Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the leading Bahrain-based international aluminium smelter, has selected Bosch Rexroth as one of the suppliers of modular training workstations for its Training Centre in Bahrain.

In line with its initiative to invest in the education and people development, Alba recently opened a dedicated Training Centre with an objective to strengthen its employees’ skills and abilities for their professional and career development.

Focussed on both, technical skills and leadership development, this Centre consists of nine smart classrooms and workshops for five maintenance departments: automotive, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and hydraulics and pneumatics.

Alba’s acting director for Administration, Waleed Tamimi said: “At Alba, the training and development of our employees play a crucial role in sustaining our position as a leading aluminium smelter.”

Alba contracted Bosch Rexroth, one of the leading specialists in drive and control technologies to supply tailor-made training workstations for hydraulics, pneumatics and sensors for the Training Centre.

Bosch Rexroth provides state-of-the-art teaching methods

For hydraulics, Bosch Rexroth provided two stations of the WS290 training system including training courses in on/off, proportional, control and mobile hydraulics designed for eight to 12 students.

The pneumatics training workshops includes three stations, six workplaces, which fits up to 12 trainees. In addition, the sensors training includes three training kits which serves up to six trainees.

“The modular training systems from Bosch Rexroth are perfectly matched to the qualification stages of industrial and educational institutions providing hands-on experience with workstations and device sets of standard industrial components,” said Ahmad Rayyan, business development manager, Bosch Rexroth Middle East.

“All industry-relevant technologies and processes concerning hydraulics, pneumatics, electric drive and control technology, mechatronics and automation are practice-oriented. By means of the training systems, inexperienced and experienced users gradually acquire practice-oriented and technical expert knowledge,” he said.

For different learning topics, Bosch Rexroth offers workstations and device sets with corresponding project manuals with exercises out of the industry. A device set is an assembly of standard industrial components used to carry out practical exercises.

As a leading specialist in drive and control technology, Bosch Rexroth has a unique level of technological expertise, which is used in the development of training courses, training systems and learning tools. “We are keen to pass on this knowledge, to apprentices and students and to our specialist staff and employees. At our Drive and Control Academy, we support tailored training, development and qualification of technical specialists. Our training has a practical basis, aimed at specific target groups and based on state-of-the-art teaching methods,” Rayyan added.