Doors And Closures In Car Body Engineering 2009

Doors and Closures
in Car Body Engineering 2009
25 – 26 November 2009
Bad Nauheim | Frankfurt, Germany
English/German simultaneous translation

Special Requirements
In car body engineering, doors and closures often take on a special
position: On the one hand, they have to fit smoothly into the design,
construction and production concept of the complete vehicle, and on
the other hand they are very significant in determining a number of
vehicle properties that are of high relevance for the perceived customer
comfort, for the driving characteristics and for safety aspects.
From special CAE technologies to specific construction principles,
material concepts and testing methods, doors and closures continuously
provide very unique challenges to development and production
engineers.
This is why the Automotive Circle International conference on “Doors
and Closures in Car Body Engineering” is specifically dedicated to
presenting the most recent engineering solutions related to such
parts. The conference again gathers the globally leading network of
automotive engineering experts in Bad Nauheim to discuss newest
door and closure developments, featuring both OEM presentations
of new body-in-white parts and the presentation of trailblazing
developments by important system suppliers and research institutions,
defining the benchmark of these developments in intensive
discussions.
Particular focus topics of the conference in 2009
– Novel hang-on parts in series production: Leading OEM present
technical developments concerning body-in-white doors and
closures from most recent series vehicles
– Innovative material concepts: Innovative steel, light metal and
plastics solutions competing for both technically and economically
viable weight reduction in hang-on parts
– Forming and joining techniques: Meeting the challenges posed
by design specifications, lightweight material mix concepts and
novel materials
– Function integration: Doors and closures in the area of conflict
between lightweight design and multifunctionality
Interactive Focus Workshops
As an interactive benefit, the conference includes two intensive
90-minute focus workshops, dedicated to specific current issues
in the development of automotive hang-on parts. Choose the workshop
that suits your individual interests best and bring up your
aspects for discussion. Positive side effect: The focus workshops
will effectively bring you together with other peers who share these
interests, maximising your networking possibilities.
The conference addresses:
Automotive engineers responsibly involved in the pre-development,
development, planning or production of car body hang-on parts,
i.e. doors and closures, from European OEM and beyond, as well as
from their system suppliers and engineering service providers.
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Conference Programme Conference Programme
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
9.00 h Welcome and conference introduction
Dr. Dirk Meine, Automotive Circle International, DE
Session 1 Steel in hang-on-part lightweight design
9.15 h Lightweight construction for outer components by using dual
phase steel
Matthias Schneider, Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung GmbH, DE
9.45 h Advanced lightweight concepts for doors and engine hoods
based on steel
Dr. Axel Grüneklee, ThyssenKrupp Steel AG, DE
10.15 h Lightweight door concepts based on hot forming technology
Dr. Ralf Hund, Braun CarTec GmbH, DE
Peter Weiter, ThyssenKrupp Drauz Nothelfer GmbH, DE
10.45 h Coffee & contacts
Session 2 Innovative joining and metrology techniques
11.15 h Adhesive bonding in class A areas for two-part tailgates
Michael Müller, Mercedes-Benz Cars/Daimler AG, DE
11.45 h High performance structural adhesives for hem flange bonding
Michael Gutgsell, Sika Technology AG, CH
12.15 h Innovative joining elements for doors and closures based on
modern materials
Peter Schmid, Profil Verbindungstechnik GmbH, DE
12.45 h Business lunch
14.00 h Laser-hybrid-processes for the welding of aluminium-based
doors
Dr. Herbert Staufer, Fronius International GmbH, DE
14.30 h Optical metrology in development and production of car doors
and closures
Dr. Konstantin Galanulis, GOM Gesellschaft für Optische
Messtechnik mbH, DE
Session 3 New door and closure concepts
15.00 h Development of the door and sealing system in the new
Audi A5 Sportback
Lars Peschke , Audi AG, DE
15.30 h Coffee & contacts
Interactive Focus Workshops
NEW!
As an interactive benefit, the conference includes two intensive 90-minute
focus workshops, dedicated to specific current issues in the development of
automotive hang-on parts. Choose the workshop that suits your individual
interests best and bring up your aspects for discussion. Positive side effect:
The focus workshops will effectively bring you together with other peers who
share these interests, maximising your networking possibilities.
16.00 h Parallel Session:
Focus Workshops A and B
Focus Workshop A:
Aluminium-based hang-on parts in large volume production –
What is possible, technically and economically?
Moderation: Mark White, Jaguar and Land Rover Cars, GB
Focus Workshop B:
Lightweight design and increasing functionalisation –
a contradiction?
Moderation: Bernhard Kandlbinder, BMW AG, DE
17.30 h Get together
18.30 h Conference dinner by invitation of the Automotive Circle
International
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Conference Programme
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Session 3 New door and closure concepts
8.30 h The development of a one-piece stamped aluminium inner
door in the new Jaguar XJ
Mark Clifton, Jaguar and Land Rover Cars, GB
Development of closure lid products in the new Jaguar XJ
Brian Lidguard, Jaguar and Land Rover Cars, GB
– followed by interactive discussion at the car, with
demonstrator parts –
10.00 h Coffee & contacts
10.30 h Presentation of Focus Workshop results
11.00 h Multi disciplinary development of novel door concepts
Christian Scharfenberger, Technical University of Munich,
Department for Realtime Computer Systems, DE
11.30 h Smart fortwo tailgate and future tailgate concepts in E-LFT
Andreas Rüegg, Esoro AG, CH
12.00 h Lunch break
Session 4 Processes and function integration
13.15 h Most recent trends for sealing systems in hang-on parts
Dr. Bernd Westerhoff, Cooper-Standard Automotive / Metzeler
Automotive Profile Systems, DE
13.45 h New possibilities with robot-based door sealant application
Norbert Fenger, ThyssenKrupp System Engineering / Thyssen-
Krupp Drauz Nothelfer GmbH, DE
14.15 h Continuous positioning of vehicle doors
Dr. Marcus Klopp, Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co KG, DE
OEM conclusions
14.45 h Authoritative OEM representatives describe their requirements
and expectations regarding the car body hang-on parts of the
future
15.15 h Farewell and end of the conference
*Subject to change
(Status as of 28 August 2009)
Terms & Conditions
Registration Procedures
Vincentz Network GmbH & Co. KG
Automotive Circle International
Plathnerstr. 4c
DE-30175 Hannover
Tel. +49 511 99 10-378
Fax +49 511 99 10-379
info@automotive-circle.com
You can also register online at
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Date and Venue
25 – 26 November 2009
Hotel Dolce Bad Nauheim
Elvis-Presley-Platz 1
DE-61231 Bad Nauheim
Tel. +49 6032 303-0
Fax +49 6032 303-419
www.dolce-bad-nauheim-hotel.com
We kindly ask you to make your own
hotel reservation. Accommodation
is available at the conference hotel,
which holds single rooms at the rate of
€ 139,– incl. breakfast. Please refer
to “Automotive Circle”. A list of
further hotels will be sent to you
together with your confirmation of
participation.
Conference Fees
Standard:
€ 1.575,– , plus 19% German VAT
Early-Bird*:
€ 1.475,– , plus 19% German VAT
(*for registrations received by
28 October 2009)
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All delegates will receive the complete
conference materials (conference
proceedings and list of delegates).
Also included are coffee and lunch
breaks as well as the conference dinner
on 28 September 2009.
Conference Language
The conference will be translated
simultaneously into English and
German. Please note that the contents
of lectures and presentations
at simultaneously interpreted conferences
are predominantly composed
in the English language.
Conditions of Participation
Fees will be refunded in full if notice
of cancellation is received by 28 October
2009. 50 % of the conference
fees will be refunded in case notification
of cancellation is received later,
but not later than 11 November
2009. Delegates who fail to attend
without notifying the organiser will
be liable for the whole conference
fees. Substitutions of delegates may
be made at any time. Cancellations
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or to cancel the event due to important
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