Trainings and Seminars to improve your strength and test performance

Straddling the fields of industry and research, our engineers build on knowledge that has grown through decades of extensive interdisciplinary practice and development. Theoretical or experimental proofs of strength are one of our core concerns. Demonstrating the reliability and safety of the material for the whole life of the component is a challenging task for computation engineers, designers and testers.

Benefit from our cross-industry expertise: in training sessions and seminars at your premises or at our offices, you will receive comprehensive specialist knowledge and concrete application recommendations

On this page you will find information about the following IMA training sessions:

• Aviation-specific courses for non-destructive testing (NDT)
• Applying the FKM guideline on “Computational strength verification of machine components”
• User training on WIAM® fatigue RIFEST software for computational strength verification

Aviation-specific non-destructive testing training courses

The NDT Training Centre holds training courses on non-destructive testing at its technology site in Dresden and is set to embark on a collaborative partnership with EFW Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH and IMA Materialforschung und Anwendungstechnik GmbH.

EFW Dresden is recognised by NANDTB Germany as a provider of NDT training and testing. It meets the requirements of EASA AMC 145.A.30(f).

Those attending the course will benefit from IMA Dresden’s many years of experience in materials and testing, coupled with the EFW’s expertise in aircraft conversion, maintenance and lightweight design. Together with exciting insights into aircraft conversion and work with actual testing techniques, the training will cover the latest test procedures. The trainers have extensive experience and technical expertise in this area.
It is worth highlighting that aviation-related information is based on the materials plans of the NANDTB, while the training is focused on future-oriented topics: the requirements of a maintenance company and specific aspects of component testing, knowledge of materials and approval tests. Another plus is that new developments in aviation, such as manufacturing processes, materials and test methods, are continually being incorporated.

The Training Centre offers the following courses:

• ET1 Eddy current testing level 1
• ET2 Eddy current testing level 2
• UT1 Ultrasonic testing level 1
• UT2 Ultrasonic testing level 2

The courses comply with DIN EN4179 and NAS 410, while the NDT training is accredited by NANDTB Germany and meets the EASA AMC 145.A.30(f) requirements.

NANDTB Accreditation Elbe Flugzeugwerke

The FKM guidelines in practice

The FKM guideline on “Analytical strength assessment of machine components” applies to mechanical engineering and related fields of industry and allows computational strength verification based on nominal stresses and local elastic stresses, taking all of the relevant influences into account.

It is published by Forschungskuratorium Maschinenbau e.V. (FKM) and is currently in ist 7th edition, which came out in November 2020. As the guidelines were issued under the leadership of IMA Materialforschung und Anwendungstechnik GmbH, you can get information straight from the source at our seminar.

The aim of the seminar is to get acquainted with the methodology and background to analytical strength assessment according to FKM guidelines. Find out more:

• the uniformly structured analytical algorithm, consisting of instructions, formulae, tables and diagrams,
• as well as static and fatigue strength assessment, the latter depending on the stress characteristics as a permanent, fatigue or operational strength test,
• the scope of application for special materials such as steel, cast iron and aluminium alloys,
• the application for components manufactured with or without machining or with welding,
• the evaluation of nominal stresses and local, elastically determined stresses, obtained by means of solutions that draw upon the theory of elasticity, finite element or boundary element calculations, of through measurements.

The structure of the training

Date/cost

Online courses in English

• 02.11.2021-05.11.2021 – 4 days each 4 hours
• 07.03.2022-10.03.2022 – 4 days each 4 hours

The seminar is offered individually both at our offices in Dresden, at your premises or as online seminar.
For more information on possible dates and terms, please get in touch.

Registration and contact

Tom Schiemann Phone: +49 (0)351 8837-6565 eMail: rifest(at)ima-dresden.de

Practice with the FKM guideline and
Wiam® fatigue RIFEST in everyday engineering work

The application of the FKM-guideline ” Analytical strength assessment for machine components ” and the determination of the input variable in practice.

The guideline is a work published by the Forschungskuratorium Maschinenbau e.V. (FKM) for the analytical strength assessment of machine components. It contains a uniformly structured calculation algorithm for all applications. The current 7th edition (published in December 2020) has already been implemented in Wiam® fatigue RIFEST.

The practical application of the guideline in everyday engineering presents many challenges. Starting with the modeling in the FE model, determination of input variables up to the interpretation of the results. This seminar gives an insight into these problems by means of practical examples. The aim is to enable the engineer to apply the guideline confidently in everyday tasks. The strength checks are carried out in the seminar using the WIAM® fatigue Rifest software, which enables a method-assured check in accordance with the FKM guideline.

Target group

Every engineer for whom a safe practical application of the FKM guideline “Analytical strength assessment for machine components” is necessary on a day-to-day basis.

Benefit

• Safe FE modeling for unwelded and welded components
• Determination of necessary input data for the FKM- guideline (plastic form number, collectives)
• Interpretation of the results

Basics

Basic skills in calculation with the FKM guideline are a prerequisite. The FE modeling is carried out exemplarily with Ansys®Workbench (no software training).

The structure of the one-day training

Date/cost

The seminar is offered individually both at our offices in Dresden, at your premises or as online seminar.
For more information on possible dates and terms, please get in touch.

Registration and contact

Tom Schiemann Phone: +49 (0)351 8837-6565 eMail: rifest(at)ima-dresden.de