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Our sponsorship projects: Technik für Kinder Association

Category: Company, Support projects, Career | | Created by Lea Pfingsten

Climate protection and technology. During the 2023 Whitsun vacations, technology-loving schoolchildren from the Straubing-Bogen area were able to take a look behind the scenes at the Loibl company and learn what conveyor systems are and why they are used in every waste incineration plant in the world. The children, ages 9 to 13, were thrilled to learn that international energy producers use Loibl conveyor technologies to generate sustainable electricity. "The energy generated during waste incineration is converted into electricity and comes out of the socket in your home, which you can use to power your TV, for example," explained Dominik Schwanzer, design engineer and training officer at Loibl.

During their vacation day at Loibl, the students were invited to build a pen holder made of stainless steel with Straubing skyline design, and they were up close and personal with every single step of the production process.

The program day was organized together with Technik für Kinder Association, of which we have been members for many years.

After a short introduction, things got started right away. Dominik Schwanzer led the children into the technical design office, where the trainees showed them how 3-D models are created on the computer for the later conveyors. The budding technical product designers guided the students through various model drawings and explained how they could navigate the program independently. "The drawing is the basis for all further production steps and important for our customers, with whom we coordinate closely," says Dominik Schwanzer. This means that nothing is left to chance.

  • As a technical product designer at Loibl, you create highly complex 3-D models on the computer

  • Our trainees explain to the students how such a 3-D model is created

  • Afterwards, the students may also lend a hand and draw themselves

After a short snack, they went on to the production halls. Tom Wagner equipped the children with safety equipment and led them to the machinery. "Loibl is so different from other companies because we manufacture everything ourselves," said the head of work preparation and apprentice training.

In the machine shop, Christoph Meier, master craftsman for turning and milling, was already waiting for the students to show them how work is done on the machines and what their function is. Then it was off to the workshop and final assembly. "Boa, so huge," 10-year-old Vincent marveled at the special machines that are produced there.

  • Christoph Meier, master craftsman for turning and milling, shows the students the machinery

  • Tom Wagner, head of work preparation and apprentice training, takes the children on a tour of the workshop and the final assembly line

After that, the children were allowed to go to the laser machine and watch as the basic outline for their Loibl pen holder was cut out of a piece of stainless steel sheet. They took the sheet metal to the workbench, where Tom Wagner showed them how to sand it down so that they didn't cut themselves on the sharp edges. Things got particularly exciting at the folding and bending machine, which uses several tons of weight to shape sheet metal at an angle.

Under instruction, the children were allowed to operate the machine independently and shape their sheets so that they became a pen holder for their desk.

"It was really fun to work on the machines," said Sonja and Zoe-Sophie, for example, about their vacation day at Loibl. 10-year-old Timur was enthusiastic from start to finish and said proudly, "I'll show the pen holder to my friends right away."

  • 13-year-old schoolgirl Sonja concentrates while grinding

  • Zoe-Sophie, who is the same age, is allowed to edge her own pencil holder under instruction

  • 10-year-olds Vincent and Timur are proud of their pen holders

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