Haderslev, Denmark: People of the future tested the machines of the future

The young generation on the country's construction sites in Denmark doesn't let itself be tied up in all sorts of things. Modern technology comes naturally to the people of the future, who are not bowled over by the novelty. They demand that it also works optimally and lives up to expectations.

That's why it was a kind of exam when our dealer Stemas A/S in Denmark met with the structural engineering students at EUC Syd in Haderslev. Not an exam for the students, but for the equipment that the Stemas people brought with them. It was all about classic structural engineering equipment such as plate vibrators, rammers and internal concrete vibrators. All from Wacker Neuson. And all battery powered. After a week of practical training with the new machines in the Haderslev construction hall, they were awarded with the "Pass" mark. "We had to see if these machines would work for the people training to be construction engineers. It could. The school's building and construction department has already indicated that the structural engineering teachers want the electrically powered Wacker Neuson machines, so once the budget is in place, EUC Syd's structural engineering trainees will be driving electrically," says sales consultant Mogens Kristiansen at Stemas A/S. "We have agreed that we will bring battery equipment to an event next year, where EUC Haderslev will be visited by vocational teachers from a number of other schools. We will then show off the machines, and the teachers from Haderslev will tell their colleagues about the experience of being electric."

The contact between the dealer and the vocational school was established at the E&H construction fair in Herning, where the vocational teachers came around the Stemas stand and took a serious look at the electrical possibilities. When teaching takes place in an enclosed hall, emissions from petrol- or diesel-powered machines are not optimal. Just as it is, of course, in real life when working indoors or where machine noise has an impact.

At the vocational school in Haderslev, the electric machine concept fits like a glove. EUC Syd wants to be part of the green transition, and it will actually be possible to draw the power for charging the machines from the roof. "We have solar cells on the roof of the hall, so we can become self-sufficient. We have been struggling to keep the noise down in the halls with the petrol and diesel machines. It will be completely different with electric machines, which are also easy to start. There's no pulling a starter cord. Just press the start button," says teacher Benny Christensen.

EUC Syd has 30-35 year-old students. This means future civil engineers and building technicians turn up for training all year round, including the AMU part, where pipefitting courses are run.