For Business: Academic Consultancy
Specialist Facilities
The University of Bath is home to a growing number of world-class facilities that can be hired or accessed on a consultancy basis. Depending on the exact nature of the work and the type of equipment involved, training can be provided to run the kit yourself, or more typically, expert technician support is on hand to ensure maximum use of your booking. This can provide a cost-effective solution when investment in expensive facilities is under consideration.
If you would like to find out about any of the items below, including technical specifications, availability and prices, please contact us using the links provided:
- Mechanical Engineering:
The Department of Mechanical Engineering has a range of measurement systems which can be utilized for instrument verification and calibration, 3D measurement and reverse engineering of artefacts from the mm scale up to 10's of metres. We can also give technical support with measurement processes and uncertainty evaluation. Our equipment includes:
- A Faro Laser Tracker with both IFM and ADM ranging technologies suitable for measurement of large objects 10's of metres with an uncertainty of 10's of microns.
- Indoor GPS (iGPS) with the latest 'Surveyor' interface software ]A laser line scanner for the characterization of free form surfaces
- An area scanner for rapid 3D modelling of large objects such as buildings
- A Coordinate Measurement Machine (CMM) for measurement of objects up to about 1 metre with an uncertainty of a few microns.
- Spatial Analyzer software
Contact: Jody Muelaner
For information about other specialist equipment in this department:
- The David Bullett Nanofabrication Facility
- Water Tanks in the Department of Physics, including:
- an underground medium-sized water tank, with concrete walls, 5.10 m long, 1.54 m wide, 1.80 m deep. Water depth can be varied between 0.2 m and 1.8 m. The bottom of the tank is occupied by sediment trays (silt, sand, fine gravel, coarse gravel) typical of UK shores. These sediments were placed under controlled conditions to avoid the presence of gas bubbles or other impurities, and they have been in place since approximately 1978. This tank is surrounded by a gantry system, with 2 cranes certified to 10 tonnes each.
- an above-ground medium sized tank, maximum water depth achievable: 1.20 m; inner width: 1.22 m; inner length: 1.83 m. This tank has portholes at regular heights, to allow filming of experiments. It has its own portable gantry system and can be filled with water (or other liquids) and any other type of product (eg sand, or anything allowed by Health and Safety considerations).
- Both tanks are close to a series of versatile data acquisition and analyses devices. Both laboratories have Internet access and are under direct supervision of our research group (Centre for Space, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science-Physics).
Contact: Dr Philippe Blondel, Department of Physics Tel: 01225 385237 http://www.bath.ac.uk/physics/people/blondel.html