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Product description Fronius Virtual Welding
Come and experience the world of Virtual Welding ...
Learning while you learn.
The Ghost (that’s the “virtual instructor”) tells the trainee the optimum welding speed, the tip-to-work distance and the torch tilt angle that he should keep up. Traffic-light colour signals and real-life welding noises give the trainee real-time feedback, showing him where and how he is on-target or deviating from target. In this way, the process provides scope for direct, instant correction.
The “novice welder” learns the craft step-by-step, without being taken out of his depth, all the time getting more of a technical feel for the parameter settings. This well thought-out teaching structure ensures a consistently high quality of training.
The glossary and the Help function give trainees a reference work they can look up whenever they need.
Updates
You can download updates online to keep you up to date with the very latest training units, making it quick and easy for you to get hold of new tutorials.
It’s also possible to create your own individual tutorials. These are configured and controlled by a central Master. The terminals communicate with one another via a server structure.
Initially launched in 5 basic language versions (English, French, German, Spanish and Italian), the software can be used by trainees of many different nationalities.
Continuous information interchange
Round-the-clock help is available from the integrated online support. In the event of a malfunction, an error report is e-mailed immediately to the responsible network administrator and to System Support. As with all other Fronius products, users benefit here from the worldwide service provided by the VSP teams.
All results are automatically backed-up and archived, protecting users from the unpleasant “surprise” of accidental data loss. At the same time, the saved data can be retrieved at any time, ensuring verifiability.
Measurable results
A pedagogically sophisticated points system means that comparable training results can be achieved again and again; this in turn allows the trainees to be assessed fairly and transparently. Assessment is made easier by the automatically generated ranking lists. Comparing the results on these click-to-view ranking lists boosts trainees’ commitment and motivation.
Cost efficiency
Using Virtual Welding brings very considerable savings of resources: materials- and resource savings of up to 25 %, meaning the trainers can now concentrate on the essentials.What is more, the inexpensive software updates and modularly expandable workpieces mean that the training given can always be to the latest technical standards.
Fronius Virtual Welding is available in 2 versions: as a terminal and in a compact carry-case for mobile use.
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Em. o. Univ. Prof. Dr. Horst Cerjak,
Institute of Materials Science and Welding Technology
Technical University of Graz
All over the world, there is a serious shortage of skilled welding personnel. A recent article in The Wall Street Journal was headed: Where Have All the Welders Gone?
As well as all its other benefits, Virtual Welding has the potential to “hitch a ride” on childrens’ existing interest in computers while they are still at school, so as to familiarise them with welding technology and steer them towards it in a play-centred way – in terms of a sort of “welding Game Boy”, for example. The idea is to get them interested in technical things in general, and in welding in particular.
This will help to dispel some of the hostility towards technology which can still sometimes be observed – and equally importantly, it will create an attractive way-in to technical professions for girls as well, directing a steady supply of potential talent towards welding in the long term.
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Dr. Middeldorf,
DVS - German Association for Welding and Allied Processes
Virtual Welding provides a modern approach towards further professionalisation of welder training. This is a quick and safe way-in for anybody who’s interested in the technical side of welding. It makes it possible to assess trainees’ manual skill very quickly, while its play-driven elements make welding technique much more accessible. In short, Virtual Welding lays the foundation for goal-directed vocational training. The future will lie in a combination of Virtual Welding and conventional welder training.
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Fricke Andreas,
Volkswagen Coaching GmbH, Continuing Technical Education Dept.
Virtual Welding could be used in initial training, to help trainees learn the manual procedures involved in welding before they first try their hand at it in real life. This should lead to savings in welding consumables. For this youthful target group, moreover, the PC based simulator is an ideal training system. Another application could be in recruiting new staff, as the selection process usually also involves a test of the applicant’s mechanical skills. With its built-in assessment facility, the simulator provides an ideal platform for this.
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