Lightweight TechTalks

The AZL „Lightweight TechTalk“ is a compact and digital format for technology and market insights in the field of lightweight production. Various presentations from industry and research open up different perspectives on lightweight business and technologies.

Participation is free of charge and open to all companies, even beyond the AZL Partner Network.

Upcoming Lightweight techTalk

Hydrogen Pressure Vessels 

  • January 2024

Previous Lightweight techTalk

November 16th, 2023

Focus: Digitalisation, hybridisation & functionalisation of High-Performance SMC

  • Persico | Sergio Gastaldi & Guido Arcangeli | New Developments in SMC Technology and Combining Different Technologies in Order to Make SMC More Attractive
  • Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH & Fraunhofer-Institut für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik ITWM | Dr. Hannes Grimm-Strele & Dominic Schommer | Optical Measurement of Fiber Orientation and Its Influence on the Mechanical Behavior
  • FibreCoat GmbH | Alexander Lüking | EMI Shielding in SMC Processes with Aluminum Coated Fibres
  • Simutence GmbH | Dr. Martin Hohberg | New Simulation Approaches for Sheet Molding Compound Process Simulation
May 25th, 2023

Focus: Additive manufacturing with composites and new opportunities with these innovative processes

  • Anisoprint | Dr. Fedor Antonov | Composite Fiber Co-Extrusion: Flexible and on Demand Manufacturing of Complex Shape
  • 9T Labs | Arne Büttner | Additive Fusion Technology: a New Era in Additive Manufacturing for Small Structural Parts at High Volumes
  • Trelleborg Sealing Solutions | David Hauber | Additive Manufacturing of Advanced Composite Structures
  • CEAD | Charléne van Wingerden | The growth of Large Format Additive Manufacturing with Thermoplastic Composites
November 30th, 2021

Focus: Electric vehicle battery casings and potentials of composite materials

  • Audi AG | Dr. Florian Meyer | The Future of Electric Vehicle Battery Casings
  • AZL Aachen GmbH | Warden Schijve | Use of Composites in Multi-material Battery Casings
  • Lorenz Kunststofftechnik GmbH | Peter Ooms | E-mobility – Battery Casing & E-motors Made out of Thermoset
  • AZL Aachen GmbH | Philipp Fröhlig | Introduction of Soon Starting Battery Casing Project Initiatives
September 23rd, 2021

Focus: Automated tape laying and rapid tow shearing in aerospace applications

  • Laserline GmbH | Dr. Simon Britten | Laser-based Thermoplastic Tape Placement for High Productivity in Aviation
  • GKN Fokker | Arnt Offringa | Automated Tape Laying and Fiber Placement of Thermoplastics in Aerospace
  • iCOMAT Limited | Dominic Bloom | Rapid Tow Shearing: The New State of the Art in Fibre Steering
  • Dutch Thermoplastic Composites | Peter Boer | Automated Tape Laying for Tailored Thermoplastic Composite Products
July 9th, 2021

Focus: Sustainability strategies and approaches to sustainability and eco-impact factor analysis over the production and life cycle of cars

  • Ford-Werke GmbH | Dr. Wulf-Peter Schmidt | Ford Carbon Neutrality Strategy and Implications for the Automotive Value Chain
  • Conbility GmbH | Markus Breiing | Pragmatic and Integrated Carbon Footprint and Cost Evaluation
  • fka GmbH | Alexander Busse | Sustainability as a Gamechanger in the Automotive Value Chain – Challenges for Suppliers and their Product Strategy
  • Zenith GmbH | Dr. Claus Lüdtke | Success through Networking – the Example of the ForesIght Innovation Network
January 28th, 2021

Focus: Lightweight design enabling design for profitability

  • AZL Aachen GmbH | Warden Schijve | Best Practices in Lightweight Design with Thermoplastic Composites
  • Aniform | Sebastiaan Haanappel | Composite Forming Simulations Enable Thoughtful Process & Product Development
  • Institute for Plastics Processing (IKV) in Industry and Craft at RWTH Aachen University | Maiko Ersch | Uncovering Lightweight Potential Through Consistent Topology Optimization and Deeply Integrated Hybrid Design in Structural Components
  • ThermoPlastic Composites Application Center | Ferrie van Hattum | Component Redesign using UD Tapes
September 29th, 2020

Focus: Using composites sustainably and recycling options and processes

  • Chairman EuCIA WG Sustainability | Jaap van der Woude | Cradle to Gate LCA for Composites Parts ECO CALCULATOR LCA Tool for the Composites Industry
  • nova Institut GmbH | Dr. rer.nat. Asta Partanen | Tools and Methods for Comparing the Sustainability of Renewable Composite Materials
  • Aachen Center for Integrative Lightweight Production (AZL) at RWTH Aachen University | Martin Rieger | Research Project “Bio FML”: Mass Production of Sustainable Fibre Metal Laminates
  • Sonnenwagen Aachen e.V. | Yusuf Can Arslan | Unlimited Range: Lightweight Meets with Solar Energy
  • Conbility GmbH | Markus Breiing | Economic and Ecological Evaluation of Production Scenarios to Realize a Sustainable Production
  • AZL Aachen GmbH | Philipp Fröhlig | Starting AZL Study: Identifying Potentials for Bio based Composites
August 13th, 2020

Focus: Technology solutions for thermoplastic tapes in injection molded parts

  • Mitsui Chemicals Europe GmbH | René Laschak | Performance Improvement of Injection Molded Parts by the Use of Carbon Fiber UD Tapes
  • Polyscope Polymers | Sem Sals | Hybrid Material Combinations in Composites
  • AFPT GmbH | Arne Büttner | Automated Production of Composite Inlays
  • Aachen Center for Integrative Lightweight Production (AZL) at RWTH Aachen University | Alexander Peitz | Ultra Fast Consolidator Individualized, Large Series Thermoplastic Tape Placement
  • TPRC | Coen Hartjes | Overmolding of C/PAEK Composites
  • simcon kunststofftechnische Software GmbH | Harold Kutschera | Simulation Aspects of UD Tapes in the Injection Molding Process
July 9th, 2020

Focus: Innovative applications and manufacturing systems for additive manufacturing technologies with composites

  • Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Albany | David Hauber | Additive Manufacturing with Carbon Fiber Composites
  • ARRIS Composites | Riley Reese | Convergence of Composites and High Volume Manufacturing, Delivering Next gen Consumer and Vehicle Structures
  • Orbital Composites | Cole Nielsen | Mars and the Self-Replicating Machines
  • Conbility GmbH | Kamran Samaie | New Table Based Machine System for Additive Tape Placement with Laser Assisted In-Situ Consolidation
May 28th, 2020

Focus: Lightweight design enabling design for profitability

  • AZL Aachen GmbH | Warden Schijve | Best Practices in Lightweight Design with Thermoplastic Composites
  • Aniform | Sebastiaan Haanappel | Composite Forming Simulations Enable Thoughtful Process & Product Development
  • Institute for Plastics Processing (IKV) in Industry and Craft at RWTH Aachen University | Maiko Ersch | Uncovering Lightweight Potential Through Consistent Topology Optimization and Deeply Integrated Hybrid Design in Structural Components
  • ThermoPlastic Composites Application Center | Ferrie van Hattum | Component Redesign using UD Tapes
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Production and development of composite parts
Materials: thermoset and thermoplastic resins, continuous fiber composites, metals and plastic-metal hybrids
Process: prepreg, autoclave, resin infusion, RTM, milling, tooling, joining, quality assurance
Design: CAD design and design to process
Networking: Matchmaking with academic and industrial partners

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  • Identification and elimination of pain points
  • Connect with the right partners for industrial implementation