Fundamentals of Robotic Operations for Foundries

The Non-Ferrous Founders’ Society has announced the launch of the new “Fundamentals of Robotic Operations for Foundries” course in cooperation with the University of Northern Iowa Metal Casting & Additive Manufacturing Centers and Hawkeye Community College. The 3.5-day training course will provide foundry professionals with introductory knowledge and skills to begin programming and operating an industrial robot in a production environment.

Attendees do not need to have any prior experience with robotics or computer programming to be successful. 
Topics include: 

• basic fundamentals such as robot operation and programming,
• manual operation,
• coordinate systems, and
• how to write a basic program to start.

Upon the completion of the coursework, students will have the opportunity to apply their learned skills using industrial sized robots in a production environment within the UNI metal casting center.

The course will be held March 21-24, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa. Registration fees include all course and lab supplies and lunch each day.

Students are responsible for their own hotel and travel expense. You may consider the Courtyard by Marriot Waterloo/Cedar Falls which is conviently located near both the UNI metal casting center and Hawkeye Community College.

The course is limited to 12 students for an optimal student/teacher ratio. Additional dates will be announced for future offerings.