The Rehm Academy Programme is Expanding

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The Rehm Academy programme includes various training opportunities on the technological background of the systems and their application. In order to be able to continuously expand the portfolio and to counteract long waiting times due to the high demand, Rehm Thermal Systems has decided to move the Academy to a larger adjoining building with more modern equipment at its headquarters in Blaubeuren. New software training courses can be offered as early as September 2024.

Technological change has been progressing ever more rapidly for years and is having a major impact on the world of work. Advances in the areas of digitalization and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are creating new opportunities: for example, work processes can be automated as well as accelerated and new innovations can be implemented. However, these changes also bring new challenges: many companies are finding it increasingly difficult to find suitable skilled workers with the necessary skills and knowledge to meet the demands of modern industry. The consequences of this shortage of skilled labour are manifold: production delays, an additional workload for the existing workforce, financial losses and reduced competitiveness.

In this context, training and further education programmes are becoming increasingly important. Rehm Thermal Systems, a global manufacturer of reflow soldering systems with convection, condensation or vacuum, drying and coating systems, functional test systems and numerous customized special systems for the electronics industry, recognized the importance of lifelong learning at an early stage and actively invested in the development of its own employees and customer employees in order to successfully meet the challenges of the future. And its success proves it right: as in previous years, some user trainings can no longer be booked for the current year.

The "new” Rehm Academy

In order to be able to further expand the portfolio in the coming years and counteract long waiting times, the company has decided to move the Rehm Academy to a larger adjoining building. With over 800 m² spread over two floors, the new premises at the company headquarters in Blaubeuren-Seissen offer optimal conditions for practical learning: five training rooms with modern equipment and two machine rooms with different Rehm systems. The offer includes user trainings as well as course solutions in the area of software.

User trainings – practical and application-orientated

The user trainings teach both theoretical content from the field of process technology and practical skills relating to operation and maintenance. The trainers always focus on the individual process requirements and work scenarios. This guarantees that the customer receives optimum support for the specific requirements of production. Customized user trainings are also available on request at the customer's premises.

The Rehm Academy currently offers one- or two-day user trainings for various systems (Vision Series [with vacuum option], Condenso Series, Protecto Series and RDS Drying Systems). The training courses can be booked for users in different roles.

Expertise for modern industry

Industrial companies are faced with the challenge of optimizing their processes, increasing efficiency and at the same time reacting flexibly to market changes. Software solutions play a decisive role here. They not only enable the automation of processes, but also provide valuable insights through data analyses and support decision-making at all levels.

Due to the expansion of the Rehm Academy in terms of space and personnel, new software training courses on the following topics can be offered from September:

ViCON / six hours of face-to-face training

With ViCON, Rehm Thermal Systems has designed and realized software that meets all the requirements of modern, networked and, above all, future-oriented electronics production: the ViCON software impresses with a variety of analysis tools, the highest quality and the ability to access the software with different devices. The software is also intuitive to use thanks to the use of touch elements and gestures. All messages, commands and parameters are visible in the main mask with machine view.

The training offered looks at the topic of disaster recovery and examines in detail backup solutions, system recovery after replacing a defective SSD, importing an image backup as well as importing and exporting a ViCON backup.

Hermes / one hour of face-to-face training

Efficiency, simplicity, adaptation to demand and networking are the keywords that characterize today's industry. In a smart factory, it is essential that the entire production process is networked and that all process data and assembly data can be accessed at any time: “the Hermes Standard” is the successor to the SMEMA interface. It ensures that important assembly information is reliably transmitted from machine to machine (M2M) and to higher-level systems – regardless of the manufacturer of the systems in an SMT line.

The training course of the Rehm Academy deals with the basics, functionality, operation and advantages of this interface as well as the variants and options.

MES mit ROI oder CFX / four hours of face-to-face training

In the age of digitalization, manufacturing companies are increasingly relying on process-oriented production management systems (MES). These systems continuously collect all operating data along the material flow for an individual production line and make it available to the higher-level enterprise resource planning system (ERP) via an interface (ROI/CFX).

This course covers the basics and importance of MES systems and the ROI/CFX standard in modern manufacturing. It also looks at how MES systems interact and exchange data with other Industry 4.0 components, including ROI/CFX. And it deals with methods for collecting, processing and analyzing production data through MES, transmission via ROI/CFX, the use of MES and ROI/CFX to optimize manufacturing processes and increase production efficiency and the use of MES and ROI/CFX to improve product quality and compliance with industry standards.