"WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO CONNECT PEOPLE" -
This was our Motto of the new "Train for EUROPE - RELOADED" adventure!
24 partner schools out of 23 European countries worked together starting in summer 2011 up to 2013 on the new "Train for EUROPE - RELOADED".
Regarding to the common motto they produced four different locomotives and designed 24 individual wagons for exchanging among each other.
As you can see below in the impressive list of our results the project work has been also supported by many further activities ...
"The "Train for EUROPE - RELOADED" was like a metaphor for the EU and the way everyone's connected, but we're all connected in our unique ways"
KWESI FORTUNE - student from Ireland
WHAT WE HAVE DONE DURING THIS PARTNERSHIP -
Here you will find all of our outcomes and all the results
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Presentation of all project partners at the initial meeting in Croatia
Each partner school presented its students and teachers who were taking part on a stage. Furthermore, every school got the chance to show an overview
of their school within an exhibition. Everybody was invited to talk with students and teachers.
Sources:
• Power Point: Introducing the involved partner schools
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Meeting the President of the Republic of Croatia
As a highlight in terms of public relation and recognition, the President of the Republic of Croatia, Mr. Ivo Josipović, visited our project meeting at Zagreb and was
speaking to all participants about the role of European youth projects and the importance of Europe.
Sources:
• As an overviev three video clips will give you a short impressions of the meeting
For more details please feel free to have a look to our media section.
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Discussing and voting for a common motto of the wagons
As defined in the application, a common motto had to be defined during the first project meeting in Zagreb. This voting process was organized
democratically and the participants agreed for the wagon motto "What we have done to connect people".
Sources:
• Minutes of the voting process for the common motto of the waggon
For more details please feel free to have a look to all the other minutes within our document section.
There you need to click on the meetings days or on the work groups in the tables, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Establishing the work groups in several work lines
Establishing the work lines with all the work groups gave a transparency and binding structure to the project as an important element of organisation.
The clear structure was the key to a high level of responsibility and identification of everyone.
Sources:
• The structure of the work lines with all the established work groups can be seen in the document section.
For more details about the group work please feel free to have a look to the minutes which can be found also in our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Collecting first design visions for the wagon undercarriage and the locomotives
Within the second project meeting, different designs and concepts for realizing the common undercarriage of the wagons were introduced by the students
of the different workgroups.
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Initialisation of the work in the supporting tasks
The application clearly describes the different supporting tasks which went along with the technical development of the train. Students as well as
teachers had to decide individually about participating in one supporting tasks section.
Sources:
• Here you will find the work group assignments of participants in the work line D
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Voting on the best concept for realizing the European Electronic Map
Again a voting process in which students had to take over responsibility when developing and voting for one concept for the European Electronic Map.
Students had to present, to discuss and to balance the pros and cons of their different visions.
Sources:
• Here you will find all the concepts of the work groups
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Working on details of the wagon undercarriage and the locomotives
What had been designed and decided on was now brought into the different work groups. They had to discuss and define the technical details as well as
the further process of manufacturing and production on CNC machines.
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Continuation of the work progress in the supporting tasks
As students as well as teachers had chosen an individual work group dealing with the supporting tasks, it was important to continue the work process.
The role of continuous communication became obvious.
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Establishing the online evaluation tool
The Online Evaluation Tool, as one product of the so-called supporting tasks, was introduced by the students involved in the development of this software tool.
In terms of project evaluation, this made the previously paper-based evaluation obsolete.
Sources:
• We have prepared a Test Evaluation for everone who is interested to know more about.
• Results of the evaluation for the final meeting (students)
• Results of the evaluation for the final meeting (teachers)
• Results of the evaluation for the meeting in Austria (students)
• Results of the evaluation for the meeting in Austria (teachers)
• Results of the evaluation for the meeting in Finnland (students)
• Results of the evaluation for the meeting in Finnland (teachers)
• Results of the evaluation for the meeting in Slovenia (students)
• Results of the evaluation for the meeting in Slovenia (teachers)
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Publishing first technical drawings
Students presented their first technical drawings of the different parts they first had been discussing and deciding on. During those sessions,
students had the chance to demonstrate their technical know-how as well as their linguistic competences.
Sources:
• First technical drawings of the wheels and axles for the wagons
• First technical drawings of the coupling for the waggon
• First technical drawings of the wagon undercarriage
• First technical drawings of the buffers
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Production of prototypes of waggon undercarriages and locomotives
The production of prototypes was then done in the different schools at home after all the details had been discussed and proved at the meeting in
Slovenia. This had been expected to be one of the most exciting moments within the project.
Sources:
• Here you will find the Technical Manual for the production of the waggon undercarriage.
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Production of track segments
The production of track segments had to be prepared for the meeting in Finland. Every school had to produce only some of the needed segments of the
tracks on the basis of a common CAD drawing that was provided online as a download file.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Production of jigsaw puzzle pieces for the European Electronic Map
Accuracy and precise manufacturing were the key competences that students had to develop and show in this step. Only very little tolerances were
allowed as the single pieces of the jigsaw puzzle would be assembled in the next meeting.
Sources:
• Technical drawings of the jigsaw puzzle
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Assembling the track parcour and testing the running smoothness for the first time
The above mentioned track segments were assembled and checked in terms of accuracy and fitting as well as for running smoothness. In this stage
of the project work, it became clear if the track segments had been manufactured with high precision.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Assembling and testing the prototypes of the undercarriage and locomotives
As the tracks had been assembled and the prototypes of the four locomotives that had been manufactured in groups, these were checked. The
undercarriages were also tested for their running smoothness and the coupling system.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Assembling the jigsaw puzzle pieces and discussing the design of the engravings
The different parts of the jigsaw puzzle were assembled and checked in terms of accuracy and fitting. As the different parts had to be
individualized by an engraving, we had to decide on the design, the size and the fonts of the engraved elements.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Establishing a PowerPoint template for the European Electronic Map
The European Electronic Map should also consist of individual PowerPoint presentations that would be triggered by a signal given by the
controlling desk. Therefore, a template was designed which then was offered online as a download file.
Sources:
• Template of the PowerPoint presentation for the European Electronic Map
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Presenting design studies of the project logo and voting for the best one
The work group presented different designs for a common project logo. All those logos contained elements of the European flag and elements of
a train. The final design of our logo was voted on, by a democratic process.
Sources:
• Here you will find the three proposals for the project logo
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Contacting the members of the European Parliament
As we wanted to present the "Train for EUROPE - RELOADED" in the European Parliament in Strasbourg (or Brussels) we prepared a letter for the
members of the European Parliament to inform them about our project activities and to ask for support.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Engraving the jigsaw puzzle pieces for the European Electronic Map
One task that had to be done as a homework from the meeting in Finland was to finish the jigsaw puzzle pieces by engraving the national code
and the outlines of the home country into the plastic puzzle piece.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Finalizing the technical drawings for the undercarriage
The technical drawings for the different elements of the undercarriage had to be finished according to the agreements that had been in the
project meetings. On the basis of those technical drawings, everyone was able to manufacture the waggon parts.
Sources:
• Animated pdf of the undercarriage (French Wagon)
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Optimizing the technical design of the locomotive
The results of the first testing led to different results and consequences for the design and the construction of the locomotives. Therefore
the time until Austria had to be used for optimizing the prototypes of the locomotive.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Assembling and testing the undercarriages and locomotives
During the meeting in Austria the complete track was assembled and so testing the undercarriages and the four locomotives was possible
throughout the complete meeting. Students took that chance to optimize different parts of their constructions.
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Assembling and testing the panel with lightened jigsaw puzzle (Electronic Map)
The jigsaw puzzle including the engravings was assembled for the first time and the electronic elements (LEDs) were integrated and tested.
Again it was a matter of accuracy and precise work to fix the LEDs in the correct position.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Discussing and voting on the design of the t-shirts for the final presentation
As the decision on the design of the logo had been already taken, the design of the t-shirts was a matter of discussion within this meeting in
Austria. After presenting different designs we found the favorite version by a democratic voting.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Preparing the exchange of the wagons for the final meeting
In order to make sure that the exchange of the waggon upper parts would work correctly and fairly it needed an intelligent procedure. The target
was to ensure that every partner school would get as many parts back as they offered for exchange.
Sources:
• Here you find the exchange assignment table
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Discussing and deciding on coffee mugs as a gift for the final presentations
As the final meeting and the end of the project was coming closer, the idea of designing coffee mugs as a gift was discussed. Consequently, one
group was dealing with the design and checked offers.
Sources:
• Preprinted Proof of the mugs design.
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Producing the wagons and the individual upper parts
Not only for the final presentations but also for exchanging the upper parts, all participants had to produce the needed number of upper parts.
For all schools and students, this was probably the most intensive and challenging time in the project.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
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Manufacturing and finishing the locomotives
Apart from the upper parts, the locomotives also had to be finished. Apart from the technical features, the locomotives received a cover, were
painted, got an individual design created by students and had to be completed for the final meeting.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
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There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Finishing the electronic elements and the communication of the European Electronic Map
Although the upper parts were still not manufactured, all the elements of the European Electronic Map had to be sorted out, optimized and
finished in order to work properly during the final meeting.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
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Providing and signing the "Letter of Intent"
All the participating schools agreed on an ongoing cooperation among schools in order to enhance and develop a European network of educational
institutions. This document is meant to demonstrate the long-term effect of a sustainable cooperation.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
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Taking over patronage by the President of the European Parliament
The current president of the European Parliament, Mr. Martin Schulz, was taking over patronage for this project. This was a mark of recognition
and respect for all the students and institutions who had been participating in this unique project.
Sources:
• Letter from the President of the European Parliament
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Final assembly and mounting of the tracks and the train including final testings
As one of the first tasks for the final meeting, the complete train had to be assembled and tested on the track parcour. Again, final
modifications had to be made in order to optimize the running of the train.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Finishing the powerpoint presentations for the European Electronic Map
All delegation had to prepare a presentation of their country, school and wagon by using the powerpoint template which was already published
at the project web. This powerpoint should be connected to the control desk of the European Electronic Map.
Sources:
• Presentation of Höhere Technische Lehranstalt Fulpmes, Fulpmes - AUSTRIA
• Presentation of Höhere Technische Bundeslehr- und Versuchsanstalt St. Pölten, St. Pölten, AUSTRIA
• Presentation of Sint-Jozefinstituut KOGEKA 4, Geel - BELGIUM
• Presentation of Berufsbildungszentrum Pfäffikon, Pfäffikon - SWITZERLAND
• Presentation of BBS TGHS Bad Kreuznach, Bad Kreuznach - GERMANY
• Presentation of Metal College Aalborg, Aalborg - DENMARK
• Presentation of Savon ammattii - ja aikuisopisto, Kuopio - FINLAND
• Presentation of Lycée Rascol d'Albi, Albi - FRANCE
• Presentation of I.tehnička škola TESLA, Zagreb - CROATIA
• Presentation of Bánki Donát Gimnázium és Szakközépiskola, Dunaújváros - HUNGARY
• Presentation of Newpark Comprehensive School, Dublin - IRELAND
• Presentation of Borgarholtsskoli, Reykjavik - Iceland
• Presentation of Istituto di Istruzione Superiore "C. Olivetti", Ivrea - ITALY
• Presentation of Viešoji Istaiga Kauno mechanikos mokykla, Kaunas - LITHUANIA
• Presentation of Lycée technique des Arts et Métiers, Luxembourg - LUXEMBOURG
• Presentation of Koning Willem l College, 's-Hertogenbosch - NETHERLAND
• Presentation of Byåsen videregående skole, Trondheim - NORWAY
• Presentation of Centrum Ksztalcenia Ustawicznego im. St. Staszica w Koszalinie, Koszalin - POLAND
• Presentation of CENFIM, Lisbon - PORTUGAL
• Presentation of Colegiul Tehnic de Transporturi, Iasi - ROMANIA
• Presentation of Hjalmar Lundbohmsskolan, Kiruna - SWEDEN
• Presentation of Šolski Center Celje, Celje - SLOVENIA
• Presentation of Stredná odborná škola technická, Bratislava - SLOWAKIA
• Presentation of Mehmet Rüstü Uzel Teknik ve Endüstri Meslek Lisesi, Sahinbey (Gaziantep) - TURKEY
• Presentation of Heidenhain Company, Traunreut - GERMANY
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
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Planning the setup and the choreography of the final presentations
For the final presentations the setting and the procedure had to be planned and practiced. Therefore, one expert group of students developed
the choreography of the presentation and also managed the final presentations.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
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There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Finishing and publishing the online questionnaire
In a final test, which was offered online based on Moodle, the trainees´ knowledge on the field of CNC technology could be tested and rated.
Every participant provided suitable questions and answers from one specific category.
Sources:
• Here you go to our project moodle.
• Here you find a short summary (pdf) with some impressions.
Unfortunately, the questionnaire is only open for project members. We try to find a solution to give access to everyone soon.
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Finishing and publishing the multilingual technical glossary
Based on a moodle platform, a multi-lingual visual technical dictionary was prepared containing the specific technical terms of CNC technology.
Every participant had provided several terms and phrases from a specific category.
Sources:
• Here you go to our project moodle.
• Here you find a short summary (pdf) with some impressions.
The moodle is open for everyone. Please choose "Technical CNC Dictionary" and you will get access.
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Finishing and publishing the teaching Material
We published a manual with all the production steps of manufacturing the common wagon undercarriage by using CNC technology. This manual can
be used in CNC lessons and show students in detail, how to produced the wagon undercarriage.
Sources:
• Teaching Material for manufacturing the wagon undercarriage.
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
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Exchange of wagon upper parts
Giving the upper parts to partner schools and getting a individually designed upper part in return - a very special moment in which the
European spirit and an awareness for the regional variety and uniqueness became visible.
Sources:
• Here you find the exchange assignment table
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Handing out the t-shirts, stickers and coffee mugs
All participants were asked to wear the t-shirts at the final presentations in Germany, Brussels and Luxembourg. The stickers were produced
to be placed at the wagon undercarriage. The coffee mugs could be used as a gift.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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Final presentation at the coordinating school in Germany
The Train Family presented the "Train for EUROPE - RELOADED" to representatives of the school, from regional companies, politics, school
administration and media. For all the students it was the first time this train was being shown in public.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
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Final presentation at the European Parliament in Brussels
Presenting the "Train for EUROPE - RELOADED" in the European Parliament was made possible by Mrs MEP Christa Klass from Germany. Not only
entering the building, but also getting recognition for the project work, made our visit an unforgettable event.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
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Final presentation at the host school in Luxemburg
In Luxemburg, the final destination of our tour through Europe, we again were given the honour to present our train to the public, to students
and teachers of the participating school, representatives of the city of Luxemburg and of local industry.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
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Providing a media archive
A rather comprehensive collection of minutes, project plans, technical drawings, operation charts and presentations offer an impressive
documentary. Apart from this, all pictures, TV spots and newspaper articles are compiled as well.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.
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At all meetings: Performing of cultural events
Within all the project meetings cultural events had happened and so the participants visited a lot of various points of interest in the
cities or the regions where the meetings were taking place. There is not enough space here to mention details.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
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At all meetings: Participating in factory visits
Giving an insight into industrial production in different European regions was the main target of the different factory visits, which were
realized within the meetings. Unfortunately, there is not enough space here to mention all factory visits.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
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At all meetings: Offering sightseeing tours at the host cities
In all project meetings, the participants took part in guided city tours in order to get to know all the details about history, important
places and present life in the hosting towns and regions.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
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At all meetings: Exploring the host schools
As part of the meetings students as well as teachers were guided through the host schools. In particular, the technical equipment and the variety
of vocational branches of the various schools was of enormous interest for all participants.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
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All the time: Carrying out public relations
Giving interviews to local newspapers, to local radio stations or national TV stations was also carried out by all project members. More than
70 different media releases give an impressive insight into our project work.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
For more media releases please feel free to our media section.
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At all meetings: Offering HEIDENHAIN training for students and teachers
Our associated industrial partner, the HEIDENHAIN company located at Traunreut, Germany provided the technical support for students and
teachers that was needed to design and program the CNC machinery.
Sources:
• Homepage of the Heidenhain Company in Traunreut, Germany
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
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All the time: Upgrading the project web as communication platform
For this project, the project homepage had to be updated and upgraded in terms of accessibility, establishing the forum and providing
up-to-date-information about the project. This task was done throughout the complete time span of the project.
Sources:
• Project Web of our European CNC-Network
• Project Web of our Train for EUROPE-RELOADED
• Project Web of our Forum
• Project Web of our Moodle
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
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At all meetings: Publishing daily minutes of project meetings and the progress in each work group
The minutes give an overview and an insight into the project meetings and also into the progress of work in the different work groups. Apart
from the results described, the minutes also show drawings, pictures or photos of the products or work steps.
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
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At all meetings: Collecting photos, videos, technical drawings and CNC programmes
Just in case any of the participating schools would like to produce their own locomotive, some more wagons or track segments, all the needed
documents and software can be found online. Furthermore we collected a lot of photos during the meetings.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
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At all meetings: Producing videos from the project meetings
From each meeting, a video was produced. The length of those videos varies from ten to twenty minutes and show an overview of thework progress
as well as of the cultural events within the meetings.
Sources:
• Link will be updated soon
For more details please feel free to have a look to the minutes within our document section.
There you need to click the table items, which are showing the workline structure of the project.