Machine Shop Core

UAB Center Core for Vision Science - Machine Shop Core 项目总结/摘要 Machine Shop仍然是为UAB视觉科学研究人员提供服务的重要核心。它使 定制组件的设计和建造，以适应不常见的物种（如树鼩，猕猴） 商业设备无法获得或不适合正在追求的新科学。核心 还可以制造新的仪器，或将商业上不兼容的部件融合， 目的只要可行，所有新的设备和组件设计现在都是从 AutoCAD中的数字绘图，它与两个新的主要设备无缝操作：计算机- 数控（CNC）铣床和高端材料的3D打印机。我们向数字化的转变 平台通过最大限度地减少新器件的试错来简化制造过程， 精密度和重复性。数字化方法还有助于教育受训者了解可行性， 他们的设计的实用性，因为他们可以学习可视化的最终产品，而不必首先使它。我们 机械师现在有经验与正在进行的科学项目的核心用户，广泛的新材料 他经常提供设计和材料建议， 改善和加快项目成果。设计过程进一步促进了机械师的 最近获得了计算机辅助制图的副学士学位。目前使用的是Machine Shop Core 25名核心补助金参与者中有14人广泛或适度地参与。

UAB Center Core for Vision Science - Machine Shop Core Project Summary/Abstract The Machine Shop remains an essential Core servicing the researchers in Vision Science at UAB. It enables custom components to be designed and built to accommodate uncommon species (e.g. tree shrew, macaque) for which commercial equipment is unavailable or unsuitable for the novel science being pursued. The Core also enables new instruments to be built or commercially incompatible components to be melded for new purposes. Whenever it is practical to do so, all new device and component designs are now initiated with digital drawings in AutoCAD, which seamlessly operates with two new major pieces of equipment: a computer- numerically-controlled (CNC) milling machine and a 3-D printer for high-end materials. Our move to a digital platform streamlines the manufacturing process by minimizing trial-and-error in new devices and improves precision and repeatability. The digital approach also helps to educate trainees on the feasibility and practicality of their designs, as they can learn to visualize the final product without having to make it first. Our machinist is now experienced with on-going scientific projects by Core users, the wide range of new materials available (biocompatible alloys and plastics), and he routinely offers design and materials recommendations that improve and expedite project outcomes. The design process is further facilitated by the machinist’s recently acquired Associate degree in computer-aided drafting. Currently the Machine Shop Core is used extensively or moderately by 14 of the 25 Core Grant participants.