Welcome to the Mechanical Engineering Department
Guidant Senior Design and Rapid Prototyping Laboratory
Location:13-132
Students can create their design (digital files), 3-D physical model, enhance quality of their design, and fine-tune their design. Parts up to 10x10x10 inches can be produced using ABS, wax, or Elastomer.
Equipment:
- Rapid prototyping machine
- The rapid prototyping machine allows students to build plastic prototype models of their designs. Samples are produced by dropping tempered plastic onto the creation platform. Pieces are created from the bottom up. Though some samples can take several hours to produce, the students are able to create and produce their designs even if the design is very intricate.