8th IPPT_TWINN workshop - Joining technologies

The 8th Workshop it was organized as two days event and held at  IWK - Institute for Plastic Processing and Material Technologies in Rapperswil, Switzerland from 16th and 17th November 2023.

The workshop started with a presentation by Pierre Jousset on the topic of Basics of adhesive bonding technology. In this course the participants learned about different classes of industrial adhesives, how they can be improved and how adhesives work. After the break they had a practical course, where they tested adhesion between different materials with various adhesives.  After lunch was organized a course of Design of bonded joints and From analytical methods to FE simulation, where they also did some calculations.

On the second day, in the morning, they had presentation of Joining technologies and a practical course of different types of joining technologies. They also tested the strength of joined materials. This gave the participants closer look at how these technologies work and how important the adhesion between materials is.