Phone: (617) 353-5056
Fax: (617) 353-6021
Email: mourato@bu.edu
Hours: 6:30am to 3pm
Our Facilities
The SIF’s well-outfitted shop includes an extensive array of machinery including a wire-edm, milling, turning, welding, grinding, and inspection equipment. The SIF stocks material and hardware, and uses industry-standard software tools from Mastercam and Solidworks.
Shop
- 10,500 square feet of Working Area
- Climate Controlled
- Loading Bay
- Two Overhead Cranes (10 and 2 Ton Capacity)
Equipment
Wire Electrical Discharge Machine: (EDM)
- Sodick AQ327L with LP1W Control, 15" x 11" x10" travel, Esprit software [Photo]
Milling:
- Proto Trak Vertical 3 axis CNC Mill, 40" x 20" x 19" travel [Photo]
- Hurco VM1 Vertical 3 axis CNC Mill, 26" x 14" x 18" travel [Photo]
- Hurco VM2 Vertical 3 axis CNC Mill, 40" x 18" x 18" travel [Photo]
- Milltronics 3 axis CNC Mill, 40" x 20" x 21" travel [Photo]
- Milltronics 3 axis CNC Mill, 100" x 30" x 26" travel [Photo]
- Bridgeport Mill with Acu-Rite 2 axis CNC control (table 48" x 9")
- Four Sharpe Mills with Acu-Rite 2 axis CNC controls (tables: 48" x 9") [Photo]
- One Sharpe Mill with Acu-Rite 3 axis control (table 48" x 9") [Photo]
- Fryer vertical bed mill with 3 axis CNC control (51" x 22" x 22" travel) [Photo]
Turning:
- Harrison-Alpha CNC Lathe, manual turret, 16" x 48" [Photo]
- Poreba Lathe Model TRP-93VS 38" x 72", gap to 45" [Photo]
- Two Monarch Tool Room Lathes with Newall Digital Readout (13"x20") [Photo]
- Two Hardinge Tool Room Lathes Model HLV-H with Acu-Rite III and Newall Digital Readouts [Photo]
- Monarch Engine Lathe Model 612 with Newall Digital Readout (20" Swing X30") [Photo]
Welding and Fabrication:
- Miller MIG Welder Model MP30E with S/S & Aluminum capabilities
- Miller Syncrowave 300 TIG Welder
- Thermo Dynamic Hand Plasma Cutting Unit
- Acorn Table with Accessories (5'x5')
- Wysong Shear Model 1025 (1/4" Capy. x 10')
- Darley 100 Ton Press Brake with Programmable Control
- Famco Pyramid Rolls Model PF5-36 (3/16" Mild Steel Capacity)
- Empire Bead/Sand Blaster Model PF3648
- Dake 75 Ton Hydraulic Press
- Amada Automatic Horizontal Band Saw Model HA-400
- DoAll Vertical Band Saw Model 3612
- Gerver Hand Rollers (2"x2")
- Gerver Hand Notchers
- Gerver Hand Shear
- Gerver Tubing and Bar Bender
- Three Welding Positioners up to 1000 lbs. capacity
Grinding:
- Brown & Sharpe Surface Grinder Model 1024 Micromaster
- Boyar Schultz Surface Grinder Model 612 Deluxe
- Dumore ID & OD Toolpost Grinder Model Series 57
Inspection:
- Brown & Sharpe Validator
- Jones & Lamson Comparator
- Micro-Hite 600 36" digital vertical height gage
- Starrett Digi-chek 12" height gage
- Varian 956 Vacuum Leak Detector, accuracy 1 x 10 -9 std cc/sec
- Meyers and Deltronic gage pins
- Rock of Ages surface plates, to 48" x 96" x 14"
- Gage Blocks
- Thread, Plug, and Ring Gages
Parts and Materials in stock
- Large Assortment of Hardware
- Aluminum
- Stainless Steel
- Titanium 6al4v
- Steel
- Brass
- Copper
- Plastics
- Ceramic

CAD/CAM Tools
The SIF has access to a broad spectrum of design tools from the following vendors through their University partnership programs:
Design tools from following vendors:
- Mastercam X4
- Solidworks
- Esprit