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Manufacturing Capabilities

North Dakota State University – Manufacturing Process Engineering Laboratory
Dolve Hall Room 137
Phone: 701-231-8946
Fax: 800-889-0135

Manufacturing 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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