Machine Shop Core

UAB视觉科学中心核心-机器车间核心 项目摘要/摘要 机械车间仍然是为UAB视觉科学研究人员提供服务的重要核心。它实现了 定制组件的设计和制造，以适应不常见的物种(例如树鼠、猕猴) 商业设备不具备或不适合正在从事的新科学。《核心》 还允许构建新的仪器或将商业上不兼容的组件熔化成新的 目的。只要可行，现在所有新的设备和组件设计都是通过 AUTOCAD中的数字绘图，它与两个新的主要设备无缝操作：一台计算机- 用于高端材料的数控(CNC)铣床和3-D打印机。我们向数字时代的转变 Platform通过最大限度地减少新设备的反复试验来简化制造流程，并改进 精密度和重复性。数字化方法还有助于教育受训人员有关可行性和 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，而不必首先制作它。我们的 机械师现在对核心用户正在进行的科学项目、广泛的新材料 (生物兼容的合金和塑料)，他经常提供设计和材料建议 这将改善和加快项目成果。机械师的设计过程进一步简化了 最近获得了计算机辅助绘图的副学士学位。目前使用的是Machine Shop Core 在25名核心赠款参与者中，有14人广泛或适度地提供了资金。

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.