15th IIW WG Shipbuilding Vigo 2009.psd

15 th IIW WG Shipbuilding Meeting
SECRETARIAT FOR ENROLMENT AND INFORMATION
Mrs. PAULA TOSAR, Marketing area, Centro Tecnológico AIMEN
Tel. +34 986 344 000
E-mail: marketing@aimen.es
http://www.aimen.es
Visiting address:
Relva 27A Torneiros
36410 Porriño (Spain)
Please enrol yourself as soon as possible.
ROADMAP
HOTEL RESERVATION
Each participant must make his own hotel reservation. Hotels and detailed information can
be found in attached accommodation document. Please make your reservation as soon as
possible.
LADY PROGRAMME
Ladies are specially welcome in Vigo. For the first time there is a “lady programme, with
visits to the unique places like Santiago de Compostela Cathedral and others.
ATTENTION
Please do not forget;
1- Your hotel reservation as soon as possible
2- Give up your name to the secretariat: Paula Tosar
3- Indicate if you attend the diner meeting after the first meeting day
Looking forward to meet you at Centro Tecnológico AIMEN
RICHARD BOEKHOLT
Chairman IIW WG Shipbuilding
E-mail: boekholt@terra.es

15 th IIW WG Shipbuilding Meeting
AGENDA
for Tuesday, December 1 st , 2009
9:00 OPENING
1. IIW SELECT COMMITTEE ON SHIPBUILDING
Richard Boekholt, Chairman IIW WG Shipbuilding.
2. MINUTES of the 14 th SC-SHIP,at IHC Merwede Shipyard BV, Netherlands, April 2009
Questions and answers.
3. SHIPBUILDING in EUROPE. Survey on European Shipbuilding – panel study 2009
Dr. Jochen Tholen, University of Bremen
- Panel study 2008.
- Panel study 2009.
- Questions and answers. See also the Minutes of the 14th IIW SC-Ship.
4. REVIEW ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROBOTIC WELDING AND CUTTING IN
THE SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY TODAY. A status report with information about
further development in welding automation in European shipbuilding.
Presented by: Richard Boekholt , ICWET Consultancies, Sweden
- Integrated Shop Floor Technology.
- Characteristics of software supported robot technology.
- The effect of robotics in shipbuilding.
- The optimal employee in shipbuilding.
5. RINASWELD ROBOT PROGRAMMING, Successful welding in Double Bottom
Sections
Presented by: Aleksander Milojevic, KPS Rinas Development Aps. Denmark
Besides automatic offline programming, the unique software RinasWeld balances also the workload
automatically for multi robot systems without any chance of collision, giving you process leadership, in a
smaller shop floor with shorter throughput times.
- Explanation of recent projects in Italy and USA
6. FLEXIBLE SUB – ASSEMBLY / FLAT PANEL PRODUCTION LINE FOR MID-SIZE
SHIPYARDS
Presented by: Harry Kartano, Pemamek Oy, Finland
Flexible flat panel production lines can be tailor-made for small and mid-size shipyards. The flexible
production line includes one- or two-sided plate butt welding, longitudinal profile assembling & welding
station and web welding utilising a vision robot. Patented Visio robot is an efficient and user friendly
welding station, which is very easy to implement to production line and use by normal welders. New
welding floor type conveyor line enables the welding of micro panels and full size flat panels in the same
line.
7. RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR SHIPYARD ROBOTICS, Results on quality,
capacity and financial.
Presented by: Alfred Hamstra , Kranendonk Production Systems B.V. The Netherlands
8. GENERAL OVERVIEW ON WELDING FOR SPANISH SHIPBUILDING
Presented by: Josè Piquer and Gustavo Perames, Cesol , Spanish Welding Society, Madrid
13.00 – 14.00 LUNCH

15 th IIW WG Shipbuilding Meeting
9. PROSPECTIVE STUDY ABOUT JOINING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE SPANISH
SHIPBUILDING SECTOR.
Presented by: Aimen Technology Centre , Porrino – Pontevedra, Spain
LASER REVOLUTION IN SHIPBUILDING
10. CURRENT LASER RELATED PROJECTS IN EUROPEAN SHIPBUILDING
Presented by: Dr. Ing. F. Roland, Managing Director, Centre of Maritime Technologies, Hamburg,
Germany.
Laser and Hybrid welding offer a number of significant advantages to shipbuilding, which include high
productivity, improved quality and accuracy. These benefits have been widely discussed in various
publications. Germany is leading worldwide in the application and development of laser technologies, in
particular in the maritime field.
11. LASER HYBRID WELDING at the STX EUROPE GROUP (Aker Yards), FINLAND
Presented by: Kari S. Laiho, Manager, Grand Block & Hull Assembly, HULL Production in Turku, Finland.
The STX Europe Group of shipyards have three shipyards in Finland. The yards are mainly building cruise
ships and ferries. The biggest of the three yards is located in Turku in south west of Finland and the
world’s biggest cruise ships are built there. Since the cruise ships are becoming larger, the weight
optimisation has got significant role in the current cruise shipbuilding. More or less the weight optimisation
means thinner materials and more complex structures. Due to that fact total weld length of the hull is
increasing. The than called Aker Yards has implemented laser hybrid welding in production use in 2006.
12. HYBRID WELDING OF DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL FOR SHIPBUILDING
INDUSTRY
Presented by: A. Vandewynckéle, E. Vaamonde Couso, M. Pèrez de Lama, G. Quintáns Rodriguez,
Aimen Technology Centre and Factorias Vulcano S. A., Spain
Hybrid laser welding has demonstrated its robustness for industrial use and is now employed in a very
wide application field. In the of shipbuilding industry, one of the major benefits of using laser hybrid
welding processes is the decreases of distortion level compared to traditional arc welding processes. This
benefit is even more accused when welding high coefficient of expansion steels, such as duplex stainless
steels. Duplex stainless steels are used for chemical and oil tankers.
13. PROCESS AND PRODUCTION CONTROL IN LASER BEAM WELDING
Presented by: Dr.Stefan Kaierle, Fraunhofer Institut Lasertechnik , Aachen, Germany.
Laser results for process control of leaser beam welding are presented and discussed. Although laser
processing can be implemented as separate manufacturing steps, the full benefits can be exploited in an
integrated set-up. The complex interplay between planning, production and control will be highlighted . In
order to implement laser solution with a maximum benefit can be obtained by a multi-disciplinary
approach. A discussion on this will lead to find currently needed R&D topics.
18:00 DINNER WITH ALL PARTICIPANTS
More information will follow…

15 th IIW WG Shipbuilding Meeting
AGENDA
for Wednesday, December 2 nd ,2009
9:00 OPENING
1. DISTORTION “O”: Prediction and control of distortion in thin section panel
fabrication on shipbuilding sector.
DO consortium: Factorias Vulcano, Hijos de J. Barreras, Construcciones Navales P. Freire, TYM Ganain,
Construcciones y Transformaciones Navales, Montajes Naval Gallega, Carenaga, Montajes Novarue,
Aimen Technology Centre. Presentation will be given by Ms Mar Rodriguez
2. INDUCTION HEAT STRAIGHTENING – A distortion rework reduction tool for
thin plate.
Presented by: Dr. Norman McPherson and Mark Wells, BVT Surface Fleet Ltd and EFD Induction,
England.
Thin plate distortion in the shipbuilding sector has been studied for decades, but the problem continues in
some form or another. In addition to this , there has been a gradual move to include more thin plate into
the structure of naval vessels in particular. This normally in the form of high strength steels. Thin plate
distortion can be brought to what could be considered manageable levels. However , the work required to
further reduce the level of distortion will be achieved through incrementally small gains, which currently
could be very costly. To generate the step change at this low level, an alternative is to develop a more
efficient and controllable process of heat straightening.
3. PREDICTION OF DISTORTION IN THE WELDING OF PANELS OF FINE PLATE
OF CARBON STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL AND ALUMINIUM ALLOYS.
I.Aramburu , A. Bermejo , R. Ocana, J. Canas , E. Novoa, Fundacion InaSmet-Tecnalia ; E.T.S.I.
Industriales de Sevilla; Soermar
The objective of this report is the validation of different prediction models, on test pieces of carbon steel,
stainless steel and aluminium joints, materials that are used in shipbuilding with 6 mm thickness, and
they are welded by means of FCAW, MIG (for aluminium alloys) and SAW processes.
4. AUTOMATIC LASER WELDING OF SHIP PANNELS WITH A MINIMUM
DISTORTION.
Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg
13.00 – 14.00 LUNCH
5. THE WELDER AS A STRATEGIC RESOURCE IN SHIPBUILDING, A Human
Resource Perspective
Project of the IIW Select Committee on Shipbuilding in co-operation with IIW Comm. VIII , - Health,
Safety and Environment, Dr. Luca Costa
- Arc Welding Fume Components related to Welding Processes and consumable type
- Opportunities to reduce fume emissions in GAW. T.Rosado, I. Pires, L. Quintino
- Environmental management systems
- Requirements with guidance for use in the fabrication by welding. Dr. Luca Costa
- Welding and Ergonomics . Prof. Dr. Roland Kadefors
- Design of Ergonomic Tools. Dr. Luca Costa
- Musculoskeletal symptoms and diseases in the welding population.
- Ergonomics in welding : experimental results in industrial cases. Franecesca Colombo
- Reducing Worker Exposure to Welding Fume in Shipbuilding. Ian D. Harris
6. REVIEW 15TH IIW SELECT COMMITTEE ON SHIPBUILDING MEETING.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE 16TH MEETING
17:30 CLOSING OF THE 15th IIW SC SHIPBUILDING MEETING