
EALA – European Automotive Laser Applications
25th Expert Conference
EALA, European Automotive Laser Applications, is Automotive Circle’s focus conference on everything to do with laser-based material processing in any area of automobile series production. Since 1999, the conference has taken place annually in Bad Nauheim, Germany, and has been discussing technical advancements regarding, for instance,
- laser-based welding, brazing, cutting, drilling, cladding, surface structuring or surface cleaning
- laser systems and laser optics
- laser beam and laser seam analytics and process control
- process data management and AI- or non-AI-based data analyses
- corresponding simulation techniques
- new application areas of industrial laser material processing, in any component of the automobile.
Bringing together an international audience of laser systems and automotive engineering experts, the conference always aims at presenting a mixture of latest application progress reports from trailblazing OEM and Tier1 module suppliers, most recent innovations from laser system and process control equipment suppliers and highly interesting academic study results.
Next Instalment
Please note the date: The 25th EALA edition takes place on February 6-7, 2024 in Bad Nauheim, Germany.
Conference Agenda
8.00 AM |
Welcome and conference introduction |
Dr. Dirk Meine, Automotive Circle, DE Dr. Jan-Philipp Weberpals, Audi AG, DE |
OEM Status Reports |
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8.15 AM |
Holistic approach for laser beam welding for cell contacting of battery modules with highest quality |
Dr. Jan-Philipp Weberpals, Audi AG, DE; Konstantin Ribalko, Precitec GmbH & Co. KG, DE |
8.45 AM |
Border conditions for laser applications in BIW at the Volkswagen brand |
Meinulf Hinz, Volkswagen AG, DE |
9.15 AM |
Copper and aluminium welding in e-automotive: Renault’s state of the art |
Christian Brémont, Groupe Renault, FR |
9.45 AM | Meet the Speakers / Coffee and contacts | |
Body Structure |
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10.30 AM |
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) in combination with actual welding tasks |
Richard Steinbrecht, Lessmüller Lasertechnik GmbH, DE |
11.00 AM |
AI-based quality control for laser brazing and aluminum welding applications |
Dr. Michael Ungers, Scansonic MI GmbH, DE |
11.30 AM |
Improving the weldability of 22MnB5 in laser beam welding by process superposition with ultrasonic waves |
Christian Wolf, University of Kassel, Department for Cutting and Joining Manufacturing Processes, DE |
12.00 PM |
Welding aluminum for automotive applications with dynamic beam laser |
Dr. Robert Bernhard, Civan Lasers Europe GmbH, DE |
12.30 PM | Meet the Speakers / Lunch break | |
Battery Cells |
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1.45 PM |
Innovative process and machine for Laser-Tab-Welding |
Dr. Dmitrij Walter, Manz AG, DE |
2.15 PM |
Highly productive e-mobility applications with a focus on welding contacts for cylindrical batteries |
Dr. Axel Luft, Scansonic MI GmbH, DE; Uwe Bergmann, Bergmann & Steffen GmbH, DE |
2.45 PM |
Laser welding lattice to cell with in-process monitoring |
Dr. Mohamed Al-Badani, Jaguar Land Rover Ltd., UK, Dr. Paul Webster, IPG Photonics Corporation, CA |
3.15 PM | Meet the Speakers / Coffee and contacts | |
Battery System |
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4.00 PM |
Laser scanner welding of aluminum busbars |
Dr. Dirk Steffens, Mercedes-Benz AG, DE; Lutz König, Precitec GmbH & Co. KG, DE |
4.30 PM |
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Masoud M. Pour, General Motors Company, US |
5.00 pm |
Precision Power Laser: A step change in automotive joining |
David Kilburn, The Lincoln Electric Company, US |
5.30 PM |
Laser welded leak-tight aluminum cooling solutions – series application and progress in large cooling plates industrialzation |
Oliver Quirin, Trumpf Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH, DE |
6.00 PM | Meet the Speakers / Get together | |
7.00 PM | Networking Night |
Wednesday, February 7, 2023
New Thinking |
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8.00 AM |
Electrification of the sky and the unique laser welding requirements of the eVTOL industry |
Sebastian Moser, Precitec, Inc., US |
8.30 AM |
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Thibaut Atché, Cailabs, FR |
9.00 AM |
Evaluation of dual core fiber for automotive seat laser welding applications |
Luc Leportier, Forvia SE, FR |
9.30 AM |
Diode Lasers with high wall-plug efficiency for battery cell drying and brake disk cladding |
Dr. Johannes Schäfer, Laserline GmbH, DE |
10.00 AM | Meet the Speakers / Coffee and contacts | |
Welding Copper |
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10.45 AM |
Mechanisms and fascinating insights into the formation of pores during welding of copper using different kind of laser sources |
Dr. Andreas Heider, Robert Bosch GmbH, DE |
11.15 AM |
Melt pool behavior during hairpin welding – a computational fluid dynamics approach |
Dr. Marcin Serdeczny, Flow Science, Inc., US |
11.45 AM |
Application of Laser processing in the visible range for e-mobility parts |
Dr. Hideaki Shirai, Denso Corporation, JP |
12.15 PM |
Examples of tailored solutions in laser welding: High power blue laser application in copper welding; benefit of single mode laser in aluminum remote welding; IR beam shaping applied to martensitic stainless steels |
Stefano Zarini, Optoprim srl, IT |
12.45 PM | Meet the Speakers / Lunch break | |
Fuel Cells |
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2.00 PM |
Laser welding quality inspection through the process monitoring to minimize the defect rate of the EV battery welds |
Dr. Yongjoon Cho, Monitech Co., Ltd., KR |
2.30 PM |
High-throughput printing of laser seams at micrometer-accuracy for the e-mobility vehicles of tomorrow |
Thibault Bautze-Scherff, Ralf Nürnberg, Blackbird Robotersysteme GmbH, DE |
3.00 PM |
High-productivity, high-quality laser welding of bipolar plates for fuel cells |
Dr. Dahv Kliner, nLIGHT, Inc., US |
3.30 PM |
OEM conclusions |
Members of the OEM Advisory Board on current trends and challenges in laser-based automotive manufacturing processes |
3.45 PM |
Farewell address and end of the conference |
Dr. Dirk Meine, Automotive Circle, DE |
Status as of February 2, 2024!
The program is subject to change!