Conference Day Three: Wednesday, 11th February 2009
8:30 Registration & coffee
9:00 Chairman’s welcome & opening address
Prof Dr. Peter Vink
Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering
TNO / Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Added value by innovative seat materials
9:10 Key levers to develop a leather automotive Seat –
Faurecia experience
- Importance of leather in automotive seating
- Key Points to take into account – Key technical design solutions
- State of art and perspectives
Benoît Scheer
Automotive Seating Product Group, R&D-Cover Materials Expertise Manager
Faurecia Sieges d'Automobile, France
9:50 Leather for seats – Innovative appearance
of a traditional material
- Refinements to underline individuality and added value
- Leather in the cause of time
- Surfaces and processing technologies
Pieternella Rokitta de Schipper
Designer
Seton Lederfabrik GmbH, Germany
10:30 Refreshment break & networking
11:00 FaserTec – A natural fibre material for a pleasant
seating climate
- Material description
- Measurement of humidity / heating flux
- Comparison between FaserTec and cold cure foam
Dr. Werner Klusmeier
Plant Manager
Johnson Controls GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
Overcoming the lightweight challenge by material
substitution
11:40 Innovation weight reduction of the seat
- Weight reduction trends on comfort systems – Latest developments for contour adjustments, mechanic and pneumatic systems
- Lateral support adjustement, mechanic and pneumatic and hybrid
- Weight reduction by material substitution for seating upholstery
Jan Petzel
Manager Ergonomics & Advanced Development
Leggett & Platt Automotive Group Europe, Germany
12:20 Future-proof materials
Discuss within small groups and with
experts of the day the following topics
Thermal comfort and innovative materials
Salvatore Demontis
Vehicle Architecture, Interior Modules Design Unit Manager
Centro Ricerche Fiat S.C.p.A., Italy
Lightweight materials
Jan Petzel
Manager Ergonomics & Advanced Development
Leggett & Platt Automotive Group Europe, Germany
FaserTec – A natural fibre material
Dr. Werner Klusmeier
Plant Manager, Johnson Controls GmbH & Co. KG
Germany
13:00 Networking luncheon
Realizing competetive seat components
14:30 Development of a comfort headrest based on
medical knowledge
- Medical facts for comfort headrests
- Research methods
- Comfort headrests in the future (next generation)
Matthias Franz
Comfort – Interior
BMW AG Germany
15:10 Competitive advantage in seats details – How a
concrete innovation on a seat detail affects the
over all cost, weight, quality and ecology of seats?
- Punched notches of headrest frame
- Locally reinforced tube of headrest frame
- Capacitor weld of height adjuster
- Computer assisted positioned height adjuster's welded tube (Computer assisted positioning of height adjuster's welded tube)
Primoz MIH ELIC
Member of the Board - Marketing and Development
TPV Slovenia
15:50 Refreshment break & networking
Integrating
Integrating health and ergonomic aspects in innovative
seating systems
16:20 How to asses and rate the ergonomic quality
of automotive seats
- Requirements for the seat from an interdisciplinary medical perspective
- Consumer interest in ergonomically optimal seats
- Statistics concerning backpain – The example of Germany
- Causes of back pain
Georg Stingel
CEO
Aktion Gesunder Rücken e.V. (Campaign Healthy Back), Germany
17:00 Seat safety in rear-impact – Feature for premium
cars or necessity across all model lines?
- Cervical spine disorders after rear-impact; A common insurance claim
- The role of the seat in preventing neck injury
- Does improved seat safety increase cost and weight?
Axel Malczyk
Accident Researcher
German Insurance Association (GDV) – Accident Research Department, Germany
17:40 Closing remarks of the chairman
and end of the congress
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