Internship in Sweden 2007

Harald Reiter, Stefan Reiter (5AHMIM) Simone Steiner (4AHWIM), Christoph Ahamer (4BHWII) Markus Berger, Stefan Reich, Stefan Sametinger, Martin Schurm (5AHWII)

from left to right: Markus Berger (5AHWII), Harald Reiter (5AHMIM), Hr. Alois Helmberger (HTL VB), Stefan Reich (5AHWII), Matthias Blaickner (Hallein), Stefan Sametinger (5AHWII), Stefan Reiter (5AHMIM), Simone Steiner (5AHWIM), Martin Schurm (5AHWII), Sarah Wald (Linz), David Reisenbichler (Linz), Christoph Ahamer (5BHWII), Andreau (Spain), Michael Essl (Hallein), Robert (Spain), Dir. Eric Alexandersson (GTG), Hr. Steve Frank (GTG), Fr. Gisela Bohlin (GTG), Jörg (GTG)

Facts about Sweden

currency: SEK (1 € = 9,31 SEK) maintown: Stockholm inhabitants: 9,1 millions area: 450.295 km˛

Facts about Gothenburg

inhabitants: 510.491 position: Westcoast of Sweden most important harbour in Scandinavia

Facts about Volvo Cars

In August 2007 8 students of the Secondary College for Mechanical Engineering Vöcklabruck had the possibility of taking a traineeship abroad. Therefore we worked at Volvo Cars in Gothenburg for 5 weeks.

Departments, where the practicants were employed

Tooling & Equipment Assembling (Stefan Reiter, Stefan Reich, Stefan Sametinger):

Our task was the recording of disturbances in the factory via data bank recalls, discovering problems and finding appropriate solutions. Those were presented to the executives of the office at the end of the traineeship.

Body Shop (Simone Steiner, Martin Schurm)

We had the order to create an Excel document which is able to provide a preview of the production after the input of several data. Afterwards we had to develop a suggestion how to integrate this document into the factory`s compute system. Therefore we created a Powerpoint- presentation for a feasible realisation.

Special Vehicles & Service (Harald Reiter)

I helped to mount special equipment for the sporty version of the SUV XC90. I mounted sideskirts, DVD-players and tested their function. Moreover I worked on the exteriour design of police cars and parked the finished cars.

Paintshop (Christoph Ahamer, Markus Berger)

Our workplace was situated at the primer line of the paintshop. Our task was to measure and record the thickness of the paint on several positions all over the car. In the second part of our traineeship we worked on the establishment and improvement of a new measuring method which is more automatised.

Living

Our appartment hotel was situated close to the city centre. That`s why we had very good public transport connections to all directions and lots of possibilities for spare time activities.

Spare time activities: