Mechanics/Mechatronics – Traffic light
The Mechatronics – Traffic Lights internship enables participants to manufacture metal frames and base plates, 3D-print traffic light housings, assemble and solder electronic circuit boards, and wire components according to technical diagrams. Participants program and simulate PLC controls for pedestrian and directional traffic lights, commission the completed system, and identify and resolve faults while applying safe working practices.
Course Duration: 2 Weeks
Projekt Korrekt e.V. – host organisation for Erasmus KA1 projects
Projekt Korrekt e.V., as host organisation, receives participants from all European countries. Over the last 25 years we gained experiences from more than 1500 projects we realised in different fields of profession.
We develop model projects in the framework of Erasmus and ESF, also in cooperation with small and medium-seized enterprises in the region Leipzig and Halle.
We support the mobility of the participants in the European Community and the communication between people from all over Europe.
Our project proposal for your stay in Germany:
Title: Mechanics/Mechatronics – Traffic light
Duration: 2 weeks
Learning outcomes common to all professions:
- Health and safety at work – observes health and safety rules and SOPs
- Professionally oriented foreign language – improved ability to use a foreign language (English/German) in the execution of tasks and the ability to formulate short and comprehensible statements to communicate in the workplace
- Personal and social competences – develops a culturally and ethically sound approach to working with others in a company, increased creativity and consistency in their actions, copes with stress, responsibility and assigned tasks
- Organisation of work in small teams – increased ability to communicate and work collaboratively with colleagues, organise work in a team
Learning outcomes in the field of Mechanics/Mechatronics – Traffic light:
The student learns/knows:
- To select tools and measuring instruments, taking into account the accuracy of machining of workpieces
- To use tools and measuring instruments for manual processing
- To perform soldering of electronic parts
- To perform work in the field of manual and mechanical processing
- To use technical documentation of machines and equipment
- To carry out quality checks on the work performed
- To define the most important settings and parameters for the task
- To plan the dismantle equipment according to the technical documentation
- To perform tool maintenance
- To use SPS software layout
- To perform the wiring of various components according to technical diagrams
General tasks
The student develops their understanding of:
- Metalworking (base plate)
- 3D printing and prototyping (print traffic lights), construction the printer and parts if necessary
- Electronics (LED circuit boards for traffic lights)
- Assembly and wiring of elements and assemblies
- Programming the PLC (various tasks possible)
- Commissioning & fault analysis
Placement: Projekt Korrekt e.V., electronics workshop and laboratory at Gut Wehlitz in Schkeuditz
All the above and below mentioned modules can be seen as examples. It’s possible that we have to modify or adapt them due to the abilities of the participants or the capacities of the host company. The tasks and the activities vary and depend on the practical and the linguistic skills of the beneficiaries and on the needs and business volume of the companies.