FACILITIES
Computer laboratory and Machine laboratory in Bainer Hall
Machine tools:
- Hahn grinding machine (OD, ID, rotational dressing) built by R.S. Hahn (kindly donated by WPI, MA), under refurbishment, with leveling feet (kindly donated by Mason Industries)
- Strasbaugh 6de-dc-1 overarm polisher
- Grinding test rig:
- Belt and wheel grinding (Baldor spindle)
- Different gas environments
- x-y-feed system (kindly donated by Bosch Rexroth)
- Anti-vibration table
- Vibratory finishers:
- VB150 (Burr King)
- Mini magnetic tumbler KT-100
- TV-5 tumbler (Raytech)
- Additive manufacturing:
- Extrusion deposition 3D printer Lulzbot Mini (Lulzbot)
- Filament extruder and shredder (Felfil)
- Power tools:
- Sanders and grinders (kindly donated by 3M)
- Hand-held rotary tool (Dremel)
- Turbine Grinder (kindly donated by Mannesmann Demag)
- Sander (Genesis)
Measurement:
- Glossmeter (60°, 20°) (kindly donated by Zehntner GmbH Testing Instruments)
- Shop microscope with camera
- USB-microscopes
- Mitutoyo BRT504 Coordinate Measurement Machine
- White light interferometer from University of Kaiserslautern
- Roughness measurement SJ210 (Mitutoyo)
- High-precision scale
Process monitoring:
- Power metering (high frequency power meter kindly donated by SystemInsights, other meters by Watts Up meter, HOBO Onset, and Yokogawa )
- Piezoelectric force measurement (Kistler)
- Acoustic Emission sensor (KRN)
- Rotational speed measurement (Monarch Instruments)
- Accelerometer
- Temperature measurement (National Instruments)
- Pressure and flow rate of fluids and air (IFM, CS Instruments)
- DAQ-Boards (National Instruments)
- ST SensorTile kit (ST)
- Force and magnetic field meters (Vernier)
- High precision scale (A&D Co.)
Additional equipment:
- Friction tester
- Robot modules (Barobo)
- Vortex tube cooling kit (kindly donated by Exair)
- Fanuc robot arm
Access to shared facilities: UC Davis Engineering Student Design Laboratory (ESDC), AMCAT metallography