Plenary Contributors
Hans Jürgen Kerkhoff
Chairman of the Steel Institute VDEh,
President and Managing Director of
the German Steel Federation
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Hirt
Head of Institute of Metal Forming,
RWTH Aachen
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Muhr
Managing Partner,
Muhr und Bender KG
Dr. Klaus Vieregge
Head of Research and Development,
Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products
GmbH
Burkhard Dahmen
Management Board Chairman,
SMS group GmbH
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinz Voggenreiter
Head of Institute of Materials
Research,
German Aerospace Centre, Cologne
Dr. Bernd Münnich
Member of the Management Board,
Aktien-Gesellschaft der Dillinger
Hüttenwerke
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Bleck
Head of Department of Ferrous
Metallurgy, RWTH Aachen
Dr. Reinhold Achatz
Chief Technology Officer
Head of Corporate Function,
Technology, Innovation & Sustainability
ThyssenKrupp AG
Thursday, 10th March 2016
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Plenary Contributions I Europa Saal
9:00 a.m.
Welcome and introduction
Gerhard Hirt, Institute of Metal Forming
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9:15 a.m.
The German Steel Industry - Global developments
and regional perspectives
Hans Jürgen Kerkhoff, Steel Institute VDEh
9:45 a.m.
Flexible Rolling – from concept to worldwide established
light weight solution for automotive vehicles
Thomas Muhr, Muhr & Bender KG
10:15 a.m.
Forming in industrial plant engineering – from forming simulation
and virtual manufacturing to the production plant
Burkhard Dahmen, Markus Reifferscheid, SMS group GmbH
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10:45 a.m.
Coffee break, technical exhibition
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Friday, 11th March 2016
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Plenary Contributions I Europa Saal
8:30 a.m.
Shaping Ideas:
Short review of the IBF’s 80 years; current developments and trends
Gerhard Hirt, Institute of Metal Forming
9:00 a.m.
Impact of processing on the forming
behaviour of Al automotive sheet
Klaus Vieregge, Kai F. Karhausen, Holger Aretz, Henk-Jan Brinkman,
Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH
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9:30 a.m.
Coffee break, technical exhibition
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10:00 a.m.
Technical presentations
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11:00 a.m.
Coffee break, technical exhibition
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11:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
Technical presentations
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CFRP versus Metals – Competing lightweight solutions
Heinz Voggenreiter, German Aerospace Centre, Cologne
12:00 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
Lunch, technical exhibition
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New methods in steel design using the example of high Mn steels
Wolfgang Bleck, Department of Ferrous Metallurgy
12:30 p.m.
Closing speech
Gerhard Hirt, Institute of Metal Forming
1:45 p.m.
Research and development strategies for steel
and thick plate manufacturing in the era of Industry 4.0
Bernd Münnich, Aktien-Gesellschaft der Dillinger Hüttenwerke
2:15 p.m.
Digital transformation of a diversified industrial company
Reinhold Achatz, ThyssenKrupp AG
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2:45 p.m.
Coffee break, technical exhibition
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3:15 p.m.
Technical presentations
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7:00 p.m.
Evening event, Quellenhof Aachen
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Concluding snacks, technical exhibition
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1:00 p.m.
Tour of the Department of Ferrous Metallurgy,
the „Centre for Metallic Design e.V.“ and the Institute of Metal Forming
Thursday, 10th March 2016
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Technical Presentations I Brüssel Saal
Thursday, 10th March 2016
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Technical Presentations I Conference Room K4 / K5
Lightweight structures for traffic engineering
Forging
11:30 a.m.
New materials and forming processes in vehicle construction
Oliver Schauerte, Astrid Wollenberg, Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
11:30 a.m.
Servo-Presses: Innovation in Forging
Klaus Berglar-Bartsch, Reinhard Friz, Schuler Pressen GmbH
11:50 a.m.
Lightweight structures using aluminium (forgings) for railway vehicles
Thomas Witulski, Bernd Velten, Otto Fuchs KG
11:50 a.m.
12:10 p.m.
New innovative lightweight materials and processes for aerospace application
Blanka Lenczowski, Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
Modern drive designs for forging presses (EcoPlant Design)
Ekhard Siemer, SMS group GmbH
Achim Kluge, Platestahl Umformtechnik GmbH
12:10 p.m.
Open-die forging of curved workpieces through superimposed
manipulator displacements
Martin Wolfgarten, Dirk Rosenstock, Gerhard Hirt, Institute of Metal Forming,
Hanno Schäfer, Reinhard Schwarz, Glama Maschinenbau GmbH
Electrical steels for maximum requirements
3:15 p.m.
3:35 p.m.
3:55 p.m.
Influence of magnetic properties of non-oriented (NO) electrical steel
strip on the service behaviour and the efficiency of electrical machines
Kay Hameyer, David Franck, Georg von Pfingsten, Michael Vukas
Institute of Electrical Machines, RWTH Aachen
Advantages for customers by optimising solutions using
electrical steel strip at ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG
Marco Tietz, Florian Herget, Abdullah Kahveci, Sebastian Sieron, Karl Tegler
ThyssenKrupp Steel AG
Electrical steel strips for the next generation:
Highly efficient and tailor-made
Kurt Satzinger, voestalpine Stahl GmbH
Tailor-made composites by roll cladding
4:45 p.m.
5:05 p.m.
5:25 p.m.
Investigations on the bond formation during roll bonding of Aluminium
Kai F. Karhausen, Hartmut Janssen, Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH
Michael Pietryga, Johannes Lohmar, Gerhard Hirt, Institute of Metal Forming
Innovative steel-material composite Tribond ® - Manufacturing and properties
Jens-Ulrik Becker, Stefan Myslowicki, Roland Wunderlich
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG
Cold roll-cladding - Technology for flexibly designed material composites
Lutz Hofmann, Maria Ostafin, Wickeder Westfalenstahl GmbH
Additive manufacturing
3:15 p.m.
Additive Manufacturing - Potentials and Challenges for Industrial Applications
Christoph Leyens, Institute of Material Science, TU Dresden
Frank Brückner, Fraunhofer IWS Dresden
3:35 p.m.
New process strategies and machine designs for additive manufacturing
Reinhart Poprawe, Christian Hinke, Chair for Laser Technology, RWTH Aachen
3:55 p.m.
Additive Manufacturing - From hype to industrial-production
Joachim Zettler, AIRBUS APWORKS GmbH
Thick-plate structures
4:45 p.m.
Flexibility in Steel Plate Processing; choosing the right course
Mike Brammer, Primetals Technologies Limited
5:05 p.m.
Market and Manufacturing Technologies of Longitudinally Profiled Steel Plates
Yukio Takashima, Togo Fukada, Toshifumi Hori, Yoshinori Yuge
JFE Steel Corporation
5:25 p.m.
Special features in the production of ultra-heavy plates
Jürgen Schütz, Jean-Luc Cayla, Stephan Hirschauer,
Aktien-Gesellschaft der Dillinger Hüttenwerke
Friday, 11th March 2016
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Technical Presentations I Brüssel Saal
Friday, 11th March 2016
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Technical Presentations I Conference Room K4 / K5
Rolling small and minimal formats
Forging / Ring-rolling
10:00 a.m.
Flat rolling of precious metals (Au, Ag, Pt, Pd) and Cu
out of round wire with diameters < 1.0 mm
Jacques Guyon, Stefan Nixdorf, Bühler Redex GmbH
10:00 a.m.
Simulation-based investigation of an industrial process chain
Anna Rott, Koos van Putten, SMS group GmbH
10:20 a.m.
Manufacturing of complex profile cross sections
by close to eutectoid carbon steel
Thorsten Köhler, Michael Hellmann, C.D. Wälzholz GmbH
10:20 a.m.
Automated ultrasonic-testing of seamless rolled rings
Jan Golz, ThyssenKrupp Rothe Erde GmbH
10:40 a.m.
Challenges in manufacturing thick-walled forgings of duplex
and super-duplex steels
Dominik Bruch, Brück GmbH Ensheim
10:40 a.m.
New 4-roll sizing technology for highest accuracy of special bar qualities
Martin Fleischer, Emanuele Osto, Alberto Lainati
Primetals Technologies Germany GmbH