This year Automechanika will feature a wide range of training demonstrations and information in the Galleria, the glass structure between Halls 8 and 9 at Messe Frankfurt.

The training forum will give anyone interested in working in the auto industry the opportunity not only to learn all about the individual jobs but also to try their own hand at skills such as panel beating, spraying, welding and dent removal with eleven free workshops on collision-damage repair.

Peter Börner, President of the German Federation of Body and Automotive Engineering says, "Automechanika Frankfurt offers a host of outstanding workshops that, for the first time this year, will be held in English, too.”

The courses offered will cover virtually the entire process for collision-damage repairs, with three-hour workshops held free of charge from 16 to 20 September. These cover;

• Damage appraisal / computer-aided estimates / communication
• High-voltage safety. (hybrid / electric drive systems)
• Exterior bodywork dent removal (without re-spraying / large areas)
• Body repairs using using alignment systems 
• Joining techniques and equipment (bonding, riveting, welding)
• Body bonding and sealing (plastic repair / body sealing seam / roof panel replacement / windscreen bonding)
• Body repairs on a BMW i3 (working on carbon-reinforced plastic and aluminium body parts, as well as plastic outer-skin parts)
• Spot paintwork, preparation and finish
• Spot paintwork with a spray gun
• Fault-memory read-out / fault diagnosis
• Chassis diagnosis / camera calibration

These practical  workshops are sponsored by Audatex, Akademie deutsches Kraftfahrzeugewerbe (TAK), BASF Coatings/Glasurit,  Beissbarth, BMW, Robert Bosch, Carbon, Car-O-Liner, Farécla, Festool, Henkel AG, L-Tec, Adam Opel, Sehon, Vosschemie and Wieländer + Schill.

To participate in these workshops you must first register on-line at training.automechanika.com.