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ENGINEERING FABRICATION LABORATORY

To support student projects and faculty research in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering, the College has a Fabrication Laboratory in Room 135 occupying 988 square feet.

The laboratory includes the following equipment:

  • Atrump vertical mill and Atrump engine lathe
  • Wilton drill press
  • Table saw, chop saw, horizontal band saw, and contour band saw
  • Grinders, buffers and disk and belt sander
  • Tool sharpening grinder
  • Sheet metal shear and break
  • Cyclone bead blasting system
  • Enerpac hydraulic press
  • Hydraulic tubing and pipe bender
  • One-metric-ton, folding floor crane
  • Parts washer

A welding cell is housed in the Fabrication Laboratory with the following equipment:

  • MIG welder
  • Combined TIG and stick welder
  • Plasma cutter
  • Heat treatment furnace
  • Surface grinder
  • Oxyacetylene cutting and welding torch
  • Downdraft welding platen

The Fabrication Laboratory also houses the office of the College's Scientific Instrument Maker and a Tool Room. Just outside the building, a small storage shed serves as a Materials Room. There are several work surfaces available for student projects. Students store their projects in the Tool Room. The lab is equipped with 150-psig air and a storage locker for flammable materials.

Mr. Jim Mills is the staff member responsible for the Fabrication Laboratory.

 

 


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