Equipment for Design, Manufacturing, Metrology and Testing
The Machine Elements & Mechanical Design Laboratory combines polymer additive manufacturing, precision metrology, workshop machinery, dedicated test rigs and simulation tools for research, teaching and collaborative engineering work.
Additive Manufacturing & Prototyping
Polymer 3D printing infrastructure for functional prototypes, teaching demonstrators, experimental fixtures and small-scale validation hardware.
FDM / FFF Printer Cluster
Current desktop polymer printing setup including Elegoo Neptune 4 MAX, Elegoo Centauri Carbon and BambuLab P1S for rapid fabrication of prototypes, mechanisms and lab fixtures.
- FDM / FFF
- PLA / ABS / PETG
- BambuLab P1S: 256 x 256 x 256 mm
Resin Printing & Post-Processing
High-detail resin printing and finishing setup for small precision components, visual models and experimental demonstrators, alongside the documented Anycubic Photon and Nobel Advanced resin systems.
- Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra 16K
- Mercury Plus V2.0
- DLP / SLA resin printing
Stratasys Fortus 360mc
Engineering FDM printer used for robust ABS components and additive-manufactured prototypes.
- FDM
- 355 x 254 x 254 mm
- ABSplus P430
Custom 3-Axis Router
Small-scale routing platform for rapid-prototyping components, molds and laboratory manufacturing tasks.
- 3-axis routing
- Prototype molds
- RP support
Metrology & Reverse Engineering
Coordinate measurement, probing and portable reverse-engineering tools for dimensional inspection and validation of manufactured parts.
DEA Global 071005 CMM
Coordinate Measuring Machine for precision three-dimensional inspection, dimensional verification and reverse-engineering workflows.
- 700 x 1000 x 500 mm
- ±6 µm accuracy
DEA Brown & Sharpe Mistral CMM
Coordinate measuring machine for dimensional inspection and reverse-engineering tasks.
- Renishaw PH10M/TP200 head
- 700 x 700 x 500 mm
Renishaw TP20 Probe System
Touch-trigger probe modules for CMM measurement tasks requiring repeatable contact inspection across multiple sensing directions.
- 5 sensing directions
- 0.35 µm repeatability
- ±1 µm module changing
FARO Portable CMM Arms
Portable coordinate measurement for contact and non-contact reverse engineering, including laser camera workflows.
- 2 portable CMMs
- 6 DOF
- 2.8 m work sphere
Conventional Metrological Equipment
General-purpose metrology equipment for workshop checks, dimensional inspection and support of prototype validation workflows.
- Dimensional checks
- Workshop metrology
- Inspection support
Mechanical Workshop
Machining and workshop infrastructure for prototype construction, fixture manufacturing and laboratory test-rig support.
OKUMA MX-45VAE CNC Center
Three-axis CNC machining center used for precision components, tooling and laboratory mechanism fabrication.
- 3-axis CNC
- Machining center
- Prototype parts
Charmilles NC EDM
Sink EDM capability for precision cavities, tooling details and workshop fabrication tasks requiring contactless material removal.
- EDM
- Charmilles NC
- Sink erosion
Workshop Machine Tools
Conventional lathe, milling, drilling, planing and metrology tools supporting day-to-day laboratory manufacturing.
- TOS lathe
- TOS milling
- Drilling & metrology
Dynamics Testing & Instrumentation
Vibration excitation, response measurement and data-acquisition infrastructure for dynamic characterization, modal testing and experimental validation.
DERRITRON VP 25M Electromagnetic Vibrator
Electromagnetic vibration source used for controlled forced-vibration testing, including resonance-curve measurements and fixture-based dynamic characterization of materials and mechanical components.
- DERRITRON VP 25M
- Forced vibration
- DIN EN ISO 6721 workflows
- Fixture integration
Data Acquisition & Sensor Systems
Instrumentation chain for vibration, acoustic, force, thermal and AE measurements, supporting repeatable signal capture, LabVIEW-based control and post-processing.
- 2 NI PXI systems
- 2 NI cRIO systems
- Baker EXP3000
- 20 IEPE accelerometers
- 6 IEPE microphones
- 30 capacitive microphones
- 1 AE sensor
- 1 laser vibrometer
- 4 force sensors
- 1 thermal imaging camera
Test Rigs & Experimental Systems
Purpose-built rigs for clutch operation, gear testing, dynamic response measurements and laboratory-scale experimental validation.
Open-State Wet Clutch Test Rig
Experimental rig for disengaged clutch operation, drag-torque measurement and visual oil-air flow observation between stationary and rotating discs.
- Drag torque
- High-speed imaging
- Grooved disc studies
Wet Clutch Engagement Rig
Scaled SAE #2-inspired setup for studying clutch engagement response, torque transfer, relative angular speed and actuator force.
- SAE #2 scaled rig
- Torque response
- Actuator force
FZG-Type Gear Test Rig
Gear testing infrastructure for studying power-transmission components, contact behavior and rig-based validation.
- Gear testing
- Transmission research
- Experimental validation
Goulder-Mikron Double-Flank Gear Tester
Double-flank gear roll testing setup for evaluating gear composite deviations, inspection workflows and experimental validation of gear-contact behavior.
- Goulder-Mikron
- Double-flank testing
- Gear inspection
Photoelasticity Setup
Experimental photoelasticity apparatus for qualitative stress-field visualization and component-level studies in machine element teaching and research.
- Photoelasticity
- Stress visualization
- Component studies