Joining in Car Body Engineering North America 2023
The North America Network
Making change work
The only constant in life is change. This is certainly true for the automotive industry, which is currently once again reinventing itself on multiple levels – from a global shift toward vehicle electrification, to a huge increase in digitalization, to an ever-growing understanding of the necessity to produce sustainable products in a sustainable way.
All these changes may seem challenging or even daunting at times, but in the end, there is only one productive way to respond if you want to move forward, and that is to make them work.
When it comes to the body shop, a key role in making changes work is played by the joining technologies. They enable the growing number of advanced mixed material and lightweight design concepts, as well as the integration of new materials and additional components such as battery housings into the car body structure. They help meet sustainability targets and play an integral role in the growing digitalization infrastructure.
About the conference
Each year, the Automotive Circle brings together its leading network of international engineering experts at this conference, to share and discuss their latest technical progress reports and application-oriented innovations concerning all relevant joining technologies for series production in the body shop which are relevant to the North American market.
Group discounts
Save up to 15%! Benefit from our group discounts when registering 3 or more people at the same time from the same company! For further details, have a look at our “prices, terms & conditions”.
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In 2024 the conference will take place from February 27-28 in Rochester, MI, so mark this date already in your calendar!
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Conference Agenda
08:00 am |
Registration and welcome coffee |
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09:00 am |
Welcome |
Dr. Sibylle Freitag, Automotive Circle, DE |
SPOT WELDING INNOVATIONS
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09:30 am |
Advanced engineering and manufacturing simulation approaches for developing welding applications |
Alexander Hutter, Honda Development & Manufacturing of America, US |
10:00 am |
Improved joining technologies for high strength 7xxx series aluminum alloy |
Dechao Lin, Novelis, US |
10:30 am | Coffee Break | Meet the Speakers | |
11:00 am |
Electrode texturing for aluminum-aluminum resistance spot welding |
Eric Gindlesberger, KTH Parts Industries, US |
11:30 am |
Introduction of an innovative, thermally decoupled welding insert to join all multi-material combinations on a standard BIW assembly line |
Sean Farrell, Gaming Engineering, FR |
12:00 pm |
Fatigue and corrosion properties of dissimilar aluminum to steel welds joined by ultrasonic interlayered resistance spot welding process |
Luke Walker, The Ohio State University, US |
12:30 pm | Lunch Break | Meet the Speakers | |
SOLUTIONS FOR CHALLENGING JOINTS |
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01:45 pm |
Resistance spot riveting of mixed materials |
Taylor Scott, Howmet Fastening Systems, US; Terry Phenix, Center Line (Windsor) Limited, US |
02:15 pm |
Enabling joining of aluminum castings for mixed material design with self-pierce-riveting |
Dr. Matthias Wissling, Stanley Engineered Fastening, DE |
02:45 pm |
Material characterization for self-pierce riveting |
Garret Huff, Ford Motor Company, US |
03:15 pm | Coffee Break | Meet the Speakers | |
03:45 pm |
Introduction of a new laser-assisted mechanical joining system with industrial production readiness |
Dr. Wolfgang Pfeiffer, Tox Pressotechnik, DE |
4:15 pm |
Utilizing robot guidance to improve flow drill fastening processes with pre-holes |
Ruth Kocsis, Dr. Jamie Skovron, Atlas Copco IAS, US |
04:45 pm |
Joining technology in the new BMW iX |
Dr. Alexander Biere, BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC, US |
05:15 pm |
Get Together |
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06:00 pm |
Conference Dinner |
Presented by |
08:30 am |
Welding Cell 4.0 |
Victoria Nguyen, Diakont, US |
JOINING THE BATTERY ELECTRIC REVOLUTION |
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09:00 am |
Achieving success with automated fluid dispensing in modern automotive assembly |
Michael Bonner, Saint Clair Systems, Inc., US |
09:30 am |
Adhesive bonding technology for the production of energy storage systems for electric vehicles
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Dr. Holger Fricke, Fraunhofer-Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM), DE |
10:00 am |
Joining aluminum castings by flowform and the sealing solutions achieved by flowform with the various sealants |
Dr. Xuzhe Zhao, Arnold Fastening Systems, US |
10:30 am | Coffee Break | Meet the Speakers | |
11:00 am |
Overcoming flow fastener limitations while minimizing cost impact through innovative design changes |
Dr. Brandt Ruszkiewicz, Semblex, US |
11:30 am |
Friction stir welding in automotive battery tray production |
Ed Volcic, Kuka Robotics Corporation, US |
PRODUCTION FLOW
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12:00 pm |
Production flow management |
Eric Tiefenthaler, Mercedes Benz US International, US |
12:30 pm | Lunch Break | Meet the Speakers | |
QUALITY MATTERS
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01:45 pm |
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) as live sensor for quality assurance |
Richard Steinbrecht, Lessmüller Lasertechnik, DE |
02:15 pm |
Automated vision-based remote laser weld quality system |
Guangze Li, General Motors Company, US |
02:45 pm |
In-process quality monitoring for laser brazing with an AI approach |
Jay Flowers, Scansonic, US |
03:15 pm |
OEM Conclusions |
Members of the OEM Advisory Board |
03:30 pm |
Farewell |
Dr. Sibylle Freitag, Automotive Circle, DE |
03:35 pm |
End of conference |