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March 2019
March 2019
IFIA Mag azine

Pfleiderer trainees demonstrate creativity and inven- IFIA Mag azine
tive talent

The “Jugend forscht” inven- For more than 20 years now the enterprise Pfleiderer has sup-
tors, Jan-Hendrik Pielke (19) ported the “Jugend forscht” regional competition in Upper Pa-
and Christian Sadowski (19), latinate. Right from the start the enterprise gives its trainees the
from Rheine want to make opportunity of taking part in the competition. Here very practical
it possible for the drivers of ideas from the work environment of the young people flow into
emergency vehicles with the competition. The job starters learn to develop their products
their Emergency Radio As- independently from the idea to its implementation – this promotes
sistant (ERA) to direct car important key qualifications such as team spirit, decision-making abil-
traffic as needed in the ity and responsibility, which are crucial for professional life.
event of accidents. They
can make individual or pro- The young inventors Sophie Spangler (17) and Dominik Puff (19) from
grammed announcements Pfleiderer planned and built an ergonomic and sturdy pinboard which
to drivers via VHF and traf- doesn’t constitute a tripping hazard in a typical working day and thus
fic radio. makes working in the office safer. It involves a fully equipped pinboard
which is easily transportable. The board is also pivot-mounted and height-
adjustable. In addition, it is equipped with a pin and pen holder.

A magnetic board with hun-
dreds of information plates –
this is confusing and, in view
of the digitalization for work
planning, no longer up to date,
Simon Niedt de Matos (18) and
Philipp Hohner (18) from Bam-
berg found. They therefore pro-
grammed the Total Organisa-
tion Manager TOM. The central
control element is a large touch Also taking part was
screen. Via an RFID card reader, a budding electronics
the users can identify them- engineer for industrial
selves, log in and carry out fur- engineering, Johannes
ther registrations. Regnath (17). He exhibited
his Save Ride System, a de-
vice attached to bikes which
can detect a crash and send
a message to anyone, or the
emergency services.

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