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

1. 10,500 square feet of Working Area
2. Climate Controlled
3. Loading Bay
4. Two Overhead Cranes (10 and 2 Ton Capacity)

Equipment

Wire Electrical Discharge Machine: (EDM)

1. Sodick AQ327L with LP1W Control, 15″ x 11″ x10″ travel, Esprit software

Milling:

1. Proto Trak Vertical 3 axis CNC Mill, 40″ x 20″ x 19″ travel
2. Hurco VM1 Vertical 3 axis CNC Mill, 26″ x 14″ x 18″ travel
3. Hurco VM2 Vertical 3 axis CNC Mill, 40″ x 18″ x 18″ travel
4. Milltronics 3 axis CNC Mill, 40″ x 20″ x 21″ travel
5. Milltronics 3 axis CNC Mill, 100″ x 30″ x 26″ travel
6. Bridgeport Mill with Acu-Rite 2 axis CNC control (table 48″ x 9″)
7. Four Sharpe Mills with Acu-Rite 2 axis CNC controls (tables: 48″ x 9″)
8. One Sharpe Mill with Acu-Rite 3 axis control (table 48″ x 9″)
9. Fryer vertical bed mill with 3 axis CNC control (51″ x 22″ x 22″ travel)

Turning:

1. Harrison-Alpha CNC Lathe, manual turret, 16″ x 48″
2. Poreba Lathe Model TRP-93VS 38″ x 72″, gap to 45″
3. Two Monarch Tool Room Lathes with Newall Digital Readout (13″x20″)
4. Two Hardinge Tool Room Lathes Model HLV-H with Acu-Rite III and Newall Digital Readouts
5. Monarch Engine Lathe Model 612 with Newall Digital Readout (20″ Swing X30″)

Welding and Fabrication:

1. Miller MIG Welder Model MP30E with S/S & Aluminum capabilities
2. Miller Syncrowave 300 TIG Welder
3. Thermo Dynamic Hand Plasma Cutting Unit
4. Acorn Table with Accessories (5′x5′)
5. Wysong Shear Model 1025 (1/4″ Capy. x 10′)
6. Darley 100 Ton Press Brake with Programmable Control
7. Famco Pyramid Rolls Model PF5-36 (3/16″ Mild Steel Capacity)
8. Empire Bead/Sand Blaster Model PF3648
9. Dake 75 Ton Hydraulic Press
10. Amada Automatic Horizontal Band Saw Model HA-400
11. DoAll Vertical Band Saw Model 3612
12. Gerver Hand Rollers (2″x2″)
13. Gerver Hand Notchers
14. Gerver Hand Shear
15. Gerver Tubing and Bar Bender
16. Three Welding Positioners up to 1000 lbs. capacity

Grinding:

1. Brown & Sharpe Surface Grinder Model 1024 Micromaster
2. Boyar Schultz Surface Grinder Model 612 Deluxe
3. Dumore ID & OD Toolpost Grinder Model Series 57

Inspection:

1. Brown & Sharpe Validator
2. Jones & Lamson Comparator
3. Micro-Hite 600 36″ digital vertical height gage
4. Starrett Digi-chek 12″ height gage
5. Varian 956 Vacuum Leak Detector, accuracy 1 x 10 -9 std cc/sec
6. Meyers and Deltronic gage pins
7. Rock of Ages surface plates, to 48″ x 96″ x 14″
8. Gage Blocks
9. Thread, Plug, and Ring Gages

Parts and Materials in stock

1. Large Assortment of Hardware
2. Aluminum
3. Stainless Steel
4. Titanium 6al4v
5. Steel
6. Brass
7. Copper
8. Plastics
9. 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:

1. Mastercam X4
2. Solidworks
3. Esprit