Manufacturing and Material Sourcing

Ordering Materials and Hardware

For fasteners and other mechanical hardware McMaster Carr is fast and has almost any mechanical component you'll need. They can be more expensive, especially for tools, so look into local material and tool suppliers too. Also be aware that some metal orders may have high tariffs too.

For electrical hardware, Digikey is fast and has a huge array of components and tools. Like McMaster Carr, tools can be expensive on Digikey so check other suppliers before ordering tools or dev kits.

Local Material Suppliers

For metals, New West Metals is fast, has reasonable prices, and ships to the university regularly.

For plastics, Johnston Plastics is good.

Generally, suppliers do not post their prices and you will need to call or email them.

Machining

Dan and Irwin in the mechanical machine shop can do most of our milling, lathing, and other manufacturing.

Their office is E1-206 and their machine shop is E1-208.

Daniel.Rossong@umanitoba.ca

Irwin.Penner@umanitoba.ca

Circuit Board and Manufacturing and Assembly

The Iris Team has been using MicroArt for all circuit board manufacturing and assembly.

High-Precision Laser Etching

The Iris Payload team has been using Altech Anodizing for laser etching the gnomon pattern. They have delivered good results and their rates seem reasonable.