IWOTE'08

International Workshop on Thermal Forming and Welding Distortion
April 22 - 23, 2008
Hotel Munte

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Program

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Weather

During the IWOTE'08 a windy and mostly sunny weather is expected. The temperatures are estimated to vary between 4°C and 16°C.

Accommodation

At the conference venue "Hotel Munte" we have a special but limited room contingent reserved for participants of the IWOTE. Please book your accommodation under the keyword "IWOTE08".

Ringhotel Munte am Stadtwald
Parkallee 299
D-28213 Bremen
phone: +49 421 2202 0
fax:     +49 421 2202 609
info@hotel-munte.de
www.hotel-munte.de

Introduction

Nowadays, welding is a widespread and highly developed joining method. More than 120 automatic and manually operated processes are applicable. As an unwanted side effect, heating and melting induce thermal strains and alter certain material properties. This leads to distortions and high residual stresses which should obviously be kept to a minimum. Therefore, various strategies are being developed in order to minimize distortions; materials are investigated and mechanical as well as thermal boundary conditions are researched. In contrast to welding, the aim of thermal forming is to deliberately use thermal strains to generate predicted shapes. In thermal forming well-defined heat sources offer a reproducible heat input into a highly localized area. The different forming mechanisms are specified and further investigated. Furthermore, thermal forming can overcome limits of the accessibility and avoid disadvantages of mechanical forming like the spring-back effect.

The intention of the 2nd IWOTE is to combine knowledge and experience in the fields of welding and thermal forming. This may be knowledge on temperature and microstructure dependent material properties, heating strategies and strategies to control (de-)formations as well as experience in experimental methods or modelling.

Objectives

The workshop is intended to promote the exchange of experience at international level and foster the dialogue between science and industry, related to the shape changing phenomena in thermal forming and welding.

Who Should Attend

Young scientists, senior researchers and industrial technology managers are invited to discuss latest results from basic and applied research in the field of thermal induced shape changes, and to stimulate the diffusion of this knowledge into industrial application.

International Advisory Committee

Prof. Frank Vollertsen, Germany
Prof. Horst Cerjak, Austria
Prof. Joost R. Duflou, Belgium
Prof. Bill Lucas, United Kingdom
Prof. Masahito Mochizuki, Japan
Prof. Zygmunt Mucha, Poland
Prof. Yoshiharu Namba, Japan
Prof. Michael Rethmeier, Germany
Prof. Ian M. Richardson, The Netherlands
Prof. Yoshiyuki Uno, Japan
Prof. Kenneth G. Watkins, United Kingdom
Prof. Helmut Wohlfahrt, Germany
Prof. Y. Lawrence Yao, USA
PD Dr. Andreas Otto, Germany

Submission of Papers

Authors wishing to submit a paper are invited to send a short abstract to iwote08@bias.de. Topics include but are not limited to: experimental and theoretical research on mechanisms of thermal induced shape changing with various heat sources, process modeling and simulation, research directed to specific applications, path planning, thermal forming and minimization of weld distortions in commercial production processes.

Conference language will be English.

Schedule

November 2, 2007	Submission of abstract
November 23, 2007	Notification of acceptance
February 15, 2008	Submission of full manuscript
April 22-23, 2008	Workshop in Bremen

Documents

2nd Announcement and Call for Papers (PDF)

Sponsored and Supported by

	Deutscher Verband für Schweißen und verwandte Verfahren e.V.
	International Institute of Welding
	Sonderforschungsbereich 570 - Distortion Engineering
	HansePhotonik e.V.