Supporting Equipment List

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Software

  • ANSYS multi-physics finite element program
  • Solid Works 3D design
  • Edge CAM mill and lathe package
  • (All software is the most up-to-date version available, with current maintenance contracts in place)

Test Equipment

  • Universal test machines from 10 grams full scale to 60,000 lbs
  • Torque test facility to 1 million in·lb x 6in length
  • Torque test facility to 200,000 in·lb x 8ft length
  • Variable speed spin test with angular misalignment to 10°
  • Scales from gram balance up to 5,000 lb
  • Complete microscopy lab with data analysis software
  • Standard composite equipment; gel timers, viscometers, etc.

Composite Manufacturing

  • Pultrusion equipment with up to 20,000 lb pull force
  • Filament winding up to 8ft diameter x 15ft length
  • 60in width Rosenthal slitter
  • 4ft x 10ft vacuum lay-up table and supporting equipment
  • 38in x 38in x 5in 100 psi press-clave
  • 2 – 20 ton heated hydraulic presses
  • 10in x 12in x 30in sintering furnace to 2300°F
  • Several ovens, up to 911 cubic feet, with accurate temperature control
  • Centrifuging equipment
  • Multiple Meter/Mix machines, small and large scale

Tool Room

  • 6ft x 12ft FLOW water-jet with dynamic cutting head
  • Hitachi_Seiki 20in x 40in Vertical Machining Center
  • Ultima vertical mill with Proto-Trak control
  • Okuma LC-40 Turning Center
  • 26in x 234in American Pacemaker Lathe with CNC control
  • 14in x 80in 600 Lathe with CNC control
  • 14in x 54in American Pacemaker manual lathe
  • Sharp vertical manual mill
  • 6in x 12in Brown and Sharpe surface grinder
  • 6in x 18in Boyar-Shultz surface grinder
  • 5in x 10in sinker EDM
  • HE&M horizontal band saw to 14” diameter