Equipment
Equipment
Composite Manufacturing:
Some of our equipment includes a 30 sq. ft. walk in curing over and a 6 sq. ft. lab curing oven. Curing ovens are used to cure (cook) prepreg composite material after they are assembled. Taking the part from a soft pliable part that will not hold a shape and has no structural integrity, and makes it hard with non pliable with extreme structural integrity.
Injection Molding:
The Plastics department has a BabyPlast injection molding machine with a Mortto dryer. This is the first step in running a small production injection molding machine. We also have a Nissei 50-ton and a Boy 22-ton machine. These two machines are typically found in injection molding companies and provide the students hands-on experience on analog and digital machines.
We also have Tempek and a Conair chillers. Chillers are used to cool the molds that are in the injection molding machines. As the parts are molded, the heat from the molten plastics heats up the mold. The chiller cools off the molds through the water lines in the molds.
Thermoforming:
The Plastics department has a Formech Vacuum forming machine used for education and product design.
Extruding:
We are patiently waiting the arrival of our new Filabot Airpath. The Filabot Airpath is a device that uses forced convection to cool filament as it is being extruded. The Filabot Spooler can also be used for the common ABS and PLA materials to help get greater tolerance and easier extrusion setup. The air path is a must for researchers and development labs who are working with higher temperature polymers where the filament needs to be cooled before it is passed through the Filabot Spooler. This system has a speed read out so that consistent speeds can be set.
Rotational Molding:
We have multiple rotational machines. We have the Power lab #812 which allows for hot rotational molding. We also have the BJB CPE 615 Rotational casting machine to be used for two-part plastics such as urethane.
Compression Molding:
We have a Compression Molding Press from Carver Inc. The press is equipped with heating/cooling platens and a programmable digital controller which has a heating/cooling loop for each platen and built-in program for the required cooling rate.
3D Printing:
We have multiple Airwolf 3D printers. The machines take 3D information from a CAD system and print the item in a 3 dimensional format.
Testing Equipment:
We have a Stuart melting point apparatus. The temperature is selected, measured and displayed digitally making it accurate and negating the need for a thermometer.
Large Fabrication Equipment:
We have a Grizzly Industrial 18" variable-speed vertical metal bandsaw to use on our non-composite materials.
We also have a few Jet combination sanders.
Specimen Testing Equipment:
Coming soon.
Riveting/bonding Equipment:
Coming soon.
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