Laser and water-jet cutting

The Heavy Manufacturing lab provides access to world-class cutting technologies (in laser and 5-axis water-jet cutting) for complex shapes in a large range of materials.

Spaces and open times

The heavy manufacturing lab is located at KE1.223 and open from 9am–4pm weekdays.

These laboratory spaces contain several different pieces of equipment as outlined below. Usage of all equipment must be approved by a technical staff member and appropriate inductions, training and project safety assessment must be completed.

Laser cutters
Water-jet cutter
Horizontal band saw
Vertical band saw
Lathe.

For laser cutting cutting and water jet cutting the tech team will require a DXF file to work from, please follow the steps taken in the following video to convert your sketches to DXF Files. Once complete attach them to an email and send it to sebe-eng-laser@deakin.edu.au with your material specifications and quantity.

Equipment information and resources

OMAX Waterjet 55100

OMAX Waterjet 55100

Description	The OMAX Waterjet with A-JET 5 Axis Head Cut almost any material wood, all types of metal, carbon fibre, plastic. Thickness of material up to 50mm. Operates with high pressure water and garnet. Only trained staff can use this machine. Maximum sheet size to fit table 1200mm x 1200mm sheets.
Operation file type	Any .DXF, Illustrator file can be used to operate OMAX software.
To cut files	Send files to sebe-eng-laser@deakin.edu.au or come and see workshop technicians for any advice on this machine.
Material stock	For student projects - we stock steel and aluminium size range 1mm to 8mm. Can order on request.
Cutting tolerance	Machine accuracy is up to (plus or minus 0.1mm) not for high tolerance work.
Manufacturer link	OMAX

Milling machine

Milling machine

Description	The milling machine is manually operated and used for cutting/drilling metal and plastic with various cutting tools. Fitted with digital read-out for accuracy. Only trained staff can use this machine. See workshop technicians for more information.
Table size	X 910mm, Y 400mm, Z 415mm,

Description

The milling machine is manually operated and used for cutting/drilling metal and plastic with various cutting tools.

Fitted with digital read-out for accuracy.
Only trained staff can use this machine.
See workshop technicians for more information.

Table size

X 910mm, Y 400mm, Z 415mm,

Drilling machine

Drilling machine

Description	The drilling machine is manually operated and used for drilling metal, wood and plastic. Drill sizes from 1–30mm. Only trained staff can use this machine. See workshop technicians for more information.
Table size	400mm x 400mm x 600 mm height

Description

The drilling machine is manually operated and used for drilling metal, wood and plastic.

Drill sizes from 1–30mm.
Only trained staff can use this machine.
See workshop technicians for more information.

Table size

400mm x 400mm x 600 mm height

Bandsaw

Bandsaw Vertical and Horizontal

Description	Bandsaws are manually operated and used for cutting metal, wood and plastic. For cutting pieces from large pieces of material. Only trained staff and students can use these machines. See workshop technicians for more information and training.

Description

Bandsaws are manually operated and used for cutting metal, wood and plastic.

For cutting pieces from large pieces of material.
Only trained staff and students can use these machines.
See workshop technicians for more information and training.

Centre lathe

Centre Lathe (Metal Cutting)

Description	The Metal Cutting Lathe is manually operated and used for cutting/drilling metal and plastic with various cutting tools. Fitted with digital read-out for accuracy. Only trained staff can use this machine. See workshop technicians for more information.
Machine size	Chuck 3jaw 200mm Chuck 4 Jaw 250mm Spindle Bore 52mm Swing 410mm x 1000mm Tailstock No 4 Morse taper

Description

The Metal Cutting Lathe is manually operated and used for cutting/drilling metal and plastic with various cutting tools.

Fitted with digital read-out for accuracy.
Only trained staff can use this machine.
See workshop technicians for more information.

Machine size

Chuck 3jaw 200mm
Chuck 4 Jaw 250mm
Spindle Bore 52mm
Swing 410mm x 1000mm
Tailstock No 4 Morse taper

Explore the lab

Laser and wet-jet cutting team

Rod Seiffert
Senior Technical Officer
KE1.223
+61 3 5227 1264
rodney.seiffert@deakin.edu.au