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A 4-axis CNC vertical machining center (FADAL), a 3-axis CNC mill (HURCO), a CNC lathe (EMCO), Computer controlled conveyor systems, and Assembly robots. |
Inspection equipment: |
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Linear measuring instruments, optical inspection equipment, a measurement data acquisition system, a coordinate measuring machine, a surface profilometer, and a circular geometry instrument |
Rapid prototyping:
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A machine that uses the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) technology and a rapid prototyping machine that uses the Laminated Object Modeling (LOM) technology |
Manual machine tools: |
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Turret lathes, Vertical and horizontal milling machines, drill presses, band saws, metal forming presses, surface grinders, an EDM unit, and a plastic injection-molding machine) |
Sensors and data acquisition: |
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A three-force component Kistler table dynamometer for milling and turning and a data acquisition system (consists of Kistler amplifiers, A/D board, PC and LabView software) |
| Computers |
| CNC Software: |
- AVML (Under Development)
- UNIGRAPHICS, I-DEAS Master Series, and Pro/ENGINEER CAD/CAM systems
- MILLPRO (for milling process simulation).
- SolidWorks, AutoCAD, IronCAD, and Rhino CAD systems
- SurfCAM CAM system
- IMAN Product Data Management System
- ACIS solid modeling kernel
- PATRAN, ANSYS, COSMOS and ABAQUS for Finite Element Analysis
- I-MAN and I-DEAS Team Data Manager (PDM systems)
- LABVIEW 4.1 (for data acquisition)
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| Computer Hardware: |
| NT and UNIX machines (One SUN Ultra 250, four SUN Ultra 5s, and NT machines) |
| Computer Network: |
| Intranet and Internet |
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723 West Michigan Street, SL 260
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5132
Phone: 317 274-9717
Fax: 317 274-9744
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