EU Innovation Forums

   

Forum 1 - Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM) in Aeronautics and
Power Generation
In the EU Innovation Forum LAM, an intensive exchange of experience will take place between technology vendors from the laser branch and technology users from the aviation industry and energy technology. Specifically, this EU Innovation Forum is concentrated on laser manufacturing engineering in turbine construction. Current R&D results from EU-sponsored joint projects are incorporated into the lectures. Application fields are the production of components in the aviation and energy sectors as well as their maintenance, repair and overhaul. At the end, the participants can convince themselves of the new developments at the live demonstrations in the application center of the Fraunhofer ILT.

Forum 2 - Perspectives of Polymer Welding with Lasers
The joining of plastics with laser has many advantages regarding quality, flexibility and productivity. This technology has constantly been refined. In the EU-supported project POLYBRIGHT, the limits of what is possible are being shifted systematically by the appli- cation of tailor-made laser beam sources. The practical results of the R&D project - consisting of 19 partners from 7 countries - will be presented to interested manufacturing technologists, materials experts, designer and developers. A ´must´ for all users who want to keep up-to-date with this technology.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Forum 1 - Laser Additive Manufacturing (LAM) in Aeronautics and Power Generation
from 8:30	Registration and Coffee Reception
9:00 - 9:30	Welcome Chairman: Dr. Ingomar Kelbassa, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D) 9:15 Tiit Jürimäe Director Unit Aeronaurtics, EU Commission, Brüssel (B) Opening Speech
9:30 - 10:30	EU Project Merlin New Challenges and Perspectives for LAM Processes 9:30 Dr. Jeffrey Allen, Rolls Royce plc., Derby (UK) Needs and Demands for the Manufacture of Next Generation Jet Engine Components - Market Pull 9:45 Dr. Carl Hauser, TWI Technology Centre (Yorkshire) Ltd, Rotherham (UK) Laser Additive Manufacturing as a Key Enabler for the Manufacture of Next Generation Jet Engine Components - Technology Push 10:00 Dr. Wilhelm Meiners, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D) Additive Manufacturing of Turbine Engine Parts by Selective Laser Melting 10:15 Panel Discussion
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30	Innovation Impact of LAM Key Enabler for the Next Generation Manufacture and MRO 11:00 Dr. Andres Gasser, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D) Additive Manufacturing in Turbo-Engine Applications 11:30 Dr. Dimitrios Thomaidis Siemens AG, Energy Sector Fossil Power Generation Division, Berlin (D) Laser Metal Deposition for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul at Siemens Power Generation 12:00 Christoph Korbmacher, MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, Oberhausen (D) Laser Based MRO of Compressor and Steam Turbine Components at MAN Diesel & Turbo SE
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 14:30	Shuttle from Eurogress to Fraunhofer ILT
14:30 - 16:30	Live Presentations at Fraunhofer ILT
16:30 - 17:00	Shuttle back to Eurogress
Forum 2 - Perspectives of Polymer Welding with Lasers
from 11:30	Registration and Light Refreshments
12:30 - 14:30	Tailored Laser Sources for Polymer Welding Chairman: Dr. Alexander Olowinsky, Fraunhofer ILT (D) 12:30 Dr. Alexander Olowinsky, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D) Extending the Process Limits of Laser Polymer Welding with High-brilliance Beam Sources-POLYBRIGHT Project Overview 13:00 Daniel Vogler, Leister Process Technologies, Kaegiswil (CH) Beam Shaping and Simultaneous Exposure by Diffractive Optical Element in Laser Plastic Welding 13:30 Dr. Giuseppe D'Angelo Centro Ricerche FIAT, Orbassano (I) Advanced Signal Analysis Method to Evaluate the Laser Welding Quality 14:00 Tim Westphäling, IPG Laser GmbH, Burbach (D) High-brilliance Fiber Laser Sources with new NIR Wavelengths
14:30 - 15:00	Coffee Break
15:00 - 17:00	Process Optimization in Polymer Welding Chairman: Dr. Alexander Olowinsky, Fraunhofer ILT (D) 15:00 Dr. Sibylle Glaser, TREFFERT GmbH & Co. KG, Bingen (D) Adapted White Color Formulations for Laser Welding of Whitegood Components 15:30 Ulrich Gubler, Leister Process Technologies, Kaegiswil (CH) High Resolution Mask Welding by Well Collimated Beam from Fiber Laser 16:00 Frauke Legewie LIMO Lissotschenko Mikrooptik GmbH, Dortmund (D) M-shaping of Diode Laser Radiation as a Process Optimization for Polymer Welding Techniques 16:30 Final Discussion
19:00 - 23:00 doors open 18:30	Dinner with Presentation of the »Innovation Award Laser Technology 2012« in the Coronation Hall of Aachen´s Town Hall
Program subject to minor changes.