Mechanical/Glass: Design & Fabrication

Mechanical/Glass: Design & Fabrication

Mechanical/Glass: Design & Fabrication Facility supports academic research through consultation, engineering, manufacturing, design, and repairs. Within the facility, there are complete departments for working with glass, metal, plastics, and other materials. Skilled technicians design, fabricate, or repair complex mechanical instruments and glassware, and carry out jobs in precision machining, MIG and TIG welding, woodworking, sheet metal, and plexiglass fabrication.

Contacts

Staff

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Scott LaForest

Senior Machine Shop Engineer
scott.laforest@uconn.edu
860.486.3859
860.486.1906

Location

Campus Address

Thomson Hall, Unit-5108
Depot Campus

Mailing Address

Mechanical/Glass: Design & Fabrication Facility
30 Ahern Lane
Thomson Hall, Unit-5108
Depot Campus
Storrs, CT 06269-5108

Services & Rates

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Scientific Glassblowing

Glassblowing services are carried out from the Yale University Glass Shop. The drop-off location for all scientific glassware repairs will be on the large metal shelf across from the machine shop (room R006) in the Chemistry building.

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Prototype Development

On request, assistance can be provided for prototype development.  Custom and specialized equipment can be manufactured.

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Repairs

Repairs can be made to complex scientific and mechanical equipment, including diffusion pumps, McLeod Gauges, Nitrogen Cryogenic Dewars, vacuum systems, and distillation equipment.

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Standard Glass Technology Products

Includes chromatography columns, flash evaporators, cryogenic traps, boiling flasks.

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Mechanical Technology

Skilled technicians design, fabricate, or repair complex scientific and mechanical instruments and carry out jobs in precision machining, brazing, soldering, welding, woodworking, sheet metal working, Plexiglass fabrication and vacuum pump reconstruction.

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