Manufacturing Laboratory
The Department of Industrial Engineering uses the AUS Manufacturing Laboratory for both teaching and research.
Lab Director: Dr. Basil Darras
Lab Instructors: Eng. Rami Ali Shunnag and Eng. Mohammed Mustafa
Lab Technicians: Mr. Dennis Pusing and Mr. Ronald Almirez
Room Number: EB1-054
Course Number: INE 301, INE 439, INE 490/INE 491
The Manufacturing Laboratory is equipped with a variety of conventional and computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools in addition to a range of sensors to measure, monitor and control machining processes. It is used to conduct tests to examine the machinability of the work material, assessing the factors that affect the machining performance, optimizing the cutting conditions for a given operation. In addition, it includes a section for sample preparation and rapid prototyping. The laboratory is also used to produce a physical product and explore the effect of varying the process plan on cost of production and product quality.
The major equipment in the laboratory includes:
- CNC machining center
- CNC lathe
- injection modeling machine
- general lathe
- universal milling machines
- surface grinder
- shaping machine
- drilling machine
- grinding machine
- Shielded metal arc welding
- Gas Metal Arc welding
- Oxyfuel gas welding
- Resistance welding
- tool post dynamometer
- tool-makers microscopes
- surface profilers
- infrared thermometers
- vibration and AE sensors
- Carbolite 1100° C chamber furnace
- hardness testing machine
- METACUT cut-off machine
- sample injection molding apparatus
- Rapid Prototyping equipment - FDM
