IQPC’s 8th International Conference “Automotive Doors and Components” will bring together experts from all levels of the value chain to ensure maximum knowledge transfer and professional exchange. Visit the website: bit.ly/Door_Conference_Website Automotive doors are important elements of the vehicle design, carry multiple functions, require unique construction and production methods. They pose unique challenges regarding their development, production and assembly, involving specific CAE techniques, material, production and assembly processes. 2020 is approaching and OEMs and Tier 1s are eagerly looking for new technologies that could lead to weight reduction. Learn about the following key issues: # Increasing safety and usage flexibility through e-latches # Sliding doors: Optimising access and design # Reducing weight by using lightweight materials to manufacture automotive doors # Development and production of a laser-welded plastic tailgate for weight reduction # Achieving weight reduction and ensuring sustainability: Innovative technologies for interior door paneling Download the full agenda for free here: bit.ly/Agenda_Download Limited places available, register now: bit.ly/Conference_Register

1. Meet experts from the following
companies:
• McLaren Automotive Ltd
• PSA Peugeot Citroën
• Magna Closures S.p.A
• Toyota Boshoku Automotive
Europe GmbH
• Laser Zentrum Hannover
• Institute of Douro and Vouga
• Lighting Consultants Ltd
• fka Forschungsgesellschaft
Kraftfahrwesen mbH Aachen
• Fraunhofer IWS
• Politecnico di Torino
8th
International Congress
AUTOMOTIVE
DOORS 2015Weight reduction technologies and concepts for
increased safety and comfort
Designing lightweight doors
The future of the biodegradable composites for automotive doors
Christian Roy,
Closures Technical Leader,
PSA Peugeot Citroën, France
Francesco Cumbo,
Manager COE Advanced 1ry
and 2ry Latches,
Magna Closures S.p.A., Italy
Carsten Befelein,
Development Physicist,
Toyota Boshoku Automotive
Europe GmbH, Germany
Axel Jahn,
Division Manager
Laser Beam Joining,
Fraunhofer IWS, Germany
Interactive Evening Workshop | 30th
June 2015:
Interactive Afternoon Workshop | 1st
July 2015:
Learn from these experts amongst others:
• Increasing safety and usage flexibility by integrating electronic
and Smart Latches
• Using hybrid materials for achieving automotive lightweight
constructions and exploring new material concepts
• Optimizing crash performances properties of automotive doors by
using laser-welded patchwork structures
• Lightweight design for a plastic tailgate to reduce weight and
improve performance and quality
To Register | T +49 (0)30 20 91 33 88 | F +49 (0)30 20 91 32 10 | E eq@iqpc.de | www.automotive-door-components.com/MM
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The only English speaking event which offers a thorough
view on automotive doors, components and systems
Supported by
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What do our speakers say about our last Automotive Doors Congress?
“Very good opportunity to network and understand requirements
posed on all OEM, latest supplier component information & future trends”
Errol Michaud, Global Component Leader, Volvo Group Trucks Technology
“Very good conference. Interesting presentations”
Ralf Hoehn, Director Product-Center Handle Systems, Witte Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
Who is Who Session
Learn about your peers. Discover who else is participating in
the conference. The matchmaking wall will help you identify the
delegates you want to meet at the conference.
Speed networking
Get in touch with the other conference guests in quick-paced
1-1 meetings – make sure you bring a stack of business cards.
Panel Discussion
With your questions and comments you will actively steer the
direction of this interactive panel discussion to maximize the
outcome of your conference participation.
Q & A Session: Create your own agenda!
Nominate the subject that you would love to hear about
and we will organize a lively and open discussion with panel
experts and the audience. Feel free to submit questions
you would like to have answered in course of this confer-
ence to the following e-mail address: yourquestions@iqpc.de.
We will make sure that your questions will be part of this session
Interactive sessions | Descriptions
Dear Colleagues,
2020 is approaching and the automotive industry uses all possible means to reach the emission
target and reduce weight.
No car design is possible without closure systems. Ensuring safety and protection of the occu-
pants, automotive closures are important elements of the car body. Therefore, it is not surprising
that engineers have a look at various possibilities of reducing weight also when it comes to these
car parts.
Aluminium is the talk of the town these days. Although more expensive than steel, aluminium is
the lighter option and already used in car body by Ford and Jaguar Land Rover, just to name a few.
Driving innovation doesn’t end with materials. It is also brought about by using more efficient and
safer door components such as the e-latch. And if you ever wondered how dissimilar materials
are joined for door applications, our speakers have an answer also to this question.
Join us in Cologne for the 8th
International Congress Automotive Doors 2015 to discuss the
latest innovations in closures and car body engineering as well as the materials of the future for
further automotive applications.
Anca Scurtu
Project Manager
Weight reduction technologies and concepts for increased safety and comfort
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Congress Day One | Tuesday, 30 June 2015
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8:30 Registration and networking morning coffee
Who is who wall
Learn about your peers. Discover who else is participat-
ing in the conference. The matchmaking wall will help you
identify the delegates you want to meet at the conference.
9:15 Opening remarks by conference chairman
Nuno Calcada Loureiro,
Full Professor Industrial Production Engineering
Department, Institute of Douro and Vouga, Portugal
Car body concepts and materials
9:30 Aluminium application in lightweight electro-car design
• Lightweight design with aluminium
• Electromobility
• Aluminium spaceframe
• Passive safety
Björn Hören,
Manager Lightweight Design and Materials,
fka Forschungsgesellschaft Kraftfahrwesen mbH
Aachen, Germany
Co-author Prof. Jürgen Hirsch,
Senior Scientist,
Hydro Aluminium Deutschland GmbH, Germany
10:15 Automotive lightweight construction by using hybrid
materials combinations
• Lightweight construction
• Laser welding und brazing
• Dissimilar materials
• New materials
Dr. Stefan Kaierle,
Head of Department Materials and Processes,
Laser Zentrum Hanovver e.V., Germany
11:00 Speed networking
Get to know your peers in an interactive speed
networking session
Don’t forget your business cards!
11:30 Networking coffee break
12:00 McLaren doors – Are they so different?
• Introducing the dihedral doors: Lighter and more aerody-
namic
• Single hinge design requires less room to open
• Easier access in and out
Chris Staunton,
Body Panel and Closures Manager,
McLaren Automotive Group, Ltd
12:45 Networking lunch
14:15 Lightweight design for 308 SW with a special focus on
plastic tailgate
• Global project presentation: History 308: Presentation of
the project – Targets, main points
• Plastic tailgate: A long story with PSA, different
technology, the context for 308 SW
• An innovating concept: Lightweight design, cost,
performance, perceived quality
• Process and production
Christian Roy,
Closures Technical Leader,
PSA Peugeot Citroën, France
15:00 Panel discussion:
Steel, lightweight materials or composites: Finding the
best solutions for optimal results
• Exploring the technical advantages of each material
• Discussion on which material is the most appropriate
for doors
• How the use of lightweight materials can change or
simplify the design of doors
With selected speakers of the day
15:30 Electronic latches: Increasing safety and usage flexibility
• Crash regulations issues
• Why MAGNA electronic latch (“SMART LATCH”)
guarantees higher safety standard
• New door design, style and weight reduction
opportunities using SMART LATCH
• Integration of multiple functions and flexibility
Francesco Cumbo, Manager COE Advanced 1ry and 2ry
Latches, Magna Closures S.p.A, Italy
16:15 Networking cofffee break
16:45 – 18:45 Interactive Evening Workshop:
Design of a composite material lateral door finalised
to vehicle lightweight
The aim of the workshop is to present some recent achievements
in the design of lightweight solutions for vehicle lateral doors.
Different solutions based on the use of different materials have
been developed by different R&D centers and comparison
between them and discussion of advantages and disadvantages is
very useful. Innovative solutions should match the targets related
to stiffness, vibration, crashworthiness. The use of composite
materials offers new opportunities.
• Need for lightweight in vehicle design
• Opportunities in using composite materials
• Stiffness and modal verification
• Crashworthiness analysis
Prof. Giovanni Belingardi,
DIMEAS Department of Mechanical and Aerospace,
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Weight reduction technologies and concepts for increased safety and comfort
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Congress Day Two | Wednesday, 1st
July 2015
08:30 Registration and networking coffee break
09:15 Opening remarks of conference chairman
09:30 Hands-on session:
Join us in the exhibition lounge to see the latest
innovations in body closures and components,
among others the latest e-latch prototype from
Magna Closures S.p.A and Peugeot's plastic tailgate
Interior door innovations: Ambient light concepts
10:10 Integration of interior lighting in automotive trim parts
• State of the art - Benchmark of lighting integrations
• Aspects for lighting integrations in trim parts
• Lighting technologies and effects
• Future trends for lighting integrations
Carsten Befelein,
Advanced Development,
Toyota Boshoku Automotive Europe GmbH, Germany
10:55 Developing special lighting technologies for door panels
• Creating a single electric hub system to reduce costs and
weight
• Integrate LEDs and OLEDs into interior structural
components
• Exploring practical and functional aspects
Chris Eardley,
Director,
Lighting Consultants Ltd, Germany
11:40 Networking coffee break
Improving joining and design by applying innovative
laser technologies into door development
12:10 Laser produced lightweight automotive door structures
• Metallic multi-material design
• Laser based joining techniques
• Laser welded patchwork structures
• Local laser strengthening for crash performance increase
Axel Jahn,
Division Manager Laser Beam Joining,
Fraunhofer Institute for Materials and Beam Technology,
Germany
Weight reduction technologies and concepts for increased safety and comfort
AUTOMOTIVE DOORS 2015
H
ands-on
session
12:55 Networking lunch
14:25 Q&A Session: Create your own agenda!
Nominate the subject that you would like to hear about
and we will organise a lively and open discussion with
panel experts and the audience. Feel free to submit
questions you would like to have answered during the
conference to the following e-mail address: yourques-
tions@iqpc.de.
We will make sure that your questions will be part of this
session.
15:00 - 17:00 Interactive afternoon Workshop:
The future of the biodegradable composites for automotive
doors: Mechanical properties prediction models and method-
ologies to make a first approach on the environmental impact
The use of biodegradable composites is an option for reduce the
weight. In this workshop it will be presented not only the advan-
tages and disadvantages of using this type of components but also
some numeric models that allow to have a first idea concerning
the basic mechanical properties. It also will be presented a simple
method to help chose the solution with less environmental impact.
These models don’t substitute the standards but can help to make
an easy and faster first choice.
• Biodegradable composites in automotive doors
• Composite Mechanical properties predication models
• Design for environment toolkit
Nuno Calcada Loureiro,
Full Professor Industrial Production Engineering Department,
Institute of Douro and Vouga, Portugal
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