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element-i education foundation at Kraus & Naimer in Karlsruhe
Lots of curious questions from little tinkerers and researchers
“How many parts does a switch consist of?”, “Is that real gold?” or “Is there a real snail in there?” These and many other questions bombarded the Kraus & Naimer team in Karlsruhe on November 14, 2023.
For the 9th time, the element-i educational foundation initiated the inventor and researcher day to introduce children to the fascination for MINT and craft topics. Almost 1,100 children visited 46 companies, businesses and institutions in 26 cities and municipalities in Baden-Württemberg on Tuesday (November 14, 2023).
We, from Kraus & Naimer, were also there and were able to welcome the eight preschool children Jan, Alexander, Mara, Smilla, Marie, Levi, Lilli and Marlon together with their teacher Christine Herzog from the Regina kindergarten in Karlsruhe. “We are very pleased to have been able to support this great project as a cooperation partner for years!” says Ralf Schick, Managing Director at Kraus & Naimer Germany.
After a small welcome round, Sonja Reinle and Stefanie Polzer (Marketing & Communication) set off on a rally through the production departments of Kraus & Naimer.
Construction and tool making provided an exciting insight into how tools and systems for plastic injection molding and component production are planned and built. As a farewell, Cornelia Max gave us a 3D printer construction set for a fidget toy, which we assembled together after the tour.
With shining eyes, the odd “Oh” or “Wow” and lots of children’s laughter, we walked through the machine park for component production and plastic injection molding. Our robot in particular was a highlight for the children.
The children were now able to try out for themselves how the individual components become whole switches by assembling the modules. Dexterity and patience were required here - they were all skilled and after a short time proudly presented their self-built assemblies. At the finale of the rally in the final assembly, the children were able to watch how their laser-inscribed name tags were created.
The fidget was assembled by lunch. Everyone was also enthusiastic about experimenting with the electrical kit and beamed when the circuit worked and the propeller turned and took off.
Catering with muffins and pizza, peaked caps and high-visibility vests with a logo and name and lots of small souvenir gifts of this visit were of course not to be missed. In the future, the little tinkerers and researchers will definitely discover a switch with the PHI here and there on escalators, trains, ski lifts or machines and think back to this great trip.
