Innovation for electric vehicle manufacture. Joint meeting with SCI (IN PERSON)

This is a London Branch event organised and run by our London  Branch for  members of the London and Kent Branches. Other members and non-members are welcome to join us.

This is a joint event with The Society for chemical industry. 

Overview:- This talk outlines TWI’s work to assist in bringing electric vehicles from high cost, low volume niche production towards the target of low cost, high value, high quality mass production. This work includes: welding and joining solutions for advanced materials, dissimilar joining solutions for multi-material vehicle structures, advanced coatings and surfacing, non-destructive testing for quality control and new joining solutions for the many thousands of electric battery and motor connections found in EV propulsion systems. 

Speaker:- Sullivan Smith (TWI)

Speaker Biography:- Sullivan Smith is the Automotive Programme Manager at TWI, which he joined, from Tata Steel in 2011. Sullivan’s specialisations include: resistance welding and mechanical fastening processes, the joining of dissimilar metals and joining of metals to polymers and composites. In his work related to electrical devices Sullivan has experience in the use of spot arc, ultrasonic welding, laser welding, soldering, wire bonding and percussive arc welding. Sullivan represents BSI on several ISO committees for resistance welding and is the Chair of the ISO committee for mechanical fastening

Event poster can be downloaded here 

The is a hybrid event. For those wishing to attend online, please see the separate event announcement.  There will be tea and coffee  available before the event and a sandwich buffet afterwards for those attending in person.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD): Attending this event supports your professional development.  You can claim 2 CPD points per hour for this event.  As a member of the Welding Institute you can record your CPD activity online from your membership portal.

Additional Information:

• Registration for this event will close 24 hours before the start.
• Live event only
• Registration details maybe shared with our Branch volunteers to help facilitate this event.