Key Speeches

Manufacturing Technologies in Maintenance and Repair of Commercial Airplanes – Requirements and Solutions August – Wilhelm Henningsen, Chairman of the Board, Lufthansa Technik AG

High Performance Machining of Aerospace Parts – Prof. Yusuf Altintas, Professor of Mechanical Engineering University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Session 1 –

Machine Technologies for Metallic Materials Machine Tool Challenges for Aerospace Applications  – Dr. Masahiko Mori, President, Mori Seiki Co., Ltd.

Five-Axis-Universal Machining Centres for the Aerospace Industry – Peter Hermanns, Head of Department Standard Machine GROB-Werke GmbH & Co. KG

Lasermetaldeposition of turbine components – Jürgen Metzger, Industry Management Laser Surface Treatment Trumpf Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH

Complete Machining with highest surface quality – Bernhard Iseli, Managing Director GZ Milling Mikron AgieCharmilles AG

Efficient Titanium Machining – View from a Machine Tool builder – Gerd Harder, Business Development / Market Manager Aerospace StarragHeckert AG

Complex Aerospace Components – Process Optimization by Complete Machining – Reinhard Koll, Leader Application Technology, WFL Millturn Technologies GmbH & Co. KG

Session 2 – Automation and CFRP-Production Trends in the automation of CFRP-processing in the aerospace industry – Otto Kellenberger, Global Key Technology Manager, Kuka Roboter GmbH

Technology Transfer from the Automobile to the Aerospace Industry – Otto Kellenberger, Global Key Technology Manager, Kuka Roboter GmbH HexMC®: a carbon compound for highly loaded complex structures in large volume production – Christian Kobow, Head of Sales Aerospace Central Europe Hexcel Composites GmbH & Co. KG

Using Programming and Simulation to Develop Optimized Processes for Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) CNC Machines – Bill Hasenjaeger, Product Marketing Manager, CG Tech

Innovative Production Processes and Systems for the Processing of Fibre Reinforced Plastics – Dr. Christian Boge, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), MAG Composite GmbH

Machining of Composites with Abrasive Waterjets – Ralf Möller, Business Manager Aerospace, Flow Europe GmbH

Session 3 –

Manufacturing Technologies for CFRP and Titanium Machining of Titanium Alloys with Ultra-hard Cutting Tools – David Todd, International Application Expert – Aerospace , SECO Tools AB

High Performance Tools for CFRP-Machining – Dr. Stefan Sattel, Head of Research and Development, Gühring ohG Customized

High Performance Frame Machining Solutions with Standard Tooling – Dr. Dirk Kammermeier, Director Research, Development & Engineering Europe Kennametal Shared Services GmbH

Influence of the Milling Process on the Subsurface of Aerospace Components – Thilo Grove, Research Engineer, Institute of Production Engineering and Machine Tools, LUH

Recent Developments on the Use of Superhard Materials in Machining Aerospace Alloys and Composites – Dr. John Barry, Innovation Manager, Element 6

Advanced Materials Precision and High Performance Coatings for the Machining of relevant Materials in the Aerospace Industry – Dr. Georg Erkens, Head of Department Systems and F&E authorized representative Sulzer Metaplas GmbH

Session 4 –

Process Planning and Organization Optimized Production Processes by means of Machine Simulation – Walter Breitfelder, Chief Executive, Officer (CEO) of the ESC GmbH Spring Technologies S.A.

Simulation of Process Induced Part Distortion for Milling of Structural Components – Max Krüger, Research Engineer, Institute of Production Engineering and Machine Tools, LUH

DMG Virtual Machine – Completely optimizing complex Machining Operations – Marvin Runge, Head of Marketing, DMG Electronics GmbH

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) in the Production of the Aerospace Industry – Oswald Rommelfanger, Senior Consultant, Dassault Systèmes S.A. Adaptive Machining Dr. Paul Wilkinson, General Manager, Delcam Professional Services Limited