Equipment Capacities

Note: When representing dimensions below, the unit vectors ŵ, d̂, and ĥ refer to width, depth, and height respectively

  • Maxiem Abrasive Water-Jet Cutter

    Travel
    (1500ŵ × 1500d̂) mm
    Bed size
    (2337ŵ × 1752d̂) mm
    Maximum clearance nozzle to bed
    170 mm
    Materials
    Almost any material up to 150 mm thick can be cut (e.g. hardened steel, ceramics, plastics, wood), but brittle materials can be troublesome and cutting costs increase non-linearly with thickness.

  • Haas VF-4 CNC Vertical Milling Centre

    Technician use only

    Travel
    (1270ŵ × 508d̂ × 635ĥ) mm
    Table weight capacity
    1600 kg
    Auxiliary 4th axis swing
    ⌀ 160 mm
    Spindle speed
    15000 rpm
    Auxiliary spindle attachment speed
    50000 rpm

  • Haas ST-10 CNC Lathe (pending)

    Technician use only

    Swing
    ⌀ 355 mm
    Spindle to tailstock
    355 mm
    Spindle bore
    ⌀ 50 mm

  • Cazeneuve Lathe

    Technician use only

    Swing
    ⌀ 530 mm
    Spindle to tailstock
    1900 mm
    Spindle bore
    ⌀ 51 mm

  • Colchester Triumph Lathe (×3)

    Swing
    ⌀ 380 mm over bed
    ⌀ 600 mm gap open
    Spindle to tailstock
    1400 mm
    Spindle bore
    ⌀ 55 mm

  • Kondia FV-1 Milling Machines (×3)

    Travel
    (790ŵ × 382d̂ × 419ĥ) mm

  • Drilling Machines

    Elliot Drill Press
    Spindle
    #4 Morse taper
    KBC 16" Drill Press
    Spindle
    #3 Morse taper
    Buffalo Drill Press (×3)
    Chuck capacity
    ⌀ 13 mm
    Max drill diameter
    ⌀ 41.2 mm
    ⌀ 1.625"
    Min drill diameter
    #80
    ⌀ 0.343 mm

  • Saws

    Johnson V-36 Vertical Bandsaw
    Throat
    36"
    914 mm
    Max thickness
    305 mm
    Meba Horizontal Bandsaw
    Max width
    406 mm
    Max thickness
    230 mm (nominal, larger is possible with special setup)
    Jet 14" Vertical Bandsaw
    Throat
    14"
    355 mm
    Max thickness
    150 mm
    Note
    This saw is typically set up with an 18 teeth/in. blade for cutting sheet stock that is too thick for the shear.

  • Atek Bantam 424 Press Brake

    Punches
    90° straight vee
    Tip radius
    0.5 mm
    Full length
    1220 mm
    90° gooseneck vee
    Tip radius
    0.5 mm
    Segmentation
    77, 97, 117, 137, 157 mm
    Dies
    90° vee
    Full length
    1220 mm
    Segmentation
    77, 97, 117, 137, 157 mm
    Max bend length
    1220 mm
    Max load
    24 tons
    Current tooling
    Up to 11 ga. (3 mm) mild steel at 1000 mm bend length.

  • Welders

    Millermatic 251 MIG Welder
    Max thickness
    12 mm mild steel (single pass)
    Note
    Optional aluminum wire feed
    Miller Dynasty 350 Tigrunner

    Technician use only

    Max current
    300 A
    Sunstone Engineering Pulse Arc Welder PA230M (instrument welder)

    Technician use only

  • Brown Boggs Shear (manual)

    Max cut length
    1220 mm
    Max thickness
    16 ga. (1.6 mm) mild steel
    20 ga. (0.9 mm) stainless steel

  • Rotex 18-A2.00 Manual Turret Punch (8 Ton nom.)

    Round punches
    5/32", 3/16", 7/32", 1/4", 9/32", 5/16", 3/8", 7/16", 1/2", 5/8", 3/4", 7/8", 1", 1 1/8", 1 1/4", 1 1/2", 1 3/4", 2"

  • Slip Rolls

    Length
    1220 mm
    Roller diameter
    ⌀ 75 mm (add springback allowance to get minimum theoretical rolling distance)
    Nominal max capacity
    16 ga. (1.6 mm) mild steel

  • Spot Welders

    SIP 15 KVA Spotwelder
    Max total thickness
    6 mm
    Miller 2.5 KVA Spotwelder
    Max total thickness
    1.5 mm

  • Plasma Cutters

    Technician use only

    Thermal Dynamics Cutmaster 100
    Max current
    80 A
    Max thickness
    13 mm mild steel
    Thermal Dynamics Aircut 15C
    Max thickness
    3 mm mild steel

  • Ney Vulcan 3-1750 Heat Treating Oven (programmable)

    Max temperature
    1100°C
    2012°F
    Interior volume
    (250ŵ × 320d̂ × 360ĥ) mm