- Day 1
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1: Opening vehicle manufacturing days - the peak evolution challenge
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2: Step by step guide to determine the load case
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3: Determination of material data for analytical calculation and numerical simulation and Sika material cards
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4: Joint design from simple to complex and adhesive joint simulation with Calcbond
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5: Engineering with adhesives panel of experts
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6: Sika project support from idea to serial production and real world expierience in material data and adhesive design
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7: Summary Sika vehicle manufacturing days – day 1 and outlook day 2
- Day 2
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1: Opening day 2 & efficient sandwich panel lamination from manual to automated
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2: Faster assembly and repair in glass and windshield bonding
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3: Multimaterial design enabled by adhesive bonding – structural adhesives for vehicle assembly
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4: Adhesive bonding vs welding with examples from the agricultural machinery industry
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5: Cost savings and capacity gains by adhesive bonding in the weld shop
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6: Summary and closing Sika vehicle manufacturing days
On Demand: Vehicle Manufacturing Days 2022
Check out our recently held event and choose the topic you want to watch.
Description Sika hosted its first Vehicle Manufacturing Days in June 2022. The 2-day virtual event featured in-depth sessions and panel discussions with renowned industry experts. The event was packed with educational sessions, which are now available for you to access on demand. You can choose to rewatch all the sessions or pick the ones that interest you the most.
Course Highlights:
- Industry experts discuss and showcase the development of the Peak Evolution explorer from idea to assembly.
- A comprehensive overview of the best practices in engineering and simulation with adhesives, and the assembly of a lightweight electrical vehicle.
Speakers
Prof Dr.-Ing. Christian Schäfers
University of Osnabrück
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Axel Reinsch
ar engineers
Dr.-Ing. Miriam Laubrock
University of Applied Sciences Münster
Prof. Dr. Pierre Jousset
University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil
The course is presented in two parts:
Part 1
Sessions about the best practices from the determination of the load case, material data, use of Sika material cards, joint design from simple to complex methods.
Featured speakers and panelists:
- Prof Dr.-Ing. Christian Schäfers (University of Osnabrück, Germany)
- Prof. Dr. Pierre Jousset (University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil)
- Dr. Claudio Di Fratta (Sika Services AG)
- Ulli Müller (Sika Services AG)
- Sanjib Banerjee (Sika India Pvt. Ltd.)
- Piero DellaMura (Sika Services AG)
- Launch of CalcBond, a new Adhesive Joint Simulation tool created by ar engineers. Making engineering with adhesives more convenient.
- Axel Reinsch (ar engineers, Hamburg, Germany)
Part 2
Sessions about the efficient production of sandwich panels for transport vehicles. Best practices in vehicle assembly for cost efficient, simple and robust processing covering panel and glass assembly, latest adhesive technologies and industry reference cases from the bus and specialty vehicle industry.
- Lars Petersen (Sika Germany AG / Sika Services AG)
- Tony Bullivant (Sika Germany AG / Sika Services AG)
- Martin Gansner (Sika Services AG)
- David Tobler (Sika Services AG)
- Dr. Claudio Di Fratta (Sika Services AG)
- David Pröschel, David Koller, Patrik Koller (DDP Innovation, Peak Evolution)
Qualified welders are scarce all around the world, most engineers don’t know that adhesive bonding can be used in the weld shop and free up welder capacity. Learn from Sika’s in-house experts and industry experts about how to implement adhesive bonding into your weld shop.
- Dr.-Ing. Miriam Laubrock (University of Applied Sciences Münster, Germany)
- Case Study: Metal Bonding in off-highway manufacturing from XCMG, China
- Marko Zivaljic (Sika Services AG)
To access the course sessions, you can register by following these steps
- Click on the ‘Register Free’ button on the top of the page to register for the Vehicle Manufacturing Days 2022.
- Fill-up the sign-up form.
- Your ‘MySika Login’ will be shared with you via email. Please activate your account by following the link set password in the email
- Set your password now.
- You will then be directed to the Sika Knowledge Center, and you can proceed to sign-up for the Vehicle Manufacturing Days 2022.