The DMG Training Academy offers operating and programming training for customers of DMG turning machines and machining centers at its training centers in the German cities of Bielefeld, Leonberg, Pfronten, and Geretsried. It also offers opportunities to gain qualifications in CNC technology. Jan Möllenhoff, managing director of the DMG Training Academy, recently decided to enter into a training partnership with Siemens. The reasons for his decision were twofold: first, because the Siemens Technology and Applications Center (TAC) in Erlangen provides comprehensive training documents – including for the new Sinumerik Operate user interface – and second, because DMG uses the innovative Sinumerik solutions for turning and milling on almost all of its machine series. Siemens offers “train-the-trainer” workshops, which form an ideal base for the training partnership.
These workshops explain the latest training documents, and participants are given the opportunity to exchange ideas on teaching methods. The first train-the-trainer workshop was held in November at TAC Erlangen for the DMG milling training locations in Pfronten, Geretsried, and Leonberg. This was followed in early December by a turning technology workshop for the Bielefeld and Leonberg locations. The participants were trained by Sinumerik expert Karl-Heinz Engels, who continues to provide them with support after the training and will invite them to the annual refresher courses at TAC Erlangen. Florian Arnold, head of the milling division at the DMG Training Academy, says: “I was impressed by the fact that the training documents are also available in languages other than German, such as Russian. Even as an ‘old hand’ in CNC training, I was able to take some teaching tips and tricks with me from the workshop in Erlangen.”
