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DOST-FPRDI conducts workshop on furniture testing

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The DOST- Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) recently conducted a one- day workshop on Furniture Testing with 22 participants from Southgate Limited, a foreign-owned furniture buyer in the Philippines. The workshop aimed to familiarize Southgate’s quality control personnel with furniture tests following quality protocols to improve their internal laboratory testing.

Engr. Victor G. Revilleza, Technical Manager of the FPRDI Furniture Testing Center (FFTC) led the workshop, while Engrs. Alvin F. Vardeleon and Edward Paul S. Marasigan, laboratory analysts, demonstrated how the machines work. They also demonstrated performance testing of chairs and tables, which include static, fatigue, impact and stability test.

Engr. Vardeleon demonstrates how to use the X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) device to measure lead content in paint applied to furniture.
Engr. Vardeleon demonstrates how to use the X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) device to measure lead content in paint applied to furniture.

Engr. Revilleza and Engr. Vardeleon demonstrate transit testing of packaged products using the Vibration Test Machine, Accudrop Drop Tester Machine and Inclined Impact Tester Machine. These machines help anticipate how products will perform during shipping. Engr. Revilleza and Engr. Vardeleon demonstrate transit testing of packaged products using the Vibration Test Machine, Accudrop Drop Tester Machine and Inclined Impact Tester Machine. These machines help anticipate how products will perform during shipping.

Engr. Revilleza and Engr. Vardeleon demonstrate transit testing of packaged products using the Vibration Test Machine, Accudrop Drop Tester Machine and Inclined Impact Tester Machine. These machines help anticipate how products will perform during shipping.
Engr. Revilleza and Engr. Vardeleon demonstrate transit testing of packaged products using the Vibration Test Machine, Accudrop Drop Tester Machine and Inclined Impact Tester Machine. These machines help anticipate how products will perform during shipping.

Workshop participants headed by Ms. Elma H. Lopez and Susan P. Macaraig with FFTC’s Engr. Revilleza.
Workshop participants headed by Ms. Elma H. Lopez and Susan P. Macaraig with FFTC’s Engr. Revilleza.

FFTC helps the Philippine Furniture industry enhance its global competitiveness through evaluating the quality of furniture in conformance to local and international test standards.The workshop was held last 16 July 2019 at the FFTC. ### (Juliemar Purificacion, 30 July 2019)