In the Metal Model Making Workshop, students are taught the practical and technical knowledge and skills of metal technology and metal materials science. The metal model workshop offers the best opportunities to realize experiments, working models, functional models and prototypes in metal construction. For the realization of their designs, the students receive professional support and guidance, which can lead to the ability to work independently on a variety of machines. Here, models and model elements are created for ongoing courses in foundation and advanced courses as well as projects.

Equipment:
With a size of approx. 250 m² floor space, the model building workshop is equipped with the usual metalworking machines. These include a lathe, edging bench and roller. Various joining processes can also be carried out. In addition to brazing and soft soldering, welding techniques such as TIG and MAG welding are available for this purpose.

Welding
One of the most common joining processes in the metal sector, along with brazing and soft soldering, is the welding process. In this process, two or more components made of metal are joined together in a non-detachable manner. This is done by the application of heat, e.g. by the electric arc and an additional material. All metals, such as mild steel, stainless steel and even aluminum can be joined together by this process.

Plasma cutting
Plasma cutting makes it possible to cut even thicker metals by means of an intense arc. In this process, the arc is ignited between an electrode and the workpiece. A plasma is an electrically conductive gas with a temperature of about 3,000 degrees Celsius. The plasma cutter enables separation cuts along a template or can be guided freehand over the workpiece.

Sheet metal rolling
Sheet metal up to approx. 2mm thick can be rolled into a tube with different diameters and dimensions in the metal workshop. Rolling belongs to the so-called primary forming, in which the material is formed between usually two or more rotating rolls.

Turning
What turning is in the wood shop, turning is in the metal shop. A metal-cutting process in which the workpiece is clamped in a jaw chuck and rotates on its own axis. Various turning tools can be used to machine round materials and tubes. Here, nozzles, sleeves, bushings, individual components are created, which are also manufactured as elements for individual objects.