Graduate Institute of Technology at UALR

Graduate Institute of Technology

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

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Facilities

The GIT shops are contained within the ETAS Annex. The building is divided into the following areas:

Fabrication Shop

The fab shop is a fully operational machine shop with two vertical mills, two lathes, drill presses, saws, and grinders, as well as a small parts sand blaster. The primary function of this shop is to produce parts and assemblies to support research and development both on and off campus. The machines in this shop are generally not open for student or faculty use.

Woodworking/Project Shop

This multipurpose room is open daily as a woodshop. The woodworking equipment consists of a table saw, miter saw, planer, and drill press. The room may also be used for the construction of special projects or for class meetings, but it must be reserved in advance with the Shop Coordinator. Furthermore, the area may be reserved for time periods of no longer than fifteen (15) working days.

Conference Room

Shop staff meetings, client consultations, and student classes are commonly held in our conference room. This room will comfortably seat fifteen people and is equipped with a TV, VCR, overhead projector, and two large whiteboards.

Educational Shop

While under direct supervision by shop personnel, students learn basic machining skills in the educational shop. This area contains CNC and manual machines, as well as a metrology lab and tool room. Specifically, students have access to the following equipment:

CNC (computer numeric control) machines

  • Bridgeport Interact 412 - a three axis vertical milling station with twelve station tool turret
  • Daewoo Puma 8 - a horizontal turning station with twelve station tool turret
  • EMCO PC Mill 55 - a three axis vertical tabletop mill
  • EMCO Compact 5 CNC - a horizontal tabletop lathe with a three station tool turret attachment and a milling attachment

Manual cutting machines

  • Clausing Kondia FV-1 – a three axis vertical mill with digital numerical readout
  • American Machine Tool Co. Turnmaster 15x50 – a horizontal lathe with digital numerical readout

Grinding machines

  • Browne and Sharp
  • K.O. Lee

Measurement/Inspection

  • Coordinate Measuring Machine
  • Microscope with two axis table
  • Hardness testers

Student Shop

Students, faculty, and staff may work in this area independently. Vertical mills, horizontal lathes, drill presses, grinders, saws, and sheet metal tools are all available for use. Tools and instruments for use in this shop may be checked out from the tool room.

Welding/Sheet Metal Shop

This area holds five welding stations complete with three welders and two torch cutters. A break, shear, roll, and turret punch are also available for sheet metal working. Welding may be performed only under the direct supervision of shop personnel or approved faculty.

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