Applications expert Matthias Wimmers Dipl-Ing (BA) highlights the benefits of this approach with a practical example: “Thanks to ECOSPEED, one customer was able to cut the time needed to machine a complex aircraft component by 27 % to eight hours compared to the previous conventional machine. Once we had optimised the process as a whole to transform it into a significantly more dynamic machining process, machining took just two hours.” The Advanced Application Training gives users the opportunity to tap into the experience and expertise gained from a host of similar customer orders.

The Advanced Maintenance Training is just as comprehensive. “The aim is to build up a well-trained and practiceoriented maintenance crew”, says Karl Hubert Jacobs from Customer Training / Applications. The training takes place in Mönchengladbach, Germany, in small groups with a maximum of four participants, using simulation tools and a machine that is similar to that of the customer. Depending on the requirements, the groups learn how to change a work spindle (including all the relevant tests), introduce an angled milling head, compensate for geometry errors in a parallel kinematic Sprint Z3 machining head or how to handle a tool magazine. Participants also learn how to use tailor-made maintenance tools that they receive as part of the training course in a special case. Karl Hubert Jacobs: “The training enables participants to undertake all necessary work independently and ensures maintenance can take place even during staff shortages.”