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Process Lab
Manufacturing Capabilities
North Dakota State University – Manufacturing Process Engineering Laboratory Dolve Hall Room 137 Phone: 701-231-8946 Fax: 800-889-0135Manufacturing Engineering Capability Sheet
Machined Parts – All geometric shapes except cylindrical
- Maximum size of all shapes: 10” wide (254mm) x 12” long (304.8mm) x 12” high (304.8mm)
- Tolerance of all shapes: +/- .0005 (.0127mm)
- Maximum surface finish of all shapes: 15RMS
- Hardening, Tempering, and annealing of most ferrous and non-ferrous parts are available on a production or prototype basis up to the maximum size dimensions shown above
- Various finishing, plating and polishing techniques are also available
Machined Parts – Cylindrical
- Maximum size: 36” long (914.4mm) x 3” diameter (76.2mm)
- Diameter Tolerance: +/- .0001” (.00254mm)
- Length tolerance: +/- .010” (.254mm)
- Maximum surface finish of cylindrical parts: 5 RMS
- Hardening, Tempering, and annealing of most ferrous and non-ferrous parts are available on a production or prototype basis up to the maximum size dimensions shown above
- Various finishing, plating and polishing techniques are also available
Inspection Services
- Facilities include an inspection room, a small manual Coordinate Measurement Machine and a small optical comparator
- All measuring instruments are traceable to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Fabricated Parts including Weldments
- Shear, Brake and welding operations must be evaluated on a case by case basis but machine maximum sizes are about 36”
- All welding operations are supported for prototype and production welding
Design Services
- Machining Fixtures and Jigs, Welding Fixtures
- Stamping die design and construction
- Plastic injection mold design and construction
Instructional Services
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) instruction
- CAD-CAM instruction using CADKEY and MasterCam
- Jig, Fixture and Tool Engineering
- Reverse Engineering
- Cost Estimating
Please contact the Manufacturing Lab at the numbers above with questions or requests.
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