Engineering Fabrication Laboratory and Machine Shop

Facilities

To support student projects and faculty research in mechanical engineering and electrical engineering, the college has a fabrication laboratory and machine shop in RBN 1020 and RBN 1025 occupying 3,000 square feet total.

The Machine Shop includes the following equipment:

• Atrump vertical mill and Atrump engine lathe
• Smithy 10x34 CNC Mill (Smithy)
• Wilton drill press
• Table saw, chop saw, horizontal band saw, and contour band saw
• Desktop CNC Lathe (ProLight 3000)
• Desktop CNC Mill (MaxNC)
• Grinders, buffers and disk and belt sander
• Tool sharpening grinder
• Sheet metal shear and brake
• Cyclone bead blasting system
• Enerpac hydraulic press
• Hydraulic tubing and pipe bender
• Folding floor crane with a capacity of one metric ton
• Parts washer
• 2 ton powered overhead hoist

A welding cell is housed in the Machine Shop with the following equipment:

• MIG welder
• Combined TIG and stick welder
• Plasma cutter portable
• CNC Plasma cutter with cylinder capabilities (48”x96”)
• Heat treatment furnace
• Surface grinder
• Oxyacetylene cutting and welding torch
• Downdraft welding platen
• Melting furnace (3000°C)

The Fabrication Lab includes the following equipment:

• Raise 3D Printer Pro-2 (12”x12”x24”) 2 units• Qidi 3D Printer (10”10”x10”) 4 units
• BOB-CAD CAD/CAM Software
• Rapid Prototyping System (JP System 5)
• Injection and Blow Molding Machine (Amatrol)
• Vacuum Forming Machine (Formech)
• Laboratory Press with Heated Platens (Carver)
• Robotics Five-Axis Robot with Servo Gripper (CRS)
• Photolithography Printed Circuit Board Fabrication Kit (Datek)
• Full Spectrum Laser cutting System (48”x36”)
• 5 Drawer rolling tool cabinet equipped with power and hand tools.

Mr. Edward Farina is the staff member responsible for the Fabrication Laboratory and Machine Shop.