Automotive Circle International Assembly Engineering 2013 26 27 February 2013 Bad Nauheim Germany PLUS! \\ Focus Workshops \\ Meet the Speakers \\ Live Polls With progress reports of BMW Daimler Ford Opel Renault Škoda Volkswagen English/German simultaneous translation
Conference board International OEM Advisory Board Photo: Audi AG Dr. Efstratia Zafeiriou Klaus Sammer Matthias Müller Rene Wolf Paul Staes Marc Alochet Jan Babak Andreas Jäckel Audi AG, DE BMW Group, DE Daimler AG, DE Ford Werke GmbH, DE Adam Opel AG, DE Renault S.A.S., FR Škoda Auto a.s., CZ Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge, DE Conference Chair Progress in Efficiency Managing the complexity of final assembly remains one of the biggest challenges in automotive series production. A large variety of process steps, with low degrees of automatisation and standardisation, as well as an extremely high number of vehicle variants, with its consequent high logistic demands, has to be mastered as cost-efficiently as possible. Thus, each single production step is constantly checked for its optimisation potential. Progress in efficiency is then often the result of many, only seemingly small steps. Improved ergonomics, the possibilities for automatisation of process steps, the limits for process simulations, optimal ramp-up management are topics under discussion as are the complex organization structures or, the peculiarities in the assembly of electric or hybrid vehicles. With this background, the Automotive Circle International conference Assembly Engineering, which takes place for the third time on 26 and 27 February 2013, again offers its high-level, international networking platform for automotive engineers, to present and discuss newest technical improvements and concepts within automotive final assembly. Progress reports from the production of leading OEM, innovative developments by key system suppliers and trailblazing, practice-oriented studies of relevant research institutions constitute the conference s contents, demonstrating today s possibilities as well as future trends in industrial automotive assembly processes. discussion workshops on specific focus topics add to this, enabling a further intensive information exchange with international experts and peers. Regular updates, detailed programme and online registration at: Dr. Dirk Meine \\ Automotive Circle International, DE The conference addresses: Automotive engineers with responsibilities for assembly processes and assembly systems, in the pre-development, development, planning and production of international OEM, as well as from corresponding system suppliers and engineering service providers. Your benefits Focus workshops (in English only) As an add-on to the conference programme, four 90-minute interactive focus workshops, held in parallel in the afternoon of the first conference day and moderated by renowned OEM experts, will address current challenges in automotive assembly and its development. As a conference participant, you may choose the workshop that best matches your interests, and put forward your particular questions and issues in the discussion. As a positive side-effect, the workshops bring you in direct contact with participants sharing your specific interests, maximizing your networking possibilities. Meet the speakers Exchange with the speakers privately and ask your individual questions! Live polls on site During the two conference days, live polls among the auditorium will be held via an automated vote system, taking the opportunity to gain some insight into the considerations of this unique assembly of international assembly engineering experts. The results will be displayed immediately in the conference plenum and will also be documented for all the conference participants. Take the chance and address the conference plenum with your own questions!
Conference programme Conference programme Tuesday, 26 February 2013 9.00 h Welcome and conference introduction Dr. Dirk Meine, Automotive Circle International Session I Assembly concepts 9.15 h Integrated production system with a global approach Andreas Bruditz, Ford-Werke GmbH, DE 9.45 h Experiences from the reconstruction of the assembly lines in Mlada Boleslav Jan Babak, Škoda Auto A.S., CZ 10.15 h Coffee & contacts 11.00 h Fastening concepts and assembly sequence in an electric vehicle assembly process Marc Alochet, Renault S.A.S., FR 11.30 h Automatisation in final assembly Thomas Scholz, Volkswagen AG, Emden, DE 12.00 h Lunch break Session II Fastening technology 13.15 h Fully automated setting of adhesively bonded bolts for applications in final assembly Franz Drüke, Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH, DE 13.45 h Fastening solutions for current and future assembly challenges Hans-Jürgen Lesser, A. Raymond GmbH & Co. KG, DE 14.15 h Parallel Focus Workshops Workshop A: Global supplier awarding situation Workshop B: Green technology in automobile final assembly Workshop C: Efficient end-of-line test systems Workshop D: Assembly-related challenges through electro-mobility Session III Simulation and Testing Methods 16.15 h Virtual validation of limiting positions in the final assembly of the new BMW 3 Series Dr. Senol Kapici, BMW Group, DE 16.45 h Virtual training in final assembly as an economic tool for personnel qualification Ersen Eren, Volkswagen AG, Hannover, DE 17.15 h EDIP Efficient test and diagnostics processes based on OTX/ODX Marcel Lauer, Adam Opel AG, DE 17.45 h Meet the Speakers The speakers of the first conference day are available for individual questions 18.00 h Get Together 18.45 h Networking Night Your Presence Exhibition & Sponsoring The accompanying exhibition as well as the various sponsoring possibilities are the perfect addition and an important part of the conference concept Assembly Engineering, making the stay worth while for each delegate. You may also profit from our communication platform in order to maintain and expand your business contacts. Come on board as an exhibitor or conference sponsor and benefit from this exclusive marketing opportunity to enter the limelight of the automotive industry. Your contact: Frauke Haentsch \\ Director of Sales \\ Automotive Circle International T +49 511 9910-340 \\ F +49 511 9910-342 \\ frauke.haentsch@vincentz.net including coffee break
Conference programme Wednesday, 27 February 2013 Session IV Process optimisation 8.45 h Efficient helium leak detection without vacuum Dr. Jochen Puchalla, Inficon GmbH, DE 9.15 h Leakage testing of CNG vehicles using sensitive lightweight roboters Andreas Krevet, Daimler AG, DE 9.45 h Presentation of the Focus Workshops results 10.15 h Coffee & contacts 10.45 h Logistics solution to cope with extreme proliferation in engines and transmissions Joachim Grimme, Adam Opel AG, DE 11.15 h Quality and cost benefits by the use of Liquid Foil Steffen Balack, Mankiewicz Gebr. & Co., DE 11.45 h Assembly on the Fly the next step in automation Robert Werny, Isra Vision AG, DE 12.15 h Meet the Speakers The speakers of the second conference day are available for individual questions 12.45 h Lunch 14.00 h Change through electro-mobility challenges and solutions in assembly technology Jakob Kurfer, Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management (iwb), Technische Universität München, DE 14.30 h Optimised sequencing to improve the efficiency of automobile production Ullrich Möllmann, Dürr Systems GmbH, DE OEM-oUTLOOK 15.00 h Leading OEM experts share their views on trends and developments in assembly technology: Which challenges have to be overcome, what new requirements have to be fulfilled? 15.15 h Concluding remarks and end of the conference Subject to change (status as of 13 December 2012) Regular updates, detailed programme and online registration at: Terms & Conditions \\ Registration procedures Vincentz Network GmbH & Co. KG Automotive Circle International Plathnerstr. 4c DE-30175 Hannover T +49 511 99 10-383 F +49 511 99 10-379 info@automotive-circle.com \\ You can also register online at \\ Date and venue 26 27 February 2013 Hotel Dolce Bad Nauheim Elvis-Presley-Platz 1 DE-61231 Bad Nauheim T +49 6032 303-0 F +49 6032 303-529 www.dolce-bad-nauheim-hotel.com We kindly ask you to make your own hotel reservation at the conference hotel, please refer to Automotive Circle. The hotel offers special room rates from 130, to 150, depending on different cancellation conditions. The mentioned room rates include 5, breakfast per person and per day. \\ Conference fees Conference (standard): 1.750, * Conference (early-bird): 1.550, * Early-bird price available until 28 January 2013. Students will get 50 % discount on standard prices on presentation of a valid student ID. * All prices plus 19 % German VAT. All conferences in Europe are subject to VAT. 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