The School of Engineering has a wide variety of equipment available for use by faculty, graduate students, and capstone teams.
Contact instructional staff (soeinstructional@ucmerced.edu) for further information on getting access to equipment.
The links to the left provide information about some of the equipment available in the engineering instructional labs.
Please note that the equipment is only for use by UC Merced affiliates and is not available to be loaned out or removed from the instructional spaces.
Design assistance is available for certain projects at an additional cost.
Some of the equipment available includes the items below. For more equipment see the sidebar.
x2 Ultimaker S5 3D Printer
- Dual Extrusion
- Build Volume: 330 x 240 x 300 mm (13 x 9.4 x 11.8 inches)
- Layer Resolution: 150 - 60 micron
- Materials: PLA, Tough PLA, PVA*
Makerbot Replicator+ (5th Generation) 3D Printer
- Single Extrusion
- Build Volume: 295 x 195 x 165 mm (11.6 x 7.6 x 6.5 inches)
- Layer Resolution: 100 micron
- Materials: MakerBot PLA Material, Makerbot Tough Material
Markforged Mark Two 3D Printer
- Continuous Fiber Reinforcement
- Build Volume: 320 x 132 x 154 mm (12.5 x 5.1 x 6 inches)
- Layer Resolution: 200 - 100 micron
- Materials: OnyxTM, Carbon Fiber*, Fiberglass*, Kevlar*, HSHT Fiberglass*
Markforged Metal X 3D Printer
- Printing Process: FFF
- Build Volume: 300 x 220 x 180 mm (11.8 x 8.6 x 7 inches) or 18,356 cm3
- Layer Resolution: 125 - 50 micron (post-sinter)
- Materials: 17-4 PH Stainless Steel, H13 Tool Steel, Inconel 625, A2/D2 Tool Steel, Ceramic*
*Only used as support or reinforcement during the printing process
Contact soeinstructional@ucmerced.edu for more information