uPrint Prototype Printer:

Contact: Bill Gregory bdg@uky.edu
List Price: $19,390

The uPrint office-based rapid prototyper is able to “print” ready-to-use parts without extensive post processing. This includes such complex interfaces as joints, hinges, and gear trains, all of which work and mesh together out of the machine after dissolving any of the support material. Finished products can include hollow objects and moving joints within the object. This also includes the ability to recreate any 3D image (such as a human skull from a series of X-Rays and CAT Scans). The printer has a maximum build envelope of 6″ x 6″ x 8″, and can print to any scale within the build envelope.

VersaLASER cutter

Contact: Bill Gregory bdg@uky.edu

The VersaLASER cutter is a laser cutting system that can be used on a variety of materials such as plastic, metal, wood, glass, stone, ceramic, rubber, textiles, and paper. Multiple uses and applications, such as prototyping various components and even marketing designs. Our system has a 16×12 in. work surface area, and can produce parts with a maximum dimension of 18.75×14.6×4 in. It can be equipped with a 10-watt laser for light surface engraving and cutting of thin materials (paper, Mylar®) up to a 30-watt laser for faster engraving or cutting thicker materials, up to about a quarter of an inch.

CNC Milling Machine

Contact: Bill Gregory bdg@uky.edu

The CNC milling maching is a powerful 3-axis micro-stepper motor with 1200 in/oz of torque. The milling machine has a minimum possible motion of 0.0001” with a minimum speed of 0.5” per minute. Maximum speed is 100” per minute. The head on the motor tilts for angled drilling, horizontal milling, and slotting.