Vantage Career Center receives $500,000 robotics grant

VAN WERT — The precision machining, electricity, and industrial mechanics programs at Vantage Career Center in Van Wert was awarded a $500,00 Ohio Straight A Grant through the Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing Technology Education Collaborative.

RAMTEC is housed at Tri-Rivers Career Center in Marion. The grant will be used to supplement the two programmable robots and one robotic welder at Vantage.

Included in the grant is money for both Motoman and FANUC industrial robots and simulators, CNC machines and certifications, Programmable Logic Controllers, and hydraulic trainers. Along with the equipment come opportunities for students to get certifications in a variety of advanced manufacturing operations. The equipment and curriculum is expected to arrive in the next six to seven months.

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Kyle Maag, Isaac Smith, Alex Burgei and Marcus Landi, juniors in the Vantage Career Center industrial mechanics program, pose with equipment the school is receiving with a $500,000 grant.

http://www.limaohio.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2016/05/web1_RAMTEC-Put.jpgKyle Maag, Isaac Smith, Alex Burgei and Marcus Landi, juniors in the Vantage Career Center industrial mechanics program, pose with equipment the school is receiving with a $500,000 grant.