The Project Workshop is intended for making prototypes. The materials are restricted to wood, plastic, or aluminum.
Larger scale manufacturing equipment and operations are also available on campus with professional supervision and fewer restrictions on materials:
- UTD Machine Shop in the North Lab (NL 1.701)
- UTDesign Shop in the Synergy Park North Building (SPN 1.2)
- There are also additional specialized manufacturing equipment and operations located on campus.
The following equipment and tools are available in the ECSW Project Workshop (mainly ECSW 1.160, unless other rooms are noted):
Aluminum
- Aluminum Saw (ideal for extruded aluminum: 8020, tnutz, or tslots)
- Bantam Mill
- WAZER waterjet cutter
- Drill press [Faculty or Staff must be present to operate]
- Tap and die
Aluminum sheets
Aluminum sheets 5000 series work very well if you plan to bend the sheets and not have to deal with cracks.
Electronics (ECSW 1.164)
- Please come during the office hours of the faculty to use this room.
- Arduino [in ECSW 1.164]
- Soldering equipment [in ECSW 1.164]
Plastics or Acrylic
- Makerbot 3D printers
- Injection molding
- CNC router
- Laser cutting [in ECSW 1.150B]
- Hole punch kit
- Vacuum forming [This machine is “Made in UTD.”]
Woodworking (ECSW 1.160BA)
- Hand saws
- Chisel kit
- Table saw [Faculty or Staff must be present to operate]
- Chop saw [Faculty or Staff must be present to operate]
- Scroll saw
- Vacuum cleaners
- Chop/band saw [Faculty or Staff must be present to operate]
Paint Booth (ECSW 1.429)
- Please come to ECSW 1.160 during the student worker’s office hours. They will open the paint booth for you.
- We cannot allow one person to be alone in the booth, so please come with a partner. The student worker cannot be your partner.
- Bring with you the item you like to paint, the paint, and the PPE required.
- We require a face mask that you need to bring with you. Please read the label of your paint can and make sure to get appropriate face mask.
- We also require safety glasses from ECSW 1.160.
- When using the paint booth, the lever (1) is ON, the switch (2) is up, the switch (3) is up, the knob on (4) is at 30%.
- When not using the paint booth and there is no drying paint in the booth, please turn the switch (3) down.
Miscellaneous
- Mixer for paper pulp projects
- Embroidery
- Mug printing
- Boba cup sealing machine for making kits
Computer workstations:
- AutoCAD;
- SolidWorks;
- CREO Parametric;
- Arduino;
- Microsoft Office
- The asset numbers for the computers are: 252099, 254833, 84474, 84480, 88822, 88820