New 机器人 and 激光焊接 certificate offered at 安诺卡技术学院 in spring 2020

安诺卡技术学院 will offer a 机器人 and 激光焊接 certificate starting spring semester 2020. The program is designed for students with a basic welding background who want to advance their career.

After completing an introductory welding course, the 机器人 and 激光焊接 certificate will teach robotic and laser welding on three different types of industry-standard robots: ABB, FANUC和OTC. The 焊接 Department hopes to add three more equipment types in the future. After learning the program language for each robot, students will then gain hands-on learning experience.

“There’s been such a demand for robotic welders in manufacturing,杰·格丁说, 安诺卡技术学院 焊接 instructor. “Sometimes companies hire individuals who may not have a welding background and it’s hurt them in some ways. That’s where I think this program is going to be a valuable service to the industry. Not only will we be able to give them qualified students who know the ins and outs of robotics, they’ll also have an understanding of welding.”

Gerdin went on to note that the laser welding aspect makes this program unique.

“Laser welding is not new technology to the industry, but it is to the education world, and there’s a need for education to offer some training in this area so that it is not left up to individual companies to train their employees or learning by trial and error,”葛丁说。. “You’d have to look far to find institutions that are teaching laser welding.”

Not only is Anoka Tech one of the first schools to offer the program, instructors are dedicated to teaching students real-world practices in robotic and laser welding that can be applied widely across the industry. 

“I’ve visited with several medical device manufacturing companies with laser welders in the last two weeks to learn what they are doing and to demonstrate what we are trying to do with this program. Laser welding is heavily used in the medical device manufacturing industry because it requires small precision work that cannot be done by hand,”葛丁说。.

学生 coming out of the 机器人 and Laser certificate are well-suited to work in the manufacturing industry, which has a large presence in Anoka County and the metro area. Graduates with robotics experience have gone on to service robots across the Midwest as well as work for the automotive and energy company, 特斯拉.

登记 for the certificate is now open. Anyone with prior welding experience is encouraged to apply.

For more information about the 安诺卡技术学院 焊接 program, visit AnokaTech.edu/电竞博彩公司排名课程/EngManufTech/焊接.