Automotive Forum

Automotive Forum

Composite materials: The solution for a large scale production
Future materials on the way to large scale production • Eco-friendly, safety, lightweight & fuel saving • Process technologies in manufacturing & repairing of composites materials

 Tuesday March 27 – 2:30pm / 5:00pm

Future materials on the way to large scale production

1 - Composite materials: A bright future in automotive industry

PSA Peugeot Citroën
Louis David (France)
Materials Senior Expert & Head of Materials for Vehicle

Renault
Gérard Liraut (France)
Head of Materials Engineering

· New processes for large scale automotive production
· Mechanical performance & process modeling
· Multi-material assemblies

Eco-friendly, safety, lightweight & fuel saving

2 - Towards more eco-friendly automotive composites

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jan-Anders Manson (Switzerland)
Head of Laboratory of Polymer and Composite Technology (LTC)
 
· The future of composites in automotive is based around efficient Life-Cycle Management
· Environmentally driven changes are unlikely to be implemented unless they are consistent with commercial needs
· Increased understanding of the merits and limitations of composites materials is needed to provide clearer recommendations

3 - FRP in modern multi-material cars: Challenges and methods to develop a cost efficient lightweight design

Audi AG
Nico Feindler (Germany)
CAE Engineer, Audi Lightweight Design Center

· Potential and chances of FRP in multi-material cars
· Challenge for the use of FRP in the automotive process
· Numerical methods for the analysis and dimensioning of composite structures
· Improvement crash performance of throughthickness reinforced composite parts

4 - BMW Case study: SGL Automotive carbon fibers - Lightweight competence

SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers GmbH & Co. KG, BMW Group
Joerg Pohlman (Germany)
Managing Director

· Reasons for a partnership between a car manufacturer and a carbon fiber/composites manufacturer
· Overview on latest activities of “SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers”
· Impact on the carbon fiber/composites and automotive industry
· First results of the partnership between SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers and BMW Group - BMW i3 and BMW i8

Process technologies in manufacturing & repairing of composites materials

5 - Construction and design of a convertible car windscreenframe with CFR braiding technology

Institute of Carbon Composites, LCC
Klaus Drechsler (Germany)
Head of the Institute of Carbon Composites

Andreas Kollmannsberger (Germany)
Research Associate

· Braiding, a efficient and reproducible preform concept for series production
· Core design for braiding process
· Braiding of concave sections
· Structural calculation for roof crush

6 - Aventador repair strategy

Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.
Luciano De Oto (Italy)
Head of Advanced Composite Research Center

· A revolution in the automotive composite repair
· How the aeronautical approach is customized to automotive needings