Engineering Tower, Room 444 Technical Director: Ben Dolan 949-824-4267 dolanb@uci.edu
Located in more than 5,000 square feet in the Engineering Tower, RapidTech provides equipment and expertise in a variety if advanced manufacturing technologies with a strong ephasis on additive manufacturing techniques.
RapidTech owns and operates high-end equipment for nearly every additive manufacturing process, from Material Extrusion, to Vat Polymerization, Binder Jetting, Material Jetting and Powder Bed Fusion (metals and ploymers). Laser cutters, 3-D scanners and subtractive equipment area also available. RapidTech offers a variety of educational and training modules to students and industrial clients, and provides state-of-the-art multimaterial, multiscale processes to support research and development at all levels.
RapidTech is managed by Technical Director Ben Dolan. In addition to the knowledge and experience of the operation and capabilities of the equipment, he ia also available for consultation to help determine which equipment or material may be suitable for your design.
Stratasys Fortus 450MC
Industry grade material extrusion
Stratasys Object260 Connex3
Industry grade material deposition
SLM 125HL
Powderbed Fusion for powdered metallic materials
ShopSabre 4860
CNC router
Trotec Speedy Laser cutter/engraver
Bed size: 28 x 17 inches
Universal VLS 660 Laser cutter/engraver
Bed size: 32 x 18 inches
SOM ATOS Core 200
Laser scanner
Autodesk Ember
Vat photopolymerization 3D printer