Machining Technology Lab

Harry E. Zumbrun Machining Technology Lab (Machine Shop)

 

Located in the northeast wing of the Kinsley Engineering Center is a 5,550-square foot facility equipped with large and small machine tools, portable power tools, hand tools, and a variety of materials for fabrication. The Machining Technology Lab is a teaching facility as well as a full support facility for academic courses such as EPADS (Engineering Practice and Design Studio), Materials Science, Strength of Materials, Machine Design and culminating in Capstone Design I and II.

During their freshman year, engineering students are taught basic machine shop practice with the primary focus on shop safety. See the KEC Shop Safety Manual. Students learn the basic operation of the drill press, horizontal band saw, vertical band saw, engine lathe, vertical and horizontal milling machine, stationary belt/disk grinders, drilling and tapping, and die grinding.  

Student progress from basic machine operations to computer numerical control (CNC) machinery which can produce parts designed with SolidWorks 3D CAD system.

  • Haas TL-1 CNC Tool room lathe

    Haas TL-1 CNC Tool room lathe

    • Haas TL-1 CNC Tool room lathe
    • Haas TM-2 CNC Tool room mill
    • Bridgeport Series I 2J head vertical mill with power feed and 0.0001” DRO
    • Supermax vertical mill (Bridgeport type) with 0.0005” DRO
    • Burke Machine Tool horizontal mill
    • Alliant vertical mill (Bridgeport type) with power feed and 0.0005” DRO
    • Hardinge HLV super precision tool room lathe
    • Clausing 12-inch lathe with 0.0005” DRO
    • Hardinge HSL-59 speed lathe
    • Sebastian geared head engine lathe (10-foot bed)
     
  • Haas TM-2 CNC Tool room mill

    Haas TM-2 CNC Tool room mill

    • 2 Graziano Sag 12 engine lathes with 0.0005” DRO
    • Wilton 10-inch drill press
    • Dake-Johnson 20-inch horizontal band saw
    • DoAll 16-inch vertical band saw
    • Jet  12x24 automatic surface grinder
    • K.O. Lee 6 x 18 manual surface grinder
    • DoAll combination 6-inch belt/12-inch disk grinder
    • DeWalt 14-inch abrasive cut-off saw
    • Delta 1-inch belt grinder
    • Pedestal wheel grinders and buffing/wire brush heads
    • Sheet metal fabrication area comprising a Pexto 24-inch brake, Pexto 37-inch shear, Wysong 37-inch slip  roll, and a Pexto 8 ½ -inch x 37-inch hardy plate mounted  on a 4-feet x 6-feet workbench.
     
  • Tool Room

    Tool Room

    The tool room houses precision tooling, indicators, and gages for the manual and CNC machine tools, a wide assortment of hardware, taps, dies, drill bits, reamers, die grinders, cordless power tools, hand tools, and diamond wheel grinder for sharpening carbide tooling.  
  • Wood Shop

    Wood Shop

    The wood shop houses portable and floor model woodworking machines (band saw, table saw, drill press, thickness planer, combination belt/disk sander, router, jig saws, hot-wire styrofoam  cutter, belt and random orbital sanders, pad sander, circular saw, dust collection, air filtration) and workbenches for student and faculty use, as well as wood and plastic project material.  
  • Weld Shop

    Weld Shop

    The weld room contains a variety of brazing and welding equipment (oxy/acetylene gas welding and cutting torches, arc welding, MIG welding, TIG welding), plasma cutting, welding benches, weld fume extraction system, welding apparel and supplies.