6th International Congress Automotive Doors 2012

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6th International Congress

Automotive Doors 2012
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19 – 21 March 2011 | Hilton Hotel Mainz, Germany www.doors-congress.com/MM

Key topics discussed:
Chairman:
• Promising lightweight door materials and their potential for serial
Prof. Ralf Kolleck, production
Institute Tools & Forming,
Technical University Graz • Innovative door concepts and ways to integrate new components
• Natural fiber composites and other new materials for
Don’t miss presentations from door interiors
our expert speakers of the • Improving side zone and doors for efficient noise reduction
following companies:
• Vehicle access systems and the best ways to integrate them
• Daimler AG
• Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd.
• Bentley Motors Ltd.
Learn from these experts amongst others:
• Brose Fahrzeugteile Adrian Jenkins, Andy Watson,
GmbH & Co. KG Manager Body Exterior Senior Manager Whole
Hardware and Closures, Vehicle Acoustics,
• Brose China Co., Ltd. Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd, UK Bentley Motors Ltd, UK

• Continental Automotive France Dr. Jochen Bisinger, Peter Helmke,
S.A.S. Manager Exterieur-/ Process Engineer Business
Interieursystems GR&AE, Unit Plastics,
• Delphi Deutschland GmbH Daimler AG, Germany Volkswagen AG, Germany
• Fraunhofer-Institute for Machine
Tools and Forming Technology
• ThyssenKrupp Tailored Blanks
GmbH Benefit from our interactive workshops:
• Automotive Insulations Ltd.
A: Future steel applications in automotive doors
• Inteva Products Europe GmbH
• Technical University Graz
B: Challenges for the integration of new closure systems

• Witte Automotive C: lightweight door materials and their future potential
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The present challenge for the production of automotive doors can be summed up in two keywords: lightweight We have a variety of packages
available to suit your requirements.
design and customer comfort. Improved steel doors, CFRP, magnesium and aluminium are already in use –
For all Sponsorship and Exhibition
but which combination of materials will allow for a cost-efficient high volume production? At the same time, opportunities call Joel Fecht:
innovative door interior concepts and new materials allow to reinvent the interior and improve customer +49 (0)30 20 91 32 75 or email
comfort. joel.fecht@iqpc.de

Find out about new door concepts and materials from companies such as Daimler, Aston Martin,
Bentley Motors and Volkswagen, and speak to the experts who developed them!
For further information
Register by 6 January 2012 and save up to € 300,–!
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I’m looking forward to welcoming you in Mainz! or contact us on +49 (0)30 20 91 32 74
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Congress Day One | Monday, 19 March 2012
09:00 Registration & coffee 12:50 networking luncheon

09:30 Chairman’s welcome & opening address 14:20 Optimising steel doors in material and structure by use
Prof. Ralf Kolleck, of tailored blanks
Institute Tools & Forming, • Application of tailored blanks in steel doors
Technical University Graz, Austria • Optimising material usage and structural performance
with tailored blanks
Automotive doors today – trends and developments • new technologies for the use of tailored blanks in door
design
09:40 Doors – state of the art and future developments Jörg Maas,
• Requirements / function Head of Sales and Engineering,
• Design of serial car doors ThyssenKrupp Tailored Blanks GmbH, Germany
• Studies of steel- / aluminum-manufacturers
• Outlook 15:00 Steel doors in truck application
Prof. Ralf Kolleck, • Holistic view of the volvo global truck applications
Institute Tools & Forming, • Feature requirements posed on steel doors and
Technical University Graz, Austria components in trucks
• Future demands faced by truck OEMs
Errol Michaud,
Lightweight door solutions – materials and concepts in practice
Global Component Leader for Door Components,
Volvo Truck Corporation, Sweden
10:20 A demonstrator for magnesium-based lightweight
design in automotive doors
15:40 Refreshment break & networking
• Overview of joining methods
• Investigation results of various joining methods
• Welding of the demonstrator Renewable materials for the door interior
• Comparison of welding processes cross-section
Dr. Frank Riedel, 16:10 Bioplastics and natural fibre reinforced composites for
Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and door interior applications
Forming Technology IWU, Germany • Renewable materials
• Current serial applications
11:00 Refreshment break & networking • Experiences with bioplastics for injection moulding
• natural fibre reinforced PP for injection moulding
11:30 Lightweight GT door system at Aston Martin Peter Helmke,
• Evolution of door structure at Aston Martin Material Development,
• Material and process Volkswagen AG, Germany
• ‘Glass to glass’ four door frameless regulator system
• Door sealing and nvH improvements 16:50 Research in wood fibre composites for door modules
Adrian Jenkins, • new fields of application for bio fibres in doors
Manager Body Exterior Hardware and Closures, • Current research and material development
Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd, UK • Renewable materials and the advantage in cost stability
Norbert Sommer,
12:10 The door concept of the research vehicle F125! Vice President,
• Approach and design concept Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
• Components of the door system
• Realization of the CFRP door concept in the F125! 17:30 Closing remarks of the chairman
Dr. Jochen Bisinger,
Manager Exterieur-/ Interieursystems GR&AE, 17:40 End of congress day one
Daimler AG, Germany

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Congress Day Two | Tuesday, 20 March 2012
09:00 Registration & coffee 12:10 Power closure and electric opening of vehicle doors
• State of the art
09:30 Chairman’s welcome & opening address • Market situation
Prof. Ralf Kolleck, • Outlook and future trends
Institute Tools & Forming, Gavriel Shafry,
Technical University Graz, Austria Engineering Manager Latches,
INTEVA Products Europe GmbH, Germany
Challenges for noise reduction
12:50 networking luncheon
09:40 E–Class luxury closure system for car side zone NVH
performance 14:20 Weight saving potential of handle systems with and
• Bentley Mulsanne class leading levels of occupant without electronic modules
refinement & comfort requirements • new lED soft touch module for tailgate handles
• Reduction of external noise through the side zone and • Weight saving potential of outer door handles
ultimately through the door Overmolding process of electronic modules
• Design, development and delivery of the parts & Physical foaming process
systems to deliver the required attribute performance Plastic material instead of zamac
Andy Watson, • Integration of electronic modules
Senior Engineer Whole Vehicle Acoustics, Capacitive sensors modules
Bentley Motors Ltd, UK near field communication modules
Ralf Hoehn,
Aaron Hankinson, Director Product Center Handle Systems,
Functional Manager Whole Vehicle Acoustics & Witte Automotive GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
Aerodynamics,
Bentley Motors Ltd, UK 15:00 Afternoon coffee break & networking

10:20 Noise reduction in electric vehicle doors
Future vehicle access systems
• Challenges for noise reduction in Ev
• new sound absorbing and sealing materials
15:30 Near field communication for vehicle access?
• Weight reduction
• vehicle access systems – overview
• lower cost with no loss of performance
• vehicle integration challenges
Jim Griffin,
• nFC, the future of vehicle access?
Managing Director,
Dr. Rainer Denkelmann,
Automotive Insulations Ltd, UK
Global Forward Engineering and Start Center Manager,
Delphi Deutschland GmbH, Germany

16:10 Virtual key with NFC enabled car
Integrating new functions • Mobile phone as new ECU in the car
• Phone interfaces for virtual key (access and start)
11:30 Door modules – new ways to integrate functions • Inside and outside nFC reader concepts
• Modules and their effect on the door production process • Trusted services
• Advantages and challenges for integration through • Car sharing pilot projects
modularization of door components Luc Jansseune,
• new door structures and the need to adapt modules Project Leader NFC,
Johannes Schulz, Continental Automotive France S.A.S., France
Director Development Door Systems,
Brose China Corporation Ltd, China 16:50 Closing remarks of the chairman

17:00 End of congress day two

“Important networking opportunity – meeting all kinds of experts from different areas,
enabling a better overview on important trends”
Markus Ebner, Manager Business Development, Magna Closures GmbH

"The best chance to share and understand the current challenges & future
strategies for door systems"
Kyoungtaek Kwak, Senior Research Engineer, Hyundai Motor Company



Interactive Workshop Day | Wednesday, 21 March 2012

09:00 Registration & coffee


A: 09:30 –12:30 B: 09:30 – 12:30
Future steel applications in automotive doors Challenges for the integration of new closure
systems

Closure systems are extremely important for customer safety and
Improved steel parts remain essential to door structures, especially
comfort, with trends leading towards e-latches and keyless go.
for their safety performance. The first part of the workshop will
More and different electric components need to be integrated into
present innovative steel applications for automotive doors and
automotive doors. The workshop will present trends in closure
give room for questions. The second part will discuss the use of
systems and discuss innovative solutions for integration.
tailored blanks with steel and with new materials, and their potential
for weight reduction and cost-efficiency. • The trend to keyless closure and power cinching
systems and the market today
• Steel parts for safety reinforcement
• Additional components and the challenge they
• Future materials for automotive doors – trends
pose for integration
and developments
• Current solutions and their future potential
• Improving the production process for
cost-efficient lightweight structures
Gavriel Shafry,
Engineering Manager Latches,
Erik Hilfrich,
Inteva Products Europe GmbH, Germany
Head of Application Concepts,
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe, Germany

Jörg Maas,
Head of Sales and Engineering,
ThyssenKrupp Tailored Blanks GmbH, Germany

12:30 networking luncheon

C: 13:30 – 16:30 D: 13:30 – 16:30
Lightweight door materials and their future Innovative door interior concepts and materials
potential

The ongoing challenge for lightweight door constructions has new materials and interior concepts for automotive doors are
produced a variety of material solutions. Future door production essential for customer retention. The workshop will focus on
will include magnesium, aluminium and CFRP. The workshop customer demand concerning interior design and its impact on
presents an overview of new materials, followed by a discussion the door production. Which ways exist to improve customer com-
of their potential for high volume production. fort and which new materials are most promising?
• Lightweight doors today – current solutions and future • Improvements for customer comfort
developments • Materials for door interiors
• Improving the production process – ways to • Trends and developments in interior design and material
cost-efficient lightweight doors
• Which of today’s solutions are most promising for the Speaker to be announced
future?
For more information please visit our website:
Dr. Frank Riedel, www.doors-congress.com/MM
Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools
and Forming Technology IWU, Germany


16:30 End of workshop day


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