Mechanical Workshop
THE UNIT IN 2015
The mechanical workshop supports the Institute research in terms of design and fabrication of mechanical components and in terms of assembling new singular ICIQ designed measurement devices or reaction setups. Moreover, the mechanical workshop also helps in repairing and improving commercial devices.
The workshop can work with different materials (SS, Teflon, aluminium…) and can make pieces of almost any shape, helping the research groups from the most practical to the most sophisticated level.
In 2015 the workshop has incorporated an FDM 3D printer that opens a new field with the possibilities offered by additive fabrication.
During 2015 the mechanical workshop has worked on the following new challenging projects that imply new operations never before carried out:
- Design of a new autoclave for HTE plates
- Sophisticated reaction cells
- LED plates to be used in the HTE lab
- High pressure autoclave repairs
- Accessories for the CELLEX-ICIQ HTE Laboratory
As can be seen in the following chart, the activity in the mechanical workshop is well consolidated and the number of fabricated pieces has increased substantially in 2015.