Iron Range Engineering Laboratories

Iron Range Engineering is a getting new laboratory space for students to use. As mentioned in the IRE Groundbreaking Ceremony post, IRE is going to be constructing an electronics lab and a manufacturing lab. Both of these will house brand new equipment available to the students. The electronics lab will have five workbenches with power supplies, function generators, and oscilloscopes. They will also have teaching boards for learning about how the different electric and electronic components work. I feel that the machines for the manufacturing lab are much more impressive however. We will be installing a vertical Computer Numerical Control (CNC) milling machine, a CNC lathe, a manual mill, a laser cutter, and a water jet. We are very fortunate to have benefactors from the region that have assisted in purchasing this equipment for our new building. In particular, the Blandin Foundation, the Minnesota Power Foundation, and the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board have graciously donated hundreds of thousands of dollars. The ability to create our own parts will greatly assist with our semester projects.