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- How to reduce complexity whilst achieving ‘smart’ individualism
- Analysing the key trends & market dynamics in next-generation advanced automotive seating
- Investigating customer preferences and understanding their changing functional and technology expectations
- Identifying the parameters and technologies driving next-generation advanced automotive seating systems
- Defining the standards and requirements for future, safe, connected, versatile, predictive, intelligent seating systems
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- Strategies for seating in a semi and fully autonomous future – is there more to it than just next-generation reconfiguration?
- Strategies to provide flexibility in seating systems for autonomous car users
- Seating system development concepts
- The challenges of different and changing seat positions – rotating, reclining, folding, removable and retractable seats
- When and how occupants might take/relinquish control of a vehicle, be permitted to change position or be compelled to return to a straight-ahead position
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- Today a seat needs to keep you comfortable and safe, but tomorrow passengers will be expecting it to do much more
- ‘Active Wellness Concepts’ and ‘Smart Seats’ – what are they, and when will we see them in the mass market?
- Integrating contactless sensors, infrared cameras and bluetooth to collect data on drivers physical and mental condition
- Analyzing physiological data and applying counter measures to mitigate sickness, stress, discomfort, drowsiness and readiness to operate controls.
- The Future of AI in Automotive Seating Systems – Translating driver condition into personalised automations
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- Flexible seating and reconfigurability challenges traditional safety systems – “Dynamic Safety Repositioning” and “Adaptive Safety” as a solution? Addressing the challenges of different, and changing seat positions and seat structures
- How to achieve safety in all seated positions – New safety systems solutions for seat belts/restraints and airbags
- Reviewing seat development and interior configuration concepts for autonomous vehicles
- Safety as a top priority: When and how occupants might relinquish control of the vehicle or be permitted – or prevented from changing position
- New challenges for seat track systems for moving seats
- Visualisation and Simulation: Best solutions in design, manufacturing, testing and simulation
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- Reviewing new materials, multi-material mix, and manufacturing processes for advanced next-generation lightweight seat structures
- Increasing usage of lightweight and Composite Materials such as Aluminum, Magnesium, High Strength Steel (HSS) and Carbon Fibre to reduce the overall weight of seating system
- Opportunities for metal replacement with multi-material systems
- Reducing the number mechanisms – whilst increasing functionality
- Examples of how OEMs have recently taken advantage of material innovation
- How further multi-material design can unlock the limitations of conventional design
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- Which advanced steel options offer the best choices for seating structural systems?
- The evolution of lightweight seat structure designs: best practice in transitioning from Internal Combustion to Electric and Autonomous seating configurations
- Cost of light-weighting versus cost increase in technology and of battery for EV range increase
- The mass saving premium for the various light-weighting options for automotive seat structures
- The light weighting and cost effectiveness offered by Advanced High Strength 3rd Gen Steels applied to seat structures
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- Where are the opportunities for replacing conventional material choices with Magnesium- [Case Study] success stories
- Features and advantages of magnesium alloys
- Broad prospects for the development of lightweight structure materials
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- Mitigating passenger stress factors through physiological data analysis
- Use of latest technology integration to collect and act on data to increase passenger safety and comfort.
- Lightweight design approach for future automotive seat structures
- Multi-Material lightweight designs
- Steel-aluminum design
- Metal-composite design
- Lightweight designs with steel
- Laser welded patchwork structures
- Local Laser-Strengthening
- Conclusions
- Ensuring reliability, flexibility, insulation and sealant tolerances with adhesive bonding
- Which professionally designed bonding processes offer the most seamless integration into series production?
- Benefits of bonded over welded joints
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- The future lightweighting opportunities of foam: next-generation automotive seating
- Achieving the right blend of comfort, safety and sustainability
- Where will we see the next innovations in foam solutions?
- Environmental performance: Foam that eliminates harmful emissions from foam production
- Recyclability: New geometries of materials that do not require the same traditional foams – foam alternatives
- Low profile foam and advanced materials
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- Tools for structural design and optimisation to help with topology optimisation
- Innovative design, materials, engineering, and manufacturing approaches
- How topology optimisation works with additive manufacturing how topology optimisation works with additive manufacturing
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- How to better leverage existing structures and mechanisms for the future?
- Transferring advanced materials into mass production
- Metals, Forming and Joining
- How do you reinvent rather than carry over design: exploring new innovation in seat structure design
- Exploring the opportunity of replacing two mechanisms with one mechanism
- Casting innovation for seat frames: Magnesium High pressure die-casting
- Two Mechanisms- replaced with one mechanism
- Front-Row Architecture: Block height of the Hpoint
- Rear Seat systems and Architecture
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- Successfully translating comfort requirements into an Industry 4.0 environment
- Which new technologies are enabling a previously unachievable design?
- Big Data analysis and feeding it back into design, engineering and production
- Automation of operations, predictability and reduced scrap rates
- Derive the most value for the opportunities that Industry 4.0 Manufacturing Promises
- Incorporating digitalisation into your manufacturing roadmap – what are the opportunities for key players in the value chain and how does it offer a complete path to fulfilling customer expectations?
- Collect end-consumer data and flow it back to one piece of equipment or equipment in combination with a given material
- Automation of operations and the predictability of operations
- Reducing scrap rates, tied to a certain link of equipment, material, supplier, time period
- How to achieve greater flexibility to react quickly to new developments and changing requirements
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- Exploring material solutions for cost vs quality vs weight vs thickness including thickness of inserts
- How to increase durability and comfort without increasing cost
- How to better towards preventing mid-project Value Optimisations
- Removable trim covers – a feature that could become more common: especially with predictive increase in ride-sharing
- How to match the proper lightweight frame, leather finish, pattern and grain with a vehicle segment and platform
- Just-in-Time (JIT) assembly for automotive seat Manufacturing
- Luxury vs seat system performance Aligned lamination, surface material, and innovation strategies to ensure best practices in product quality
If you are interesting in hosting or sponsoring a webinar or virtual workshop as part of this years Global Automotive Lightweight Seating Innovation Series please contact us on
info@we-automotive.com or by phone on USA +1 (313) 799 2911 or Europe +44 (0)7932 631 029
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