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Vocational education students explain how the new DECO 10e training machine operates to District Administrator Michael Geisler.
sectors in and around the richly traditional industrial
location of Glashütte / Osterzgebirge and the Dresden
region. For its members, the IMPRO e.V. association
is now the key regional body representing their
interests in its role as contact, communication and
action platform for the mainly owner-run small and
medium-sized businesses. Together, the companies
want to attract new customers to the region, tap
into innovation potential for products and technologies,
cooperate in the production and development
of product ranges, support local administration and
promote the development of skilled and management
personnel from the region. The IMPRO e.V. has
been running the ‘Precision engineering specialists
network’ since 2005 and is actively committed in its
role as partner for schools, vocational training facilities
and adminsitration. The IMPRO firms currently
employs around 1000 employees and over 100
years ago, members of the IMPRO association campaigned
on behalf of school director Manfred Weiß
for the purchasing of TB-DECO programmer workplaces
because, according to the persons responsible,
this would bring with it considerable benefit.
Always at the cutting edge
Through the commitment of Manfred Weiß and his
technical teaching colleagues as well as the modern
technical equipment, the Pirna vocational training
centre has developed into a regional specialized
training location and attracts young people from all
over the region. They are all able to make the most
of optimum conditions for well-grounded vocational
training. However, time does not stand still and
demands on the metal working sector are constantly
increasing. New materials, innovative tools, ever
more complex shapes, the increasing trend towards
miniaturization are all realities the approximately
170 trainee cutting machine operators are faced
with in Pirna. There is also a state-led reorientation
of trades requiring training, calling for even higher
levels of practical experience. For Manfred Weiß,
the machines available would have jeopardized
the implementation of the syllabus. Together with
the cooperations partners, they looked into which
machine would best assure the objectives and secure
the future of the vocational training centre. Options
studied included low cost standard machines, brands
from the Far East and used machines. However,
they were all very quickly rejected because none of
the participants could see a sustainable solution.
Practitioners and training administrators were unanimous
: a Tornos DECO 10e CNC automatic turning
machine was the best and most judicious solution in
the long term. The only remaining obstacle was the
amount of investment. This is why district administrator
Michael Geisler and Frank Mortag, the Tornos
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