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MIRDC Welcomes Guests for the Open House

By: Jim Patrick S.D. Erispe

June 13, 2022 – Day 1 of the celebration of the 2022 Metals and Engineering (M&E) Week.  The first day of the M&E Week was marked by one of its major activities – the Open House where the Metals Industry Research and Development Center (MIRDC) showcased the different facilities of the Center.

The goal of the Open House activity is to raise the stakeholders’ awareness of MIRDC's various technologies that assist the metals, engineering, and allied industries.  Faculty members, students, and industry representatives are among those who have been invited.

Guests visited the different facilities of MIRDC.  The following facilities are available for the open house event:

1. Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMCEN)
2. Advanced Mechatronics, Robotics, and Industrial Automation Laboratory (AMERIAL)
3. Non-Destructive Testing Laboratory (NDT)
4. Corrosion Laboratory
5. Auto-Parts Laboratory
6. Physical Metallurgy Laboratory
7. Heat Treatment
8. Surface Engineering
9. Machine Shop

The open house activity will give participants a better understanding of the service and capabilities of MIRDC.

Open House participants attentively listen to an MIRDC expert at Non-Destructive Laboratory during the first day of Metals and Engineering Week 2022.

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MIRDC Shifts to Face-to-Face Training

By: Jim Patrick S.D. Erispe

The conduct of face-to-face training at the Department of Science and Technology- Metals Industry Research and Development Center (DOST-MIRDC) is back.

The Center once again offers in-person training programs to allow participants to gain comprehensive know-how of a training course, particularly those that require hands-on practical activities.

Due to the health hazards posed by the Covid-19 virus, webinars were utilized extensively throughout the globe. Webinars are convenient to attend, can reach a larger audience, and are cost-effective, among other benefits, which explain why the public has readily adopted them.

Although webinars offer several benefits, they also have some limitations such as limited interaction, technical difficulties, lack of teamwork, absence of body language, and lack of environmental control.

Since restrictions regarding Covid-19 protocols have been gradually loosened, businesses are beginning to gain traction. People are now free to move throughout the metro. The public has resumed normal activities as a result.

The Center, adhering to its mission of assisting the metals, engineering, and allied industries, is opening its doors once again to individuals, companies, and other groups in training programs.

The MIRDC's first in-person training session, "Fundamentals of Gear Hobbing Operation," was held in November of 2021. Since that time, MIRDC has provided 43 face-to-face training courses.

"This is the demand of our partners and stakeholders. MIRDC will continue to implement training programs that require hands-on exercises.  We hope that the situation will steadily improve in the next coming months so that we can regularly deliver such services to the different sectors," Chief of the Industrial Training Section, Engr. Reynaldo L. Dela Cruz Jr., said.

MIRDC is responsible for the training of engineers and technicians for the metals and engineering industries. The resumption of face-to-face training courses will help MIRDC address the country's need for enhanced technical skills – skills that are crucial in enabling the country to become more resilient in the face of challenges in the future.