Car Body Painting 2023 – 40th Workshop
FROM DIGITALIZATION TO SPRAY-FILM –TRANSFORMATION IN THE PAINT SHOP
Climate neutrality and minimized CO2 emissions in production – these goals are top priorities with e-mobility and thus in the automotive industry. „Coopetition“, the cooperation competition of large and small companies, is the motto for jointly promoting sustainable concepts and innovative technologies while minimizing costs at the same time. Cooperation between OEMs and suppliers is also a key success factor in car body painting. The current results of this commitment will be presented at this year‘s „Car Body Painting“ conference, when well-known experts will meet in Bad Nauheim, Germany, for a professional exchange. How do the currently installed battery housings affect the paint shop? What progress is there in overspray-free and low-bake processes? What contribution can foiling make to sustainable processes? These and other topics are on this year‘s agenda. With your contribution, take an active part in the discussion about the current status and future challenges in automotive painting
Be part of this network and these discussions – we are looking forward to meeting you in Bad Nauheim (Germany) in November 2023!
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What to expect at this year’s Car Body Painting conference:
Conference Agenda
6.00 pm | Welcome Get–together | |
7.00 pm | Traditional Dinner |
Monday, November 6, 2023
09.00 am | Welcome and conference introduction | Andrea Huber, Automotive Circle, DE |
9.15 am | KEYNOTE | Dr. Jens Katzek, Automotive Cluster Ostdeutschland GmbH (ACOD), DE |
Session I: Environmental protection and sustainability | ||
9.45 am | Vision Zero Emission – Use of hydrogen in paint shop processes | Dr. Stefan Fenchel, BMW Group, DE |
10.15 am | New Basecoats under the aspects of sustainability and economy | Jan-Alexander Spiegel, Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge, DE; Frank Zimmer, BASF Coatings GmbH, DE |
10.45 am | Coffee & Contacts | |
11.15 am | From data to value – How BASF creates CO2 transparency in the automotive paintshop | Tim Banik, BASF Coatings GmbH, DE |
11.45 am | Climate-neutral production without additional costs: measures to electrify the paint shop while reducing overall energy consumption | Dirk Gorges, Dürr Systems AG, DE |
12.15 pm | A consideration on car body performance (squeaks and rattles) in case of environmental friendly e-coat introduction | Keita Tsuji, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd, JP |
12.45 pm | Lunch | |
2.00 pm | Oven Energy Reduction from Body Structure Changes – Project Update | Dave Green, Jaguar Land Rover Limited, GB |
2.30 pm | Sustainable Paintshop: a step towards circularity | Pietro Bortolotto & Matteo Manduzio, Geico S.p.A, IT |
Session II: Overspray-free painting | ||
3.00 pm | Simulation of overspray-free painting process | Dr. Oliver Tiedje, IPA Fraunhofer Institut, DE |
3.30 pm | Overspray-free solution PixelPaint update | Jürgen Kristen, ABB AG, DE |
4.00 pm | Coffee & Contacts | |
Session III: Satin/matte surfaces | ||
4.30 pm | Experience and challenge with matte painting at Audi AG | Magdalena Drewes, Dr. Alexandra Rost, Audi AG, DE |
5.00 pm | SHARED SOLUTIONS AREA (satin/matte surfaces) | |
6.30 pm | Get-together | |
7.00 pm | Networking Night |
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
8.30 am | SUCCESS PROJECTS | Roberta Pecoraro, Stellantis, IT Chiara La Mancusa, PPG Industries Italia, IT |
Session IV: Digitalization and Automatization | ||
9.00 am | Corrosion protection through e-coating – simulation of the process with 30 minutes effort | Gido Hoppe, Audi AG, DE; Dr. Muraleekrishnan Menon, ESS Engineering Software Steyr GmbH, AT |
9.30 am | Paintability – A Simulation Concept for Automotive Product Development | Niklas Sandgren, Industrial Path Solutions, SE |
10.00 am | Coffee & Contacts | |
10.30 am | Drop-o-Demand Digital Paint | Kevin O’Connor, Axalta Coating Systems GmbH, DE Angus Condie, Xaar, GB |
11.00 am | Digital tool development for efficient field performance monitoring, big-data creation and remote analysis | Zoltan Horvath, Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA, BE |
11.30 am | Emerging Vision AI-Based Technologies for Automation in the Paint Shop: Simulation Tools and Automatic Defect Detection and Rework | Jorge Broto, Eines Vision Systems, ES |
12.00 pm | Automatic Sanding & Polishing System – Enhanced quality and labour efficiency | Michael Thomas, Ford-Werke GmbH, DE; Jose Luis Martinez, ICEMI S.L., ES |
12.30 pm | Lunch | |
Session V: BEV – Requirements and Solutions | ||
1.30 pm | New requirements for corrosion protection of BEVs | Dr. Karsten Lessmann, Pfinder KG, DE |
2.00 pm | Sustainable and media-free laser pre-treatment and decoating in the automotive production | Jan Sommer, Clean-Lasersysteme GmbH, DE |
2.30 pm | Broad bake Structural Adhesive with a lower curing window meeting new body design requirements of electric vehicles | Heike Marhofer, Mercedes-Benz AG, DE; Dr. Felix Koch, DuPont Deutschland Holding GmbH & Co. KG, DE |
3.00 pm | End of conference | |
All times in CET (UTC+1)
Conference Program is subject to change
Status as of: October 30, 2023