Foundational Labs

The Foundational Labs (also known as DE-Labs) contain all our facilities for the testing of materials, parts and products. The Labs comprise four separate rooms: the CHEM-Lab for controlled and safe experiments involving aggressive chemicals; the MAT-Lab for large- and small-scale materials testing (used mainly, but not exclusively, for plastics and natural materials); the Digital Fabrication Lab with all the 3D printing facilities; and the M-lab to work on parts and products.

Route to Foundational Lab

Materials lab

For large- and small-scale materials testing, this lab includes a Zwick 10 kN tensile tester and a TA-Instruments Q800 micro tensile tester for material characterisation as well as (vacuum) ovens, a high temperature ceramic oven, an Espec humidity oven and a granulator and extruder.

Digital Fabrication Lab

The lab facilitates various 3D printing methods; polyjet (Object 350 Connex 3), SLA (Form2) and FDM (Ultimaker), a lasercutter and vinylcutter. Every working day between 10 and 11 there is a consultation hour for questions regarding 3D printing and the other facilities of the lab.

M-lab

For work on parts and products and the workspace for several staff members.

Chemical Lab

For controlled and safe experiments involving aggressive chemicals.

3D Fine Art Reproduction

Reproducing the material appearance of Fine Art artefacts.

3D Printed Optics and Sensors

Design cases on embedding optics and sensors in 3D printed objects.

3D Printed Stainless Steel Bicycle

Demonstrating the potential of a new 3D printing method.

Freeform Manufacturing

How can we deposit material on curved surfaces?

Haptic Pen

A hand-held device which can make interaction with virtual objects more natural and real.

Soft Robotics

3D-printing air pressure sensors and actuators.

Motion capture for real time 3D interactions

Tracking motions to enable manipulation of virtual environments.

Holographic Display

An unobtrusive way to show and manipulate 3D objects.

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