15th ISC – Stuttgart, Germany
                      October 7-8, 2008
Conference Venue
University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, ETI-Building
Pfaffenwaldring 47
70569 Stuttgart
Germany

Exhibition and Poster Session
There will be a commercial exhibition and poster session in the lobby of the Conference Centre throughout the conference. Information on the participation
at the commercial exhibition and the registration form can be ordered at the
contact address. These information are also available as download under
Exhibition/Poster Session. The target date for registration is August 15, 2008.
The list of ‘Participants and Exhibitors‛ will be available at the conference.

Evening Event
The Conference Banquet will take place on Oktober 7, 2008 at the
‘Mercedes-Benz Museum‛ in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim. Under the slogan
‘A voyage of discovery through the automotive history‛ the whole exhibition is
open for the participants. There is the opportunity beside of the study of the
innovations of 120 years automotive history to deepen the exchange of experiences
on innovations in sealing technology during the banquet and the social get-together
in this fascinating surrounding.
PLEASE NOTE: The ‘Mercedes-Benz Museum‛ is a non-smoking area.

Visit the IMA laboratory
 The experimental and test facilities of the Institute of Machine Components (IMA) will be open to visitors each day. Members of the institute staff will demonstrate the test benches. A timetable as well as information regarding the English-language guided visits are available at the meeting point near to the conference office.


Main topics / Research projects of the IMA

Hydraulic Seals:
  • Abrasiveness of hydraulic cylinder rods
Non-contact Seals:
  • Non-contact sealing of high speed shafts
  • Non-contact shaft sealing with grease packing
Shaft Seals:
  • Analysis and modelling of wear on PTFE sealing elements
  • Reliable sealing on innovative shaft materials and innovative shaft coatings
  • Structural analysis of sealing counter-faces
  • Surface topography in circumferential direction
  • Reliable sealing of grease and liquid grease by means of rotary shaft seals
  • High pressure rotary shaft seal
  • High pressure rotary connectors
  • PTFE-packing with spiral groove

Static Seals:

  • Limitation of use of modern liquid sealants at housing interfaces
  • Sealing of unequal housing interfaces
The following listed test benches and test facilities
are available at the institute for investigations:
  • 18 test benches for rotary shaft seals
  • Test benches for hydraulic rod seals
  • Test bench for scrapers / wipers
  • Tribology test bench, ellipsometer
  • Test benches for static flat seals
  • Test bench for profile seals X-, R- and O-rings
  • Tensile testing machine, Radial force measuring equipment
  • 3D-Coordinate measuring machine
  • 3D-Measuring instruments for surface topography (contactless and contact)
  • Surface energy and contact angle measuring instrument
  • Optical analysis of surfaces, 3D-Microscopic optics
  • FE-Working places