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Conference - European Forum on Metalworking Fluids 2010
English/ German simultaneous translation
24 - 25 November 2010
Bad Nauheim/Germany
A new international forum
Metalworking industries and their suppliers are facing considerable challenges. This is especially true for the automotive industry, where CO2 reductions in the production processes are being called for, via reduced energy and raw materials consumptions. Demands for more flexible production and cost efficiency further generate a high pressure to constantly improve and globalise operational sequences and production processes – always bearing in mind, that occupational health, safety and hygiene should be optimised as well, and brought to a very high standard worldwide. In the globally acting automotive industry, the intelligent and efficient use of process fluids, which have to be handled in large amounts, is the key-issue. Among these, in all machining processes, particularly in engine and gear production, metalworking fluids are a prime concern. Thus, the first European Forum on Metalworking Fluids, taking place on 24 and 25 November 2010 in Bad Nauheim, Germany, sets out to focus on these systems and their efficient use in the context of industrial volume series production, internationalising the trailblazing German Forum on Metalworking Fluids (Deutsches Kühlschmierstoff-Forum), which has been setting standards in this field for 20 years. Automotive OEM and other large-volume users of such fluids, producers of metalworking fluids, production equipment suppliers as well as relevant institutions will be given the opportunity to intensely debate key issues concerning the use of metalworking fluid systems in automotive production and beyond.
During the event, high-level technical presentations as well as focus workshops will address the following specific questions:
Metalworking fluid systems
- Which criteria decide the fundamental question: Water miscible or oil-based? Do new substrate materials require new metalworking fl uid systems?
- How can metalworking fluids effect a better quality of the finished workpiece? Which new insights shed light on the tribology involved?
- Are there systematic approaches to optimise process fluids and lubricants, in view of global occupational health and safety issues and environmental aspects, as well as performance requirements?
- Can high standards of occupational hygiene be reached globally?
- Which impacts are to be expected by current European environmental and occupational safety legislation?
- What is the current status of the discussions on boricacid and formaldehyde- releasing biocides in metalworking fluids?
- How does the legislation compare internationally? Can GHS provide a substantial harmonisation?
- How can fluid management and disposal scenarios comply with all global requirements?
- How can an improved energy/heat management increase the resource efficiency? What is the benefit of optimised tool management or visualised material flow diagrams?
- Where and when do dry processing and minimal quantity lubrication make sense?
- How can the service life of metalworking fl uid systems be enhanced?
- Which new possibilities exist in the recycling of metalworking fluids?
Is a “zero waste” process conceivable?
- Which potential for improvement exists in the handling and storage of workpieces, in view of residual dirt or corrosion problems?
- How can the process efficiency be controlled more effectively?
- To what extent can test methods replace expensive full-scale trials?
- What about the global availability of (eco-)toxicologically acceptable metalworking fluids and metalforming lubricants?
- How can globally different maintenance concepts be managed?
OEM engineers working in production and development, with responsibilities for the management of process fluids in large-volume industrial metalworking processes, as well as technical application and development engineers from metalworking fluid producers, process equipment system suppliers and relevant engineering service providers.
interactive
Interactive workshops (in English language only) As an important interactive element of the conference, two parallel practiceworkshops and four parallel discussion workshops will be hosted, addressing specific issues and methods in industrial metalworking fluid management in depth. Conference participants may choose to attend the practice and discussion workshop that best matches their particular interests. As a positive side effect, the workshops bring together participants sharing the same interests, maximising networking opportunities.
Conference &
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Amanda Beyer
Automotive Circle
International
T +49 511 9910 377
F +49 511 9910 379
amanda.beyer@
vincentz.net
Exhibition
Amanda Beyer
Automotive Circle
International
T +49 511 9910 377
F +49 511 9910 379
amanda.beyer@
vincentz.net
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