The training center in France

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The CFI is situated in Orly near the airport and the RER station called Les Saules. It is a new school which was built one year ago. We can study plasturgy, trucks mechanics and climatization. The students are from 14 to 22 years old

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The spanish and swedish students as well as their teachers will be accommodated in the hotel Campanile Paris nation. The students will be lodged in double room, with bathroom in each chamber, the teachers in simple room. Breakfasts will be taken in the hotel. For the dinners, a choice will be to make among the many restaurants situated in the neighbouring streets. For more precision on the hotel, campanile.nation.free.fr

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We are preparing our examination ‘BTS’ in two years, one week at school and one week in our company. We work thirty-five hours per week at school and at work. We have very good technological material to work on the trucks. We study mathematics, French, English, functional analysis of the systems, physics mechanics and technology. Come to see us in Orly, that's a good place !

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Yesterday we arrived at the airport (Orly for the Spanish and Charles de Gaules for the Swedish) between 15:30 and 16:00. Then we arrived at the hotel (Campanile) with the underground around 17:00 and 18:00. Both the Swedish and Spanish students unpacked and went out for a while and later we went out to eat together. After we went back to the hotel and the Spanish students went to their rooms to sleep while the Swedish spent the evening watching movies and listening to music together.

Anneli, Jérémy, Fabien and Sergio

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This morning there was a presentation of the French module and a short presentation of the Catalonian module and the Swedish module and a partner presentation. After the presentations we visited the building of the French center. After that we had lunch in the restaurant of the school and during the afternoon we played basketball in a gymnasium before we formed groups.

Ludovic,Abel and Martin.

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We arrived at school at nine o’clock and the teachers put us in 3 groups , one different subject for each group. We studied brakes and suspension of pneumatic systems. The other 2 groups worked on engines and electricity. We have seen the different systems , each component of the brake system, how the system and its components work. We have done theorical lessons and practiced on simulated systems and trucks. We had a good feeling about the lessons and we will change of subject tomorrow.

Emmanuel, Rubben, Jaume.

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Day by day we’re beating down the walls of language and culture, this make it easier for us to follow the class and with more communication and teamwork we improve our knowledge to the hightest level. Today we started with electrical techniques, we have made many different circuits of the car and measurements with the multimeter. The equipment and the teacher are good, there is a good atmosphere and we’re enjoying the classes so this experience will be unforgettable and will open us the door of a new way of working and learning.

Cristian, Sébastien

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Today, we studied the air brake system all the day. We tested the air brake system in the trucks. We studied the compressor, the governor (control unit), air dryer with governor, quadruple protection valves and air storage tanks. Then after seeing all these things, on the paper and on the screen, we did the practical part at the workshop with different trucks. After each day, the group goes better and better, and we learn more about heavy vehicles. Every day we understand better all the clases, we speak more with the other students, and we laugh when we do funny things.

Marcus ERIKSSON, Steeven JEAN-BAPTISTE, Victor MARCO

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Today, this morning we met with the other students at half past nine at “Palais de la Découverte”, here we did some activities about electromagnetism, they showed the effects of electromagnetism. When we finished the visit, we took the train to the school to have lunch. In the afternoon we went to the classroom for speaking and arranging the itinerary to go to the company next week.

Guillem, Renaud

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Today we restarted the classes at the CFI, because last week we went to make practices on different companies of the French colleagues. This morning teachers and students made a report about the experience in company and we discussed the negative and positive points during the week in the workshop. Then, we did a flow chart about the steps to follow when you check a circuit that is broken. After lunch we went to the sports center to play a volleyball match, and then we left to the hotel.

Joakim, Benjamin, Quim

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Today we have done electrics class and we have learned how to make an electric diagram and electric system of position lamps, dipped lamps, driving lamps and fog lamps. It was easy but we had some problems when we upgraded the system adding more lamps because we started only with position lamps and we finished with all the lights using a relay. It was very interesting to work together in this circuit searching for different ways to find solutions to the different problems that all the circuits had.

Johan, Eduardo, Mickaël

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Today we have been learning pneumatics and we have seen the different break systems : disk and drum brake. After theorical lessons we have disassembled both systems in the trucks. We have also learned about the breaking equilibrium and we had to check it with a machine for this purpose. It was very en so interesting and we have learnt a lot.

Sylvain, Christoffer, Juan,

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At the beginning of the day every Spanish and almost every French student came to school a bit late so we wasted a little time for the practice otherwise it was good. We adjusted the injection time on a diesel van engine. Today it was the last day and we learned much mecanical and improved our English. In the workshop we started one truck engine (model engine) to control the voltage of the sensors. In the afternoon we studied the theory and the history of the common rail system and other systems in the computer room. Ha de gott, au revoir, adios!

Rubén Arranz, Sèbastien Saullière, Johan Berntsson

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Today, we have welcomed students from the European Class (from Sweden and Spain).
We took breakfast together. Then, there was a speetch given by Mr Le Naour.
In the second part, we visited the training center. To finish the morning we had lunch.
In the afternoon, we played basket-ball and vortex.

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We saw the basic laws of electricity and other things such as relays, fuses and lamps. The last electric model was very difficult to prepare and it took us three hours to finish it.
David - Ferran - Michael

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We learned about Air Brake System. First, we came to the school and the teacher explained the different systems and the different generations (first, second, third and the last).
Then we worked on the trucks, mesuring the pressure in the air tanks. In the end of the day the teacher introduced the metering system.
Roberto - Tomy - Jesper

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On Friday morning we went to CFI at Gambetta in Paris. When we arrived to the school we walked around and saw the different things that the school works with. After that we hade a little meeting and we were dispatched into different groups to see more of the school. After that we played table tennis and it was fun. After we had played we went to eat some food. Later in the afternoon we where working with diagnostic to prepare us for the next week in the company.
Benjamin, Jimmy and Ernesto

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We left Nation at 7 and we went to Versailles. We arrived at 8 and Damien picked us up half an hour after because Versailles is 15 kilometers from the company (in Trappes). Then we meet the company’s owners and the workshop boss, and the mechanics men and the repair men. Damien showed us the company, the different trucks because it’s a rent company. After this we went to a custumers place to do a servicejobs. There were about ten trucks. After the lunch we began to disassemble an accidented truck untill the end of the day, at about 4.30. Damien left us at the Trappes Station and from there we took the train to Montparnasse directly. And from Montparnasse the Metro is on line 6 and goes to Nation .We came to the Hotel at 6.30.
Damien, Oskar and Pedro

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