Metrology Laboratory

This 500 sq. ft., climate controlled teaching laboratory provides students the ability to study the science of measurement first-hand. Within this lab, students are provided with equipment to characterize all aspects of a given part, including size, shape, feature location, surface roughness, etc…

The laboratory serves the following courses:

• MET 245 (Manufacturing Systems)
• MFET 400 (Manufacturing Engineering Technology)
• MFET 344 (Automated Manufacturing Processes)

Key equipment:

• Coordinate measuring machine
• Laser micrometer
• Optical comparator
• Profilometer
• Sine plate
• Gauge blocks
• Surface plates
• Surface and height gauges
• Conventional and digital handheld measuring instruments
• Variety of fixed thread, ring and snap gauges