Established in 1944 to support the local aviation industry.
Aided in the construction of the first Walter H. Beech Wind Tunnel and played a similar role during the tunnel’s modernization.
- 8,000 sq. ft. of shop space
- Mastercam X6 software
- CATIA V5 R21 software
- HAAS VR-8 five-axis VMC 64” x 40” x 30” travel
- HAAS VF-4 five-axis VMC 50" x 20" x 25" travel
- HAAS VF-2 five-axis VMC 30" x 16" x 20" travel
- HAAS VF-2 four-axis VMC 30" x 16" x 20" travel
- HAAS VF-2 three-axis VMC 30" x 16" x 20" travel
- FADAL 8030 VMV, 80" x 30" x 30" travel
- HAAS TL-3 CNC Lathe 20” DIA. x 60” long
- HAAS HRT-310, 12" Rotary Table
- HAAS HRT-210, 9" Rotary Table
- Grey Planter Mill 96" x 30" x 30" travel with Bridgeport mill head
- K&T #2 Rotary Head die mill
- Harding high-speed tool room lathe
- Colchester 15" x 50" lathe with tracer
- South Bend 24" x 100" lathe
- Thompson surface grinder 12" x 36"
- Wood working machines; cabinet and pattern capabilities
- Welding; mig, stick arc and oxy-acetyle
- Hawkeye Borescope with Sony video camera/capture
- 48" x 48" - 60ksi Waterjet Cutters
- Full-Scale Sturctural Testing Lab Support
- Lightning strike research support
- Friction stir welding research support
- Beech Wind Tunnel upgrades and support for several tests
- Crash Dynamics Lab upgrades and support for several tests
- Composites and Fatigue and Fracture labs tooling and specimens
- Nordam Transparency Division tooling and specimens
- Aircraft icing research project support
- Support for the Center of Innovation for Niomaterials and Orthopaedic Research (CIBOR)
- Support for Fairmount Technologies
- Icing research systems
- Wind tunnel models
- Wind energy systems
- Tooling
:
Sheun Wuay Cheng
swcheng@niar.wichita.edu
(316) 978-7339 |
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