Basic Machinery & Quality Instruments

INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE• High Production Machinery• Materials- Plastics• Has a custom metal mold• Precision equipment

BENCHTOP SHEET METAL BRAKE• The unit is for lab or prototype

thin sheet metal

DRILL PRESS• Work piece is held by a vise and

is stationary• Low volume production or

prototypes

Basic Machinery & Quality Instruments

SURFACE GRINDER• Used to remove small

amount of material for a part

• Precision Equipment• Part must be magnetic

CUT OFF SAW• Not precision equipment• Used to cut gross

dimensions of part• Used for mainly metal

parts

LATHE• Cuts mainly round parts• There are wood and metal

lathes• Can make bolts -threads• Makes mainly shafts, pins,

bolts, etc.• Production low to medium

volume

Basic Machinery & Quality Instruments

BENCH GRINDER• Clean off burrs• Sharpen edges• NOT a precision piece of

equipment

BAND SAW• Good for cutting wood

parts• Cutting small metal bars

and sheet metal• NOT a precision piece of

equipment

Basic Machinery & Quality Instruments

MILLING MACHINE• Production low to medium• 3 axis movement of work piece• Work piece is held in vise type

device• Cuts and drills mainly metal parts• Can be computer numerically

controlled (CNC)

INSTRON MACHINE• Used to determine the strength

of materials• Quality control Instruments