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Tuesday, March 09, 2021, Hall 1 1:15 PM Education, Diagnostics and Control Technologies |
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Against the lack of knowledge in EB technique among engineers and others |
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Klaus-Rainer Schulze* / Schulze-Consulting, Germany |
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Already since 1958 electron beam welding is used as an outstanding technology and was worldwide spread on industrial scale during the decades. The number of applications is legendary – and well known between experts - but shall not listed at here. It is the “handicap of its early birth” that in our today’s information society the later-born la-ser got much more notice – also because of the multiplicity of various lasers within different fields. That should not be criticized at all - laser welding is a very useful technology, too. To be complained only is the fact that students and engineers are not enough educated to really understand the basics and the technology as well as the very great advantages of EB techniques. Sequentially, welding engineers, manufacturing technologists, designing en-gineers and managers are “unable” to gain the possible yield both for their enterprise and for the part’s utility value. This holds for individual items (exceptional ones mostly) as well as for mass products to be manufactured within automated lines. Outlined here are the reasons for this grievance, which are linked to the narrowness within program of study at the most technical universities on the one hand, but also to an insuffi-cient offer in advanced training. To get the better of these shortcomings, course programs are presented to be applied within • university courses for students • advanced training for engineers • basic education for operators. The time needed to perform any one of these programs amount to 2 or 3 days and can be adjusted to special demands (with respect to a given production setting). The very detailed programs are proven since years and just now certified by DVS bodies. They should be spread all over now speedily. |