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Spindle Metrology Precision Grinding Diamond Turning Machine Design
Ultra-precision Spindle Metrology Precision Grinding Diamond Turning of Brittle Materials Precision Machine Design

Diamond Turning, Grinding, and Spindle Metrology Equipment

Moore/Nanotechnology Systems AG150 Asphere generator Moore ultra-precision grinding machine

Grejda reversal hardware from Professional Instruments Professional Instruments lapped sphere results

Partial Equipment List

Machine Tools:
Moore AG150 Aspheric Generator with vacuum chucking, water-cooled Professional Instruments Twin-Mount spindles
Moore CNC precision lathe/grinder with two Professional Instruments Twin-Mount spindles
Moore No. 3 precision lathe/grinder with two Professional Instruments Twin-Mount and 10B spindles
Moore No. 3 precision lathe/grinders with Professional Instruments Foot-Flange spindle (2)
Moore No. 3 Universal Measuring Machine and LRT precision rotary table
Professional Instruments ultra-precision spindle calibrator and roundness checker
Professional Instruments/Lion Precision plunge grinder with instrumented spindles
Professional Instruments cylindrical coordinate measuring machine
 
Complete machine shop with lathes, mills, and grinders available for project use
CNC machines with 4/5 axis capabilities available for project use on campus
Instrumentation:
Hewlett Packard, MTS and National Instruments data acquisition systems
Kistler 9257A dynamometer
Kistler 9256A Mini-Dyn dynamometer
Kistler three axis load cells and impact hammers
Kistler accelerometers and Kistler triaxial accelerometers
Kistler acoustic emission sensors
Lion Precision capacitance gages and drivers (1, 10, 50 mV/micro-inch)
Professional Instruments nanometer roundness tester
Professional Instruments spindle calibrator
Professional Instruments rolling element bearing analyzer
Tropel grazing incidence interferometer

Lab Floor Plans

21 Reber 21 Reber
Room 20 Room 21