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You have introduced a new technology in your company and need qualified employees? The EBNER Academy contributes to the qualification of your executives, engineers, technicians and operators with seminars, workshops and training courses. We backup you on current topics and technology in the fields of processes, automation systems and heating know-how. With international conferences and congresses, we support the exchange of expertise at expert level.
As a company, you secure your economic success by investing in training and further education. You promote the knowledge as well as the motivation and commitment of your employees which in turn strengthens your efficiency and global competitiveness. As an education service provider, the EBNER Academy is your long-term partner and companion, the common goal is your enduring and solid development.
LEVEL 1 - BASIC TRAINING STEEL
Description
With this course you will acquire the necessary knowledge and skills for the safe handling of the heat treatment plant. You will learn the requirements of an efficient process using practical examples.
- Explanation of the annealing process
- Create annealing programs
- Diagram of pressure control, valve position and gas heating
- Plant maintenance
Audience
Personnel from production, maintenance
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of heat treatment, basic knowledge of plant operation
Benefits
Safe and efficient operation of the EBNER system
Content – Theory & Practice
- Preparation for heat treatment
- Activate media (electrical switchgear, ZBS, PLS, gas supply, cooling water supply, hydraulics, …)
- Basics ZBS/PLS (common equipment, base overview, annealing protocol, process data, operation, curves, …)
- Creating annealing programs in ZBS/PLS (central operating system/process control system) (temperature program, protective gas program, explanation of general parameters)
- Procedure for batching the material (batch diameter and height, weight, …)
- Operating sequence (transfer annealing program, fit and press on protective hood, fit heating hood, …)
- Basics Operator Panel
- Explanation Scheme of pressure control, valve position and gas heating depending on the current annealing process
- Dealing with fault messages
- Plant maintenance (weekly, monthly, quarterly, …)
- Annual service by EBNER
Methods
EBNER Academy provides a focused, practically and economically oriented knowledge transfer in the form of seminar lectures and field tests on samples. The involved trainers are highly qualified and experienced key players.
Training Type
Hands on at Customer System
Duration
1 day
Price on request
Description
Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) are without doubt an essential part of production plants of various kinds.
Using the Simatic S7 as an example, participants are given a broad overview of the efficient use of the control system and how to eliminate malfunctions. Subsequently, the courses Simatic S7 Software and PLS – Visual Furnace 6, provide the necessary knowledge to read, understand and optimize PLC programs.
Audience
Personnel from production, electrics and maintenance
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge Simatic S7 control
Benefits
Understanding of the software components and their diagnosis when troubleshooting the system
Content – Theory & Practice
- Basic terms in PLC
- Program structure setup
- Graphical representation of controls in the logic diagram
- Overview of the functions in the individual program sections
Methods
EBNER Academy offers a targeted, practice and economically oriented transfer of knowledge in the form of seminar presentations and field tests on samples. The trainers involved are highly qualified and experienced key persons.
Training Type
Classroom or Customized
Duration
1 day
Price on request
Description
The process control system is used for central plant operation and monitoring of the process flow, reporting, maintenance and repair support, material planning and its assigned functions.
The Visual Furnaces® 6 process control system is an EBNER proprietary development based on the Microsoft .NET Framework and was implemented in C#.
Microsoft SQL Server is used as the database. A powerful process data acquisition module ensures the data supply for the user interface and long-term data management modules.
Data exchange with the subordinate controllers is based on communication using OPC technology.
Visual Furnaces® 6 can be equipped with a variety of optional modules for planning, analysis, maintenance support and a thermal model.
Audience
Personnel from production, automation technology
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge heat treatment, process control engineering, automation technology
Benefits
Optimized annealing process through targeted use of Visual Furnace 6
Content – Theory & Practice
- Explanation of the basic functionalities
- Functions and benefits of the differentVF6 modules
- Use of the various tools and their setting options
- Understanding the parameters for the different modules
- Introduction to the mathematical models and their parameterization
- Optimization of annealing processes through targeted use of VF6 modules
Methods
EBNER Academy offers a targeted, practice and economically oriented transfer of knowledge in the form of seminar presentations and field tests on samples. The trainers involved are highly qualified and experienced key persons.
Training Type
Classroom or Customized
Duration
1 day
Price on request
Description
The CQI-9 Heat Treat System Assessment is standardized in the automotive industry, published by AIAG (Automotive Industry Action Group), the North American association of leading automobile manufacturers. The CQI-9 is supposed to ensure a uniform quality standard in heat treatment.
In addition to a theoretical part in which the contents of the CQI-9 are conveyed, practical training, either directly at the furnace or in EBNER’s own laboratory, is provided to specifically address the required periodic measurements (IT, SAT, TUS).
In the additional module “Application SURVEYperfect” the software tool SURVEYperfect developed by EBNER is covered in theory and practice. SURVEYperfect offers a CQI-9 compliant, simplified and fast execution as well as documentation of IT, SAT and TUS measurements.
Audience
Engineers, technicians and front men from quality management, maintenance and production.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of heat treatment and measurement technology
Benefits
The overall performance and the variety of methods of the seminar are designed most helpful for efficient studying. You will get an introduction to the contents of the CQI-9, optimized execution of the measurements IT, SAT, TUS.
Content – Theory & Practice
- General information about the AIAG CQI-9
- Heat Treat System Assessment (a catalogue of audit questions)
- Content and application of the process tables
- Requirements on thermocouples
- Instrumentation requirements
- Instrument Test (IT)
- System Accuracy Test (SAT)
- Temperature Uniformity Survey (TUS)
- Application of the module SURVEYperfect (additional software module)
Methods
Ebner Academy provides a focused, practically and economically oriented knowledge transfer in the form of seminar lectures and field tests on samples. The involved trainers are highly qualified and experienced key players.
Training Type
Classroom or Customized
Duration
2 days
Price on request
Description
The AMS2750 is standardized in the aerospace industry, published by the SAE International Group. The AMS2750 is part of the NADCAP accreditation program and supposed to ensure a uniform quality standard in heat treatment.
In addition to a theoretical part in which the contents of the AMS2750 are conveyed, practical training, either directly at the furnace or in EBNER’s own laboratory, is provided to specifically address the required periodic measurements (IT, SAT, TUS).
In the additional module “Application SURVEYperfect” the software tool SURVEYperfect developed by EBNER is covered in theory and practice. SURVEYperfect offers a AMS2750 compliant, simplified and fast execution as well as documentation of IT, SAT and TUS measurements.
Audience
Engineers, technicians and front men from quality management, maintenance and production.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of heat treatment and measurement technology.
Benefits
The overall performance and the variety of methods of the seminar are designed most helpful for efficient studying. You will get an introduction to the contents of the AMS2750 optimized execution of the measurements IT, SAT, TUS.
Content – Theory & Practice
- General information about the AMS2750
- Requirements on thermocouples
- Instrumentation requirements
- Instrument Test (IT)
- System Accuracy Test (SAT)
- Temperature Uniformity Survey (TUS)
- Application of the module SURVEYperfect (additional software module)
Methods
EBNER Academy provides a focused, practically and economically oriented knowledge transfer in the form of seminar lectures and field tests on samples. The involved trainers are highly qualified and experienced key players.
Training Type
Classroom or Customized
Duration
2 days
Price on request
Description
This basic seminar is intended to provide you with the fundamentals of the physical and material engineering of heat treatment.
Questions will be answered on how the strength and ductility of metallic materials can be specifically adjusted by heat treatment or how to
State diagram reads and interprets. It also explains what happens inside the metal during heat treatment and why such different heat treatment processes are necessary.
Audience
Personnel from production, R&D, quality management, purchasing
Prerequisites
Basic technical understanding of heat treatment processes and/or materials science
Benefits
Understanding the metallurgical processes in the course of a heat treatment process
Content – Theory & Practice
- Structure of metallic materials
- Introduction of near-equilibrium heat treatment of steel (iron-carbon diagram, normalizing and annealing)
- Introduction of heat treatment of steel (martensite, bainite, retained austenite, hardening and tempering)
- RTD diagrams
- Location of different heat treatments in Fe/C and ZTU diagrams
- Influence of alloying elements
- Basic information on heat treatment of aluminium (Al-Cu phase diagram, solution heat treatment, precipitation hardening)
Methods
EBNER Academy offers a targeted, practice- and economically oriented transfer of knowledge in the form of seminar presentations and field tests on samples. The trainers involved are highly qualified and experienced key persons.
Training Type
Open theory course or individual course
Duration
1 day
Price on request
Description
By means of easily understandable examples, knowledge is obtained about further program technical possibilities in order to consolidate and furthermore extend the physical and material fundamentals of heat treatment.
Various annealing cycles, optimization possibilities and software tools are explained and deepened in hands-on training.
Audience
Personnel from production, R&D, quality management, purchasing
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of heat treatment processes and optimization of EBNER furnaces
Benefits
Understanding and optimization of the heat treatment process; optimized output at the plant
Content – Theory & Practice
- Temperature and inert gas cycles of different heat treatments or alloys
- Optimization possibilities in the temperature and inert gas cycles to increase quality and the output or reduction of media consumption
- Optimization possibilities in the process parameters
- Explanation of supporting software tools
Methods
EBNER Academy offers a targeted, practice- and economically oriented transfer of knowledge in the form of seminar presentations and field tests on samples. The trainers involved are highly qualified and experienced key persons.
Training Type
Open theory course or individual course at customer’s facility (if available)
Duration
1 day
Price on request
LEVEL 2 - ADVANCED TRAINING STEEL
Description
Nowadays energy efficiency and crash performance bring a lot of requirements within the material or the material selection. Anyone who wants to successfully manage automotive lightweight construction today must understand the principles of tailored part properties. Therefore, essential knowledge is crucial. The TPP training will give the participants the opportunity to take over a leading role in utilizing this technology on a practical level according to OEMs standards.
Audience
Engineers and technicians in the fields of production, material testing and QM & QS.
Benefits
Leading engineers in the field of press hardening with the key aspect on TTP will introduce new engineers and technicians into the comprehensive field of TTP. The participants will experience the different challenges in this field as well different design concepts by detecting the problems outlined in previous tests.
Methods
EBNER Academy provides a focused, practically and economically oriented knowledge transfer in the form of seminar lectures and field tests on samples. The involved trainers are highly qualified and experienced key players in the PHS-market.
Content
Theoretical units aim at creating a deep understanding of TWB- and TRB- material transformations during heating, cooling and forming.
T1: Introduction and review of press hardening of steel
- Application of parts
- Press hardening methods
- Plant technologies for different process variants
- Measurement systems
T2: Introduction to tailored property parts
- Overview and strategy
- Process variants
- Overview of application
T3: Fundamentals of press hardening, focused on tailored property parts
- Direct and indirect process
- Materials and coatings
- Mechanical properties
- Heating: fundamentals and technologies
- Forming technology
- Simulation for hot forming
T4: Fundamentals of press hardening, focused on tailored property parts
- Overview of different heating and cooling methods for tailored heating and tailored tempering
- Characterization methods
- Microstructure for press hardening and tailored tempering
- Phase transformation and phase diagrams for different tailored property processes
T5: Tailored property parts
- Application of tailored property parts
- Introduction to all process variants and process routes for functionally graded press hardening components: Tailored Tempering, Tailored Heating, In-die Technology, Tailor welded blanks, Patchwork blanks, Post process annealing
- Application of tailored property parts
- Overview of plant technologies for tailored tempering
- Furnace technologies
- Tempering system and in-die technology
- OEM requirements for tailored property parts
- Mechanical properties
- Measurement technologies
- Future developments
T6: Summarization
- Summary of the training
- FAQ
- Feedback
Duration
1 day
Price on request






