Machine Shop employees work with more than 90 instruments and four types of pc programming/design applications, giving the shop a unique combination of tools and expertise.

The Machine Shop supports research projects at GTRI and Georgia Tech, and also works with other universities in the University System of Georgia; Emory University; companies connected to Tech’s business incubator, ATDc; and any tax-exempt organization.

If a customer has an idea but no design, the Machine Shop can turn the idea into a prototype.

customers credit the Machine Shop for being staffed with highly skilled employees who are committed to providing quality work at a reasonable cost, which is especially attractive for the many customers with small budgets.

Water jetting — an environmentally safe way to handle cleaning, cutting, and surface preparation in many industrial applications — is the Machine Shop’s most requested service.

Water jetting simultaneously provides speed and quality, which helps contain project costs. cole Burton, shop engineer, cleans a metal ring that is part of a focus beam measuring system built by GTRI.

Jim Tober, instrument maker, uses an engine lathe to turn a customized device for a Georgia Tech customer.

Technician Andrew Sickafoose saws a piece of steel square tubing that will be part of the frame for a cooling system for the military.

Rodney Wilburn, instrument maker, designs and fabricates mechanical parts and devices for researchers.

contact Dennis Denney, assistant director, to discuss your research project: 404-407-7992.