunt Mikno¹, Mariusz Stepien²
1: Lukasiewicz – GIT Center of Welding, Poland   2: Silesian University of Technology, Poland

16:00 – 16:30

Research on Quality Improvement Methods for Aluminum/Steel Resistance Spot Welding Process: Dynamic Resistance and IMC Formation Characteristics Analysis

by Zhou Hang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

16:30 – 17:00

Damage Mechanism and Suppression Strategies in Parallel Gap Resistance Welding between Flexible Solar Cells and Interconnectors

by Chen Nannan, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Session 4: Resistance welding of aluminum alloys

09:00 – 09:30

Development of Projection-Assisted Resistance Line Welding (PA-RLW) for Aluminum Alloys using FEA (SORPAS) Software in Automobile Short Flange Applications

by Tejaswin Krishna, Savyasachi Nellikode, and Yeong-Do Park, Dong-Eui University, Republic of Korea

09:30 – 10:00

Resistance Spot Welding of Aluminum Alloys based on Innovative Newton Ring Electrode

by Yang Shanglu, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, China

10:00 – 10:30

Influence of Rolling and T6 Heat Treatment on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Resistance Seam Welding Additive Manufactured 2219 Aluminum Alloy

by Wang Wenqin, Nanchang University, China

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

Session 5: Welding and joining of dissimilar materials

11:00 – 11:30

Enhanced Resistance Spot Weldability of Dissimilar Materials of Aluminum Alloy and Stainless Steel via Introduction of AlSi12 Interlayer

by Zhang Weihua, China University of Petroleum, China

11:30 – 12:00

Resistance Element Welding of Al/Cu with an Auxiliary Gasket of Ni

by Qiu Ranfeng, Henan University of Science and Technology, China

12:00 – 12:30

Research on Plastic Deformation Behaviors and Joint Mechanical Properties of Waist Drum Locking Riveting for Aluminium Alloy Sheets

by Zhang Peng, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, China

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch and closing remarks