Air foil with Macor insert
The V22 wing assembly was constructed of cast aluminum and macor and produced in a Hurco VMX50 CNC vertical machining center. Toolpaths were generated from solid models using FeatureCAM software.
High Throughput Screening System (H.T.S.S.) is a tool used in insect research. The Engineering Machine Shop has built many of these tools that are in use worldwide.
Sections of prototype helicopter rotors for Bell Helicopter. Produced in the Hurco VMX50 CNC vertical machining center, the toolpaths were generated from solid models using FeatureCAM software. The machined surfaces were hand polished by shop personnel.
The Engineering Machine Shop has manufactured the components and modified the fuselage of the Falcon 10 jet aircraft, a flying laboratory, owned by the University of Notre Dames' Aero-Optics Laboratory (A.A.O.L.). The research and design conducted by the A.A.O.L. group will advance technology for weapons and communications systems.
A mold that was constructed by the Engineering Machine Shop for the leading edge of an airfoil made of a polymer.
SUV and pick up truck models for General Motors manufactured by the Engineering Machine Shop and tested in the Hessert Aerospace Laboratory wind tunnels. These were machined from blocks of wood and produced in the Hurco VMX24 CNC vertical machining center. Toolpaths were generated from solid models using FeatureCAM software.
This injection block assembly was produced for the University of Notre Dames' Chemistry Department and also for Northwestern University. These high precision assemblies feature a 0.007" hole drilled through one section. The original blueprint was a crude, hand drawn sketch that was modeled by shop personnel using the FeaturCAM software.