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Registration at Royal Hainaut
Registration at Royal Hainaut
17:00 - 19:00 (2h)
Advisory Board Meeting
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(& continued registration)
Advisory Board Meeting - Room LA RHONELLE
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(& continued registration)
19:00 - 22:00 (3h)
Welcome Cocktail - AGORA
AGORA
8:15 - 9:00 (45min)
Registration
Registration
9:00 - 10:00 (1h)
Opening of 58th ICFG Plenary Meeting & Presentations – Room HAUTCLOCQ
10:00 - 10:30 (30min)
Coffee Break - AGORA
AGORA
10:30 - 12:30 (2h)
Subgroup Meeting: Lubrication – Room LE XV
Subgroup Meeting: Smart Data – Room HAUTCLOCQ
Subgroup Meeting: Smart Data – Room HAUTCLOCQ
12:30 - 13:30 (1h)
Lunch Break - AGORA
13:30 - 15:30 (2h)
Subgroup Meeting: Computational Cold Forging – Room LE XV
Subgroup Meeting: Tool Life and Tool Quality – Room HAUTCLOCQ
Subgroup Meeting: Tool Life and Tool Quality – Room HAUTCLOCQ
15:30 - 16:00 (30min)
Coffee Break - AGORA
16:00 - 17:00 (1h)
Joined Session – Room HAUTCLOCQ
19:00 - 22:00 (3h)
Gala Dinner – LA CHAPELLE
8:30 - 16:30 (8h)
Tour A: pink sticker
Departure at Royal Hainaut : 9:00
Vallourec
Lunch Break - TMMF
Agrati
17:00 Social Event
Tour B: green sticker
Departure at Royal Hainaut : 8:30
Hydro
Lunch Break - TMMF
Toyota
17:00 Social Event
Tour C: yellow sticker
Departure at Royal Hainaut : 8:30
Toyota
Lunch Break - TMMF
Hydro
17:00 Social Event
Departure at Royal Hainaut : 9:00
Vallourec
Lunch Break - TMMF
Agrati
17:00 Social Event
Tour B: green sticker
Departure at Royal Hainaut : 8:30
Hydro
Lunch Break - TMMF
Toyota
17:00 Social Event
Tour C: yellow sticker
Departure at Royal Hainaut : 8:30
Toyota
Lunch Break - TMMF
Hydro
17:00 Social Event
Industrial visit
17:00 - 19:30 (2h30)
Brewery Visit
Brewery Visit
19:30 - 22:30 (3h)
Dinner
8:30 - 9:10 (40min)
Keynote Talk – Room HAUTCLOCQ
A. DUBOIS – LAMIH UMR CNRS 8201 – UPHF - France
Galling of aluminium - from the characterization to the numerical prediction
Galling of aluminium - from the characterization to the numerical prediction
9:10 - 9:50 (40min)
Keynote Talk – Room HAUTCLOCQ
M. MERKLEIN – Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg – Germany
Smart Forming: How Al can shape the future of cold forming
Smart Forming: How Al can shape the future of cold forming
9:50 - 10:30 (40min)
Keynote Talk – Room HAUTCLOCQ
F. PERDRISET – Setforge – France
Status and technical and environmental perspectives of cold forging
Status and technical and environmental perspectives of cold forging
10:30 - 11:00 (30min)
Coffee Break - AGORA
11:00 - 11:40 (40min)
Keynote Talk – Room HAUTCLOCQ
F. CHINESTA – PIMM UMR CNRS 8006 – Arts et Métiers – France
From AI-based Hybrid Twins in engineering operation to Generative AI empowering optimal design of materials, structures, processes and systems
From AI-based Hybrid Twins in engineering operation to Generative AI empowering optimal design of materials, structures, processes and systems
11:40 - 12:20 (40min)
Keynote Talk – Room HAUTCLOCQ
K. KITAMURA – Nagoya Institute of Technology – Japan
Tribological Effect of Billet Pretreatment with Wet Blasting before Lubrication for Cold Forging
Tribological Effect of Billet Pretreatment with Wet Blasting before Lubrication for Cold Forging
12:20 - 12:30 (10min)
Group Photo
Group Photo
12:30 - 13:30 (1h)
Lunch - AGORA
13:30 - 14:40 (1h10)
General Assembly & ICFG Prizes - Room HAUTCLOCQ
14:40 - 15:00 (20min)
Paper Presentation - Room HAUTCLOCQ
Mohd Kaswandee Razali - MFRC, Research and Development Center - Republic of Korea
Fatigue performance of Ti6Al4V bolts improved by fillet rolling based on finite element analysis
Fatigue performance of Ti6Al4V bolts improved by fillet rolling based on finite element analysis
15:00 - 15:30 (30min)
Coffee break
15:30 - 15:50 (20min)
Paper Presentation - Room HAUTCLOCQ
Takumi Nakane - G-CADET, Gifu University - Japan
Autonomous optimization of processing conditions for lubricants in hot forging via strongly-connected cyber physical system
Autonomous optimization of processing conditions for lubricants in hot forging via strongly-connected cyber physical system
15:50 - 16:10 (20min)
Paper Presentation - Room HAUTCLOCQ
Nadine Lehnert - Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology - Germany
Innovative process chain for cold forging: Developing and validating a material model for deformation-induced martensite in metastable austenitic casted steel
Innovative process chain for cold forging: Developing and validating a material model for deformation-induced martensite in metastable austenitic casted steel
16:10 - 16:40 (30min)
Coffee break
16:40 - 17:00 (20min)
Paper Presentation - Room HAUTCLOCQ
Eiichi Ota - Toyota Central R&D Labs. - Japan
Data-driven acceleration of tool motion computation for continuous tube forming toward adaptive control
Data-driven acceleration of tool motion computation for continuous tube forming toward adaptive control
17:00 - 17:20 (20min)
Paper Presentation - Room HAUTCLOCQ
Robert Meißner - fischerwerke GmbH & Co. KG - Germany
Study on the use of AI methods for inline quality monitoring of threaded screws
Study on the use of AI methods for inline quality monitoring of threaded screws
17:20 - 17:40 (20min)
Paper Presentation - Room HAUTCLOCQ
Tanmoy Rakshit - Institute of Forming Technology and Lightweight Components - TU Dortmund - Germany
Comparison of Alternative Manufacturing Routes of Aluminium Bosses Used in Pressure Vessels
Comparison of Alternative Manufacturing Routes of Aluminium Bosses Used in Pressure Vessels
17:40 - 18:00 (20min)
Closing of the 58th ICFG Plenary Meeting & Outlook ICFG 2026
