EU Innovation Forum »Laser Material Processing in Aeronautics«

   

At the EU Innovation Forum »Laser Material Processing in Aeronautics«, members of collaborative EU projects meet to discuss the results of their R&D work. There is also an intensive exchange of experiences with technology suppliers in the laser sector and technology users in the aircraft industry.

The EU Innovation Forum focuses on the topic of laser production technology in the aircraft industry. In three parallel sessions, participants discuss the technological aspects of generative, joining and surface pre-treatment laser processes and their application in the production of aircraft components and the provision of MRO services.

The objective of the three round tables is to develop concepts for new collaborative projects designed to tackle hitherto unsolved technological challenges in this field. At the end of the EU Innovation Forum, participants can discuss the successful results of the R&D work in a series of live presentations at the applications center of the Fraunhofer ILT.

Wednesday May 7, 2008
from 08:00	Registration
09:00 - 09:15	Welcome Prof. Dr. Reinhart Poprawe M.A., Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
09:15 - 09:30	Opening Speech: Scope of the EU 7th Framework Program for Research and Development Activities in Aeronautics Liam Breslin, Unit »Aeronautics«, European Commission, Brüssel (B)
09:30 - 10:00	Keynote Speech: Challenges in Manufacturing and Repairing in the Aircraft Industry and the resulting demands on Laser Material Processing Prof. Stewart Williams PhD, Cranfield University, Cranfield Bedfordshire (GB)
10:00 - 10:30	Coffee
10:30 - 12:30	Session I: Additive Manufacturing and Laser Drilling Chairman: Dr. Ingomar Kelbassa, LLT / RWTH Aachen, Aachen (D)		Session II: Laser Welding Chairwoman: Mrs. Delphine Allehaux, EADS France Innovation Works, Suresnes (F)		Session III: Laser Cleaning, Ablating, Structuring Chairman: Dipl.-Ing. Edwin Büchter, Clean-Lasersysteme GmbH, Herzogenrath (D)
10:30	Presentation of EU Project FANTASIA Dr. Konrad Wissenbach, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)		Presentation of EU Project WEL-AIR Frank Palm, EADS France Innovation Works, Suresnes (F)		Presentation of EU Project COINS Dr. Stephen Morgan, BAE Systems, London (GB)
11:00	Presentation of EU Project AROSATEC David Rainsford, SR Technics Airfoil Services Ltd, Cork (IRL)		Process Control of Laser Welding in Aircraft Construction Dipl.-Phys. Markus Kogel-Hollacher, Precitec Optronik GmbH, Rodgau (D)		Presentation of EU Project TOPPCOAT Dr. Robert Vaßen, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich (D)
11:30	Laser Drilling in the Aircraft Industry Dr. Mark Geisel, MTU Aero Engines GmbH, München (D)		Laser Welding of Fiber reinforced Thermoplastic Materials Coert Kok, Advanced Fiber Placement Technology BV, Sprang-Kapelle (NL)		Presentation of EU Project SENARIO Dipl.-Ing. Frank Völkermeyer, LZH, Hannover (D)
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 16:00	Session I: Additive Manufacturing and Laser Drilling - Roundtable Chairman: Dr. Ingomar Kelbassa, LLT / RWTH Aachen, Aachen (D) - Dr. Mark Geisel, MTU Aero Engines GmbH, München (D) - Dr. Gregor Kappmeyer, Rolls-Royce Deutschland, Oberursel (D) - Dr. Andrzej B. Podsadowski, European Commission, Brussels (B) - David Rainsford, SR Technics Airfoil Services Ltd, Cork (IRL) - Dr. Konrad Wissenbach, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)	Session II: Laser Welding - Roundtable Chairwoman: Delphine Allehaux, EADS France Innovation Works, Suresnes (F) - Dipl.-Ing. Rainer Kocik, Airbus Deutschland GmbH, Bremen (D) - Dipl.-Phys. Markus Kogel-Hollacher Precitec Optronik GmbH Rodgau (D) - Coert Kok, Advanced Fiber Placement Technology BV, Sprang-Kapelle (NL) - Peggy Gressel Manara, Institut de Soudure, Paris (F) - Pablo Perez-Illana, European Commission, Brussels (B) - Prof. Stewart Williams PhD, Cranfield University , Cranfield Bedfordshire (GB)	Session III: Laser Cleaning, Ablating, Structuring - Roundtable Chairman: Dipl.-Ing. Edwin Büchter, Clean-Lasersysteme GmbH, Herzogenrath (D) - Dr. Stephen Morgan, BAE Systems, London (GB) - Dr. Robert Vaßen, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich (D) - Dipl.-Ing. Frank Völkermeyer, LZH, Hannover (D)
16:30 - 18:30	Live Presentations at Fraunhofer ILT (Shuttle Transfer) Innovative Laser Applications in Aeronautics
19:00 - 22:30	Evening Event Get-Together (doors open 18:00) Ludwig Forum for International Art
Program subject to minor changes.