Blog: Training at Fraunhofer IFAM

TDr. Effi Baumgarten is responsible for the online learning offers in the Training Center for Adhesive Bonding Technology at Fraunhofer IFAM and gives an insight into the new course concept Adhesive Bonding Engineer Online (blended learning). Videos with professional speakers and with lectures by Fraunhofer experts, learning checks and group chats - these are just a few of the multimedia formats that make learning easier for participants in online self-study.

In August 2020, Fraunhofer IFAM published the comprehensive study »Circular economy and adhesive bonding technology«. Dr. Katharina Haag acted as co-author for the interdisciplinary scientific work. Together with Prof. Dr. Andreas Groß, she will present the results of the study in a free webinar on 25.11.2020. In the run-up, the researcher answered three questions about the study and the future topic of sustainability.

Dr. Hermann Onusseit from Onusseit Consulting will be participating in the Bremen Adhesive Days 2022 with his presentation "How do adhesive applications influence the recycling of bonded structures?". We spoke to him about adhesive applications and recycling.

Dr. Tanja Warratz explains the exchange formats and the involvement of the Continuing Education and Technology Transfer department in social media.

Contact restrictions, distance regulations and home office - we are all trying to implement the new circumstances brought about by the Corona crisis in the best possible way. For us too, this situation means: rethinking, remaining creative and finding new solutions! With a specially developed hygiene and room concept as well as various digital solutions, we ensure that our further training offers continue to be available to you in full and in the same quality. Prof. Dr. Andreas Groß, head of the department for further education and technology transfer at the Fraunhofer IFAM, will give an insight into current challenges and approaches to solutions.

Ten participants successfully completed the first blended learning course of the Bonding Technology Training Center at the Fraunhofer IFAM in fall 2019. The theoretical contents of the course to become a DVS®/ EWF bonding practitioner took place online for the most part. This online phase was supplemented by a three-day presence phase at the institute, during which the theoretical knowledge previously learned was put into practice. Dr. Effi Baumgarten is responsible for the blended learning offers in the Bonding Technology Training Center at the Fraunhofer IFAM and provides an insight into the new course concept.

They will take place for the first time from 11 - 12 November 2020: The Bremen Bonding Days. The new event format of the Fraunhofer IFAM shines with top-class lectures, an international audience and plenty of room for networking. Dr. Holger Fricke, head of the department of adhesive bonding production at Fraunhofer IFAM, explains in an interview why the Bremen Bonding Days were created, what the difference is to the German-speaking Bremer Klebtage and what highlights the participants can expect.

The energy turnaround is a major topic of the current time. There are many starting points for this, such as optimisation in mobility. After all, who hasn't heard of it: it takes 20 minutes by car to get to work, and an hour in public transport. So who chooses the more environmentally friendly option of public transport? Alstom has addressed this problem and, with the help of bonding technology, has developed a train construction that - compared to diesel vehicles - works with an alternative, environmentally friendly drive technology.

Fraunhofer IFAM and Dr. Gareth McGrath, Director at Flexible Manufacturing Solutions Ltd. have a long history together. Dr. McGrath has been working with Fraunhofer IFAM since 1991, particularly in the context of the European Federation for Welding, Joining and Cutting e. V. (EWF).

Bonding technology has a long history - especially in the wood industry. At the Bremer Klebtage 2019 trade fair, Maik Schmolke from nolax explained how the bone glue of that time developed into fully automated high-performance processes and revolutionized the industry like a one-second adhesive. nolax invents and develops new adhesive technologies and thus opens up new markets for the adhesives industry. Maik Schmolke himself has completed the entire course program of the Fraunhofer IFAM in the field of bonding, from the bonding specialist to the adhesive bonding engineer and participation in the examination board. At nolax, he also conducts some projects in cooperation with the Fraunhofer IFAM to combine the know-how of practice and research.