Available and Fully Supported
The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center Small Scale Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory Service Center
- Scale model fabrication and prototyping
- Open-source thermoplastic or filled thermoplastic
- Open-source filament (1.75 mm or 2.85 mm) or pellets
- Print Volume up to 1,200 mm x 600 mm x 640 mm (47 x 23.6 x 25 in)
- High temperatures up to 500°c
- SLA
- Print Volume 335 × 200 × 300 mm (13.2 × 7.9 × 11.8 in)
- 25μm XY Resolution x 25 - 300μm Layer Thickness
- Uses a variety of resins, from rigid castable, flame retardant to even flexible
- Melt electrowriting
- Sol-Electrospinning
- Pastes (ceramics and pozzolanics)
- Printing on/with fabric
- Cutting and subtractive manufacturing
- Laser Engraving
- CNC processes
- Metrology
- Laser profilometry
- LiDAR scanning
- Visual spectrum photogrammetry
- IR photogrammetry
- Acoustic
- Thermoplastic compounding single and twin-screw counter-rotating extruder
- Gravimetric and volumetric feed options to
- Throughput range 20g/h to 2.5kg/h
- Filament Spooler for winding 3D filaments
- Thermo Scientific™ VariCut Pelletizer with variable pellet sizing
- Manufacturing process research
- Multi-functional 6-axis robotic arm
- Environmental enclosures
- Work cells with automated safety monitoring and electronic safe fire suppression
- Local or connected air-gapped manufacturing networks for cyber security experimentation
- Multi-scale design, analysis, and engineering research consulting
- Multi-scale material design, analysis, engineering, scale-up, manufacturing process calibration, qualification, and certification
- Full scale prototype and final part fabrication of both indirect and direct use parts and assemblies
- Thermoplastic compounding with: volumetric and/or gravimetric feeding, single and/or twin screw extruders, and custom die and post-processing options
- Small, medium, and large-scale thermoplastic, thermoset, pozzolanic, and continuous fiber additive manufacturing
Also Known As
- 3D Printing
- 3DP
- Additive Manufacturing (AM)
- Prototype Manufacturing
- Experimental Manufacturing
- Jigs
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Subtractive Manufacturing
- Industry 4.0
- Industry 5.0
- UMaine
- ASCC
- CNC
- Laser Engraving (LE)
- 5-axis milling
- 6-axis robot
- Robotics
- Robot Arm
- 3D Printer
- Printing
- Modeling
- Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
- Finite Element Modeling (FEM)
- Big Data
- Real-time data
- MT Connect
- Acoustic Monitoring
- Thermoplastics
- Polylactic Acid (PLA)
- Research
- Stereolithography (SLA)
- Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS)
- Polypropylene (PP)
- Polyamide (Nylon, PA-6, PA-12)
- Polyester, Co-Polyester
- Wood Filled (WF)
- Glass Filled (GF)
- Cyber-security
- Data analytics
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Machine Learning (ML)
- Design for AM (DfAM)
- CAD
- Extruder
- Extrude
- Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
- Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF)
- Fused Granular Fabrication (FGF)
- Slicing
- Slicer
- Cura, Simplify3D, Ultimaker, Modix, Formlabs, Domobio Nano-spider, Z-Morph, Voron, Ultimaker S5, Modix Big120, Modix 600X, Gigabot, Re3D
- Thermoplastic
- Measuring
- Digital Twin
- Digital Scan
- Fabrication Laboratory (Fab Lab)
- 3D Model
- .stl
- Infill
- Gyroid
- Nozzle
- Die
- Shell
- G-Code
- Dimensional Inspection
- Dimensional Metrology
- Gantry PrinterCore XY Printer
- Polygonal Modeling
- B-spline and P-spline modeling
How to Access
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Available To
- Faculty
- Staff
- Students
- Community / Public
- Alumni
- Retirees
Access to UMS Services is based upon the UMS Account Life Cycle Policy.
Where Available
- System-wide - Any Campus
- Community / Public
Charges for Service
- There may be charges for departments or individuals to use this service.