Industrial Adhesive Bonding Technology

Professional training at the Center for Adhesive Bonding Technology, Bremen

Adhesive bonding technology is fast becoming the most important joining technology of the 21st century. At its Center for Adhesive Bonding Technology in Bremen, Fraunhofer IFAM offers targeted, specially tailored vocational training courses which help companies to exploit the full potential of adhesive bonding technology in their industrial applications.

European Adhesive Engineer

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The Training Center for Adhesive Bonding Technology of the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM in Bremen offers a vocational training program leading to qualification as a DVS/EWF European Adhesive Engineer (EAE).

The course qualifies successful participants to properly manage and monitor a full range of adhesive technology aspects ranging from product development to manufacturing and repair. Participants also examine the entire product life cycle and learn how to apply this as a framework. The target group for this course includes engineers and scientists from all disciplines as well as employees from industry sectors that use adhesive technologies.

European Adhesive Specialist

The Training Center for Adhesive Bonding Technology of the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM in Bremen offers an Adhesive Specialist training program to employees of companies that use adhesives in industry and the skilled trades sector, as well as companies involved in adhesive manufacturing and distribution.

Successful completion of this training program qualifies participants to guide and instruct trainees and Adhesive Bonders in the theory and practice of adhesive bonding technology. Successful participants also learn how to plan, organize and monitor adhesion processes.

European Adhesive Bonder

The Training Center for Adhesive Bonding Technology of the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM in Bremen offers a training program for employees of companies that use adhesives and specialists employed by adhesive manufacturers.The course leads to qualification as an Adhesive Bonder.

Successful participants acquire the skills they need to perform adhesion processes independently and professionally. The course covers the basic principles of adhesive bonding and helps participants to identify deviations in adhesion processes which could have a negative impact on the subsequent performance of the adhesive bond.

Prof. Dr. Andreas Groß, Head of the Technology Transfer Department at Fraunhofer IFAM:

“The advanced vocational training programs we offer in adhesive bonding technology are application-oriented, cutting-edge, and highly professional – and that’s because the people communicating our knowledge are the same ones who generated it in the first place.”

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