21st TECHNICAL FORUM
Wed, Jan. 29, 2025
Dear interested parties of the Technical Forum!
Please see the list below for the presentation topics submitted for the 21st Technical Forum. One thing is certain: You will be the first to hear about the latest innovations at the World Money Fair! #theplacetobe
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| Topic | Time | Company | Speaker | Title |
| Welcome and opening remarks | 13:30 | Goetz-Ulf Jungmichel, Dieter Merkle, Thomas Hogenkamp | ||
| AI – Coin Design | 13:45 | CarveCo | Robert Newman | Digital Sculptors: How AI is Redefining Coin Design |
| Tooling Laser | 14:00 | GF Machining Solutions | Manuel Gomez Marzoa | Boosting creativity and design innovation with 5-axis laser machining strategies |
| PVD Coating | 14:15 | Staatliche Münzen Baden-Württemberg | Lutz Wild | The transition from galvanic hard chrome to PVD coating: a complex story |
| PVD Coating | 14:30 | Inorcoat Mint of Poland | Romain Waidelich Lukasz Karda | PVD Coating for Coins and Dies: Introducing the All-New MS 700 Dual Chamber |
| 14:45 | Time for Q&A | |||
| Break | 15:00 | Break | ||
| Refining / Casting | 15:30 | IKOI SPA | Enrico Cappellini | Optimizing refining processes |
| Refining / Casting | 15:45 | Tera Automation | Julian Verdi Silvia Agostini | Industry 5.0 applied to new machinery for gold and silver ingots production |
| Rolling | 16:00 | Redex Group | Mathew Oliver Gregory | Redex Smart Machine Pack: A digital solution infrastructure for rolling mills |
| Annealing | 16:15 | WMU - Wärmebehandlungsanlagen für Industrie und Umwelttechnik GmbH | Dr. -Ing. Kai Uwe Paffrath | Digital Gas-Panel – Innovation for the adjusting of the protective atmosphere in WMU furnaces |
| Annealing | 16:30 | TAV Vacuum Furnaces | Giorgio Valsecchi | Crafting Currency: The Role of Vacuum Furnaces in Modern Coin Die Heat Treatment |
| 16:45 | Time for Q&A | |||
| Break | 17:00 | Break | ||
| Packaging (Circulation Coins) | 17:30 | Soldati AG | Oliver Heinrich | Packaging machine |
| Commemorative Coin Production | 17:45 | Kazakhstan Mint | Medet Yezhembayev | Ultra-high relief coin manufacturing technology: innovations and challenges |
| Commemorative Coin Production | 18:00 | Monnaie de Paris | Pascal Rencker | Innovative First Connected Coin - the bridge between physical and digital world |
| Commemorative Coin Production | 18:15 | Royal Canadian Mint | Dr. Xianyao Li | Pushing Boundaries: Crafting the Largest Ever Silver Maple Leaf |
| 18:30 | Time for Q&A | |||
| Conclusion of the 21st Technical Forum | 18:45 | Dieter Merkle | ||
| 19:00 – 22:30 | Get-Together with Drinks and Snacks in the “Technical” Exhibition Area for registered delegates of the Technical Forum in Convention Hall II sponsored by Spaleck and Schuler Pressen | |||
Our Speakers
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Our presenters
Thomas Hogenkamp
Spaleck Oberflächentechnik GmbH & Co. KG
Sales Director
Thomas Hogenkamp started his employment at Spaleck Oberflächentechnik in 1984 as Head of the Technical Demonstration and Development Center. Since 1990 he has been involved in subjects to surface finishing aspects within the Mint Industry. Acting as the Sales Director for Spaleck since 2000, he and his colleague Ingo Löken are responsible for developing the business relation worldwide.
Dieter Merkle
Schuler Pressen GmbH
Director Global Minting
Dieter Merkle has been working with Schuler Presses since 1975. Today Dieter Merkle is the Director Global Minting of the Schuler Group. Besides, he has been in the board of Schuler India since 2004 and again Chairman since January 2020. Dieter Merkle has been active member of the Mint Directors Conference (MDC) Technical Committee and has also been entrusted with the organization and moderation of the Technical Forum of the World Money Fair since 2004. The MDC Member Mints started in May 2016 a Customer Task Force which is headed by Dieter Merkle to create awareness in the industry and connect to the customer base. Starting 2017, Dieter Merkle is representing the Schuler Group within the International Currency Association, since May 2017 as a board member.