Capabilities

The MPL is equipped with numerous machine tools and other equipment. Work done by the MPL has been deployed to Antarctica and Greenland. We have made parts that function in extreme pressure environments, both high pressure (fluid-filled polar borehole at ~2500 PSI) as well as high vacuum.

It is most common for the customer to supply the raw materials for fabrication. Please check with shop staff before ordering materials for a new job. The MPL has a variety of band saws and a cold saw to cut stock to size.

The MPL has several CNC and manual mills and lathes

Haas TM2 Mill (CNC)
Spindle: 4000 RPM
Work envelope: 40” x 16”

Haas Super Mini Mill (CNC)
Spindle: 10000 RPM
Work envelope: 16” x 12”

(2) Bridgeport Knee Mills (Manual)

KERN Evo Mill (CNC)
Spindle speed: 50000 RPM

Monarch EE Lathe (Manual)
Swing: 7.25”
Bed length: 18”

Monarch K Lathe (Manual)
Swing: 9.5”
Bed length: 48”

Harrison Alpha 400S Lathe (CNC)
Swing: 15”
Bed length: 48”

Pexto Stomp Shear
Length: 52”
Maximum thickness: 16ga
Pexto Brake
Maximum width: 36”
Maximum material thickness: 16ga
Slip rollers
Notcher
Shrinker/Stretcher
Bead Roller
Punch Press

MP4500 Iron Worker with listed attachments
The maximum material thickness for most operations is ¼”.

Shear
Notcher
Hole punch
Press brake
Pipe notcher

MIG welder
TIG welder
Spot welder
Oxyacetylene torch
Plasma Cutter

We can provide a few different types of finish in-house. The most common are machined finish and abraded surfaces. The MPL also has a bead blasting cabinet and a small vibratory tumbler.

We have a Creality K1 Max for 3D printing.

The shop uses Autodesk Inventor for CAD design work, but we can import many different file types. STEP files are a compatible generic file type.

We use Autodesk FeatureCAM for generating our CNC programs.