Manufacturing Automation Laboratory. This laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment in CAD/CAM (computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing) and manufacturing automation systems. It includes production type CNC milling machines, a CNC lathe equipped with force dynamometers and an acoustic emission sensor, a mini-CNC laser-micromachining station, an innovative sheet folding machine, an impact testing machine, an automated storage and retrieval system, a material handling carousel, and a robot assembly workstation.
Manufacturing Processing Laboratory. Basic machine tools such as turning, milling, drilling, grinding, welding, and measuring machines are available to help the student become familiar with metal-processing operations. The equipment is also used to perform laboratory experiments in heat treatment, tool life, and chip formation assessments.
Microcomputer Laboratory. This lab is equipped with state-of-the-art PCs.The lab has the latest simulation software such as ARENA, Matlab/Simulink, and optimization software LINDO, GINO, etc. It has software for quality control, plant layout, production control, statistical analysis, and text processing. It also has CAD/CAM/CAE software including AutoCAD, SolidWorks, ABAQUS, and FeatureCAM. The laboratory is connected to a universitywide network and the internet.
Quality and Reliability Engineering Laboratory. This lab has been developed to allow students to have hands-on experience in actual methods for quality control and reliability engineering. A variety of software for control charts, sampling plans, and design of experiments is available. The laboratory has a wide array of metrology equipment such as digital calipers and micrometers, a roundness measurement equipment, surface profilometers, and a coordinate measuring machine. It also has various materials testing equipment, a Rockwell hardness tester temperature chamber, vibration test stands, and failure analysis equipment such as voltage stressing equipment, and measuring microscopes. LABVIEW, Minitab, and STATGRAPHICS software are available for students' use.
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