Director: James Weiland, PhD
Staffed by: Scott Szalay, Instrument Maker
Email: szalay@umich.edu
Phone: 734-936-7662
Fax: 734-936-3815
Submit a work order to the Instrument Shop Core
The instrument shop at the Kellogg Eye Center is unique. From design engineering to specialized machining, the shop transforms concepts into reality.
Through collaboration with researchers, the instrument shop produces precision instruments and/or parts for use in the laboratories.
Primary Services
- Design and construction of unique instrumentation that is needed for special projects
- Rapid and innovative solutions for a wide range of technical problems that arise in laboratories
- Maintenance and repair of instrumentation
Resources
- Sharp CNC Toolroom Lathe
- Hardinge Toolroom Lathe
- Bridgeport CNC Milling Machine
- Bridgeport Milling Machine
- Harig Surface Grinder
- DoAll Vertical Band Saw
- Tennsmith Squaring Shear
- Tennsmith Hand Brake
- SolidWorks CAD System for Instrument Design
- BOBCAD-CAM CNC Mill and Lathe Software
Facilities
Past Projects
ERG Rotating Sliding Bed
Mouse Rotator
Water-Jacketed Eye Cup Holder
Chamber Heater
Mouse restraining device
Pressurized Light Sensory Worm Chamber
Zebra Fish Holding Devices
