ENTHUSIASM MEETS TECHNOLOGY

A plastics technician creates plastic parts or so-called “hybrid components” made of plastics and metal. The final products represent parts of equipment or machinery that are particularly important for safety reasons and, for instance, needed in airbag or parking sensors of cars, in connector strips or in industrial applications. The used material are plastic matrices (granulates) which have to be previously prepared with the help of different additives.
The work is both manually (sawing, drilling, cutting, bonding, soldering, hardening) and with large-size computer-controlled manufacturing machines, which have to be operated and monitored. A plastics technician is also responsible for the removing and refitting of the individual tools from and into the machine, depending on the respective production requirements. For the purpose of quality control regarding the products manufactured, different measuring and testing devices are applied and documentations and parts lists are set up and maintained.

A metal technician (training module: tool making and mold construction technology) manufactures special production tools from metal that are required in plastic production lines. These tools and appliances are built according to technical plans and specifications and are used, for instance, to punch components in a proper and precise manner, to produce components correctly using plastic injection molding technique or simply to hold the work piece in the proper processing position.

In order to create such tools, metals have to be processed by means of drilling, milling, turning, grinding, welding, riveting, soldering, etc. If required, these tools also have to be continuously maintained and repaired. Important instruments for this work are fully or semi-automated machines (e.g. milling or eroding machines). For the employment of computer-operated CNC machine tools,  manufacturing programs, which are individually required for the specific purposes, are developed.

As a mechatronics technician, the focus is on everything that lies within the intersection of mechanics and electronics in the production department of the enterprise. We have achieved a leading position within our industry sector in the field of interlinked mechanized systems and own numerous fully automated production lines.

The work comprises the creation and processing of mechatronic components, assembling mechatronic modules and components and synchronizing them. In addition, setting up electronic and pneumatic/hydraulic controls as well as controls based on information technology, inspecting and maintaining them and carrying out repair work, if required. Complex mechatronic systems are put into operation, their functions set up, and the systems programmed and operated.