Our full service machine shop and testing facility includes everything we need to create prototypes and provide validation feedback quickly. TECSI can prototype and test a concept in the same day that would otherwise take weeks if you outsourced it to a local machine shop and testing agency.
Prototyping
Wood working & Hand Tools:
- Saws: miter, chop, sawzall, skill saws, table saw, vertical and horizontal band saw
- Nail guns: roofing, framing, and trim
- Drills
- Grinders & sanders
Sheet Metal
- Punches and presses,
- 30″ Shear
- 30″ Press brake
- 12″ Finger brake
- Solder & Brazing
Metal Working
- CNC mill with lathe capabilities
- Manual mill
- Drill press
- TIG welder for steel and aluminum
- Aluminum Cutting Saws
Miscellaneous Equipment
- Soldering station
- Lulzbot Taz 6 3d printer – duel head, large capacity heated bed
Testing and Validation
PV Specific Tools
- UL 61215 Mechanical Load Test Rig
- Seaward IV Curve Tracer
- Electroluminescence Imaging
Testing Equipment
- Shimadzu Universal Test Machine – 50 kN (11,000 lbs) capacity
- Cincinnati Sub Zero Temperature & Humidity Chamber with 17″ x 17″ x 18″ internal capacity
- Campbell Scientific data logger, multiplexer, and full meteorological station with extra wind speed sensors (Available to Rent)
- Full array of first article inspection tools including: Granite block, depth gauges, calipers, micrometers, radius gauges, feeler gauges, pin gauges, gauge blocks, digital torque wrenches, micro digital camera.
- 4 Channel – Thermocouple datalogger
Videos
- Dog bones for material strength testing
- Bolt grade verification testing
- Difficult to machine stainless tool steel fixtures
- thread milling stainless tool steel
Equipment Gallery