Equipment

We have a well equipped welding facility with the capability to weld aluminum, stainless steel, mild steel, magnesium etc. Additionally, we can cut metal using either flame or plasma cutting methods. Additional metal cutting capabilities consist of drilling, milling, turning, surface grinding, sawing and automated cutting.  Plastic thermoforming is also available.

Stay tuned as we are updating this page with our new equipment!

Drilling

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Powermatic PM2800B Drill Press
  • Milling
  • Drilling
  • Tapping
  • Boring
  • 24" x 14" x 16"
  • Metals
 1 Mini-Shop

Sawing

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Clausing Kalamazoo

H9AW Horizontal Bandsaw

Cutting large stock (>0.5") to length
  • Max stock, square: 8" x 13"
  • Max stock, round: 9"
  • Metals
  • Plastics
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Clausing Startrite

20V Vertical Band Saw

Cutting large stock (>0.5") to length
  • Max cut length: 20"
  • Metals
  • Plastics

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Weld Shop
 

Surface Grinding

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Clausing Equiptop

6" x 18" Precision Surface Grinder

Precision finishing of surfaces by grinding -- make surfaces very flat, parallel or cylindrical.
  • Max Grinding Length: 19"
  • Max Grinding Width: 7"
  • Max Grinding Height: 18"

  • Metals (both annealed and hardened)

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Weld Shop
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Wilton

Belt / Disc Sander

Material removal, sharpening and deburring.
  • Plastics
  • Wood
  • Metals (including aluminum)

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Mini Shop
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Clausing Equiptop

6" x 18" Precision Surface Grinder

Metal removal, sharpening and deburring. Can be used to "grind" hardened steels that cannot be cut using conventional cutting tools.
  • Ferrous metals only (steel, stainless steel, cast iron)

  • NO ALUMINUM

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Mini Shop

3D Printing

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Prusa

Mini

FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) 3D printing
  • Build volume: 7" x 7" x 7"
  • PLA only

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3D Print Farm

Prusa

i3

FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) 3D printing
  • Build volume: 9.84" x 8.3" x 8.3"
  • PLA
  • ABS
  • PET
  • HIPS
  • Flex PP
  • (more materials here)

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3D Printing Lab

Ultimaker

3S

FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) 3D printing
  • Build volume: 9" x 7.4" x 7.9"
  • PLA
  • ABS
  • Nylon
  • CPE/+
  • PC
  • PP
  • PVA
  • (more materials here)

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3D Printing Lab
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Formlabs

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SLA (Stereolithography) 3D printing
  • Build volume: 5.7" x 5.7" x 7.3"
  • Resin from Formlabs (see here)

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3D Printing Lab
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Shining 3D

EinScan-SE

3D scanning
  • Min scan volume: 30 x 30 x 30 mm
  • Max scan volume (fixed scan): 700 x 700 x 700 mm
  • Max scan volume (auto scan): 200 x 200 x 200 mm

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3D Printing Lab

Automated Cutting

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Omax

2652 Abrasive Waterjet Cutter

CNC cutting of planar entities
  • Work envelope: 24" x 24"
  • Machining tolerance: +/- 0.005"
  • Non-Brittle plastics
  • All Metals
  • Stone
  • Ceramic Tiles
  • Glass

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Weld Shop
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Epilog

Helix

Cut and engrave on various materials
  • 24" x 18"
  • See all materials here

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Laser Cutter Room

Trotec

Speedy 300

Cut and engrave on various materials
  • 29" x 17"

Engrave only:

  • Textiles
  • Glass
  • Metal (list)

Engrave and cut:

  • Laminates
  • Leather
  • Acrylic
  • Paper
  • Plastics
  • Stone
  • Wood

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Lase

Milling

Uses
 

Milling, drilling, tapping, boring and 2axis CNC machining.

Materials

Plastics, Metals

Video Demonstrations

  • Manual Facing (4 MB MPEG 1.3 MB WMV)
  • CNC Circular Interp (2 MB MPEG .2 MB WMV)

Job Specifications

  • Work Envelope: 24" x 14" x 16"

Specifications

  • Dimensions: 78" L x 100 W" x 82.5" H
  • Weight: 3306 lb
  • X, Y Travel: 28", 14.375",
  • Z Travel: Quill, Knee: 5.0", 16.5"
  • Max Table Load: 1050 lbs
  • RPM Range 1: 60-4000
  • Spindle Taper: R8
  • Spindle Power: 3 Hp
  • Controller: Accurite 2-Axis (X,Y) CNC
  • X ,Y Rapid Rates: 100 in/min
  • Postioning Accuracy .0002"
  • DXF file format import
  • Conversational programming

Resources

Uses

TBA

Materials

Plastics and metals

Job Specifications

  • Work Envelope: 42" long x 9" wide x 12" tall

Specifications

Resources

Turning

Turning simple cylindrical shapes including grooves, on-axis holes, straight threads, straight bores etc.

Materials

Plastics and metals

Video Demonstrations

  • OD Profiling (3.3 MB MPEG 1 MB WMV)

Job Specifications

  • Work Envelope: 15"diameter x 50" long"

Specifications

  • Dimensions: 99" L x 49" W x 51" H
  • Weight: 3300 lb
  • X travel: 9.8"
  • Z travel: 50"
  • RPM Range :25-2000
  • Swing over Cross Slide: 9.7 in
  • Tailstock Tape: 5MT
  • Spindle Taper: 5MT
  • Main Spindle Nose: D1-6
  • 8" 3 jaw chuck
  • Manual collet closer
  • Motor: 7.5 Hp

Resources

Uses

TBA

Materials

Plastics and metals

Job Specifications

  • Work Envelope: 6" diameter x 40" length

Specifications

Resources

Welding

Miller Millermatic 210 MIG Welder

Uses

Welding metals

Materials

Alloy and mild steels

Resources

Miller 180SD TIG Welder

Uses

TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) and SMAW (Shielded Metal Arc Welding)

Materials

  • Steel
  • Stainless
  • Titanium
  • Aluminum

Job Specifications

  • Work Envelope: 24" x 24"

Device Specifications

  • Rated Output at 40% Duty Cycle: 150 A
  • Welding Amperage Range: 10A-180A
  • Max Open-Circuit Voltage: 80V
  • Dimensions: 22.1" L x 13.6" W x 21" H
  • Weigth: 210 lbs

Resources

Hypertherm Powermax 600 Plasma Cutter

Uses

Cutting of metals

Materials

  • Aluminum
  • Mild steel
  • Stainless Steel

Device Specifications

  • Rated Output: 20A-40A
  • Rated Output at 50% Duty Cycle: 40 A, 140V
  • Rated Open-Circuit Voltage: 300V
  • Dimensions: 22.1" L x 13.6" W x 21" H
  • Max Cutting Capacity: 5/8" @ 50% Duty Cycle
  • Gas Type: Air or Nitrogen

 

Resources

Oxy-Acetylene Gas Welding/Cutting Outfit

Uses

Welding, brazing and flame cutting of metals.

Materials

  • Welding and cutting of mild steels
  • Brazing of many metals such as copper, SS, brass, chromoly etc.

Miller Spot Welder

Uses

Resistance welding of sheet metal.

Materials

  • Aluminum
  • Steel
  • Stainless steel.

Job Specifications

  • Max spot weld reach: 12"
  • Max thickness (mild steel): 3/16 in

Device Specifications

  • Dimensions: 21.75" L x 11" W x 49" H
  • Weight: 170 lbs
  • Rated Output (12" tongs):
  • Built-in Spot Timer
  • Air actuated tongs

Resources

Miller Electric Resistance Spot Welder

Sheet Metal

24" Sheet Metal Shear

24" Sheet Metal Brake

Uses

Shearing metal and plastic sheet.

Materials

Steel, aluminum, plastic

Capacity

  • 48" wide sheet.
  • Mild Steel .060" thick
  • Aluminum .100" thick
  • Stainless Steel .031" thick
  • Plastic .200" thick

Device Specifications

  • Model: FK-H4816
  • Weight: 988 lbs

Uses

Bending sheet metal and plastics.

Materials

Metal and plastic sheet such as mild steel, stainless steel aluminum and ABS. Thickness depends on material.

Capacity

  • 48" sheet, thickness depends on material
  • Bends up to 100 degrees
  • Mild Steel .040 thick
  • Aluminum .060 thick
  • Stainless Steel .031 thick

 

Uses

Cutting 90 degree notches in metal and plastic sheet.

Materials

Metal and plastic sheet.

Capacity

  • Mild Steel .060" thick
  • Aluminum .100" thick
  • Stainless Steel .031" thick
  • Plastic .200" thick

 

Materials

Metals

Description

Thermo-Forming

Uses

Forming plastic sheet by heating and then applying vacuum through a mold cavity or core.

Materials

ABS, PETG

Job Specifications

  • Max Mold Size: 24" x 24"
  • Max Depth of Draw: 26"
  • Max Material Thickness: .125"

Device Specifications

  • Dimensions: 71.6" L x 27.5" W x 47.2" H
  • Weight: 484 lb

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