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VIRTUAL WELDING STUDY

WELDING TASKS*

OVERVIEW

/ 13 participants

13 PARTICIPANTS

/ 2 weeks‘ training
/ 30% virtual welding
/ 70% real welding

Thirteen s tudents were obser ved during their first
two week s of welding training at the Fohnsdorf
Training Center (Au stria). Both the results of the
welding tr ials on the Virtual Welding simulator
and the data from real welding were
documented.

2 WKS

of welding training

30%

Virtual Welding

70%

Real Welding

ADVANTAGES OF COMBINED TRAINING

WELD SEAM LENGTHS

AFTER 8 HRS TRAINING

VIRTUAL WELDING

39.9 METERS

REAL WELDING

20.7 METERS

0 10 20 30

Weld seams (m) per t raining day (8 hrs)

40

with virtual or rea l welder training

+22.8%

WELD SEAMS WITH
THE SAME AMOUNT
OF TRAINING TIME

MORE WELDING TRIALS

WITH COMBINED WELDER TRAINING

0

100

135 P FW
FM1 S PB ml

135 T FW
FM1 S PB sl

* Both on the Vir tual Welder and

in the welding booth with a real arc

TRADITIONAL
TRAINING

COMBINED
TRAINING

200 300

Weld seams (m) ove r the
entire observation period

+65%

+65%

ARC TIME WITH

ARC TIME WITH

VIRTUAL WELDER

VIRTUAL WELDER
TRAINING

TRAINING

Based on 1577 real and 1733 virtu al weld seam s

Based on 1577 real and 1733 virtu al weld seam s

MATERIAL COSTS

COST

SAVING

OF UP TO

€ 231,-

PER PARTICIPANT

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N

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D

L

E

W

L

A

E

R

V

I

R

T

U

A

L

W

E

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D

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SAVINGS ON

Material costs can be
greatly reduced through
targeted use of Virtual
Welding Simulators
in training.

Welding tasks taken into co nsi­deratio n 135 P FW FM1 S PB ml
and 135 T FW FM1 S PB sl

LESS PRESSURE ON THE TRAINERS

THANKS TO VIRTUAL TRAINING

VIRTUAL TRAINER

Participants are able to train indepen­dently, the virtual trainer is always
there and objectively assesses each
weld seam.

MORE TRAINER TIME
IN THE WELDING BOOTH

The trainer is free to provide the
participant with more dedicated
support during real welding in the
welding booth.