A new collaboration established between the Istituto Tecnico Industriale Statale G. Feltrinelli of Milan and Mitsubishi Electric's Training Centre in Agrate Brianza aims to bridge the gap between studies and the world of work.
The project is targeted primarily at thermotechnics students in their fourth and fifth years of high school, with a technical training path dedicated to technological, applicative, and regulatory innovations and the outlook and opportunities of the air-conditioning sector.
The course is structured in three days of training for each class, and a total of about 120 students are involved. In March and April 2014, lessons took place in the classrooms and laboratories of the Air Conditioning Training Centre. This is located in Agrate Brianza next to the company's headquarters in order to allow students to experience and solidify what they have learned in theory through practical exercises on machines in operation.
The first day included a thorough analysis of the running of a refrigerating circuit from both a theoretical and a practical point of view. The second day involved the study of plant engineering applications and technologies which characterize contemporary air conditioning. On the last day, students experienced full immersion in the heart of Mitsubishi Electric technologies, and in particular of technology solutions for space heating and heat recovery with a focus on ecological and economic sustainability.
