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The Advanced Manufacturing Center
Are you a business, entrepreneur, inventor or researcher struggling to transform your ideas into tangible proof of concepts, prototypes, or commercialized products?
The AMC can create a custom solution that is right for you. We make it easy.
Whether you have an idea for a new product or process, need help with funding, or need to prototype and commercialize, we will walk you through the process. With a dedicated full time staff of mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, machinists, and technicians in a 30,000 square foot state of the art design and manufacturing facility, we offer the services you need to accelerate growth and add value to your newest innovation.
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The Advanced Manufacturing Center maintains a distinct Investigate-Develop-Design-Build approach to providing engineering and manufacturing solutions.
The Advanced Manufacturing Center’s purpose and core competency exist in:
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Engineering services
- Product design and development
- Manufacturing process development
- Prototyping
- Rapid prototyping
- Reverse engineering
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Research services
- Product and process research
- Test equipment and fixtures
- Material and product testing
- Environmental Chamber Services
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Support services
- Computer Aided Design (CAD, 2D and 3D)
- Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM)
- Design FMEA
- Component and system FEA
- Consultation
- Operational support and training
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Manufacturing services
- Turn key system design and integration
- Automated systems and equipment
- Short-term production services
- Manufacturing planning