Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)

The Mechanical and Aerospace Technical Services Group (MAETSG) supports both the teaching and research efforts of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and also the broader Monash Community. It offers both Mechanical and Electronics Workshop capabilities to support staff and students.

The Mechanical Services Group is capable of machining and manufacturing complex components/systems, as well as fabricating items in a wide range of materials including common ferrous/non ferrous metals such as aluminium, stainless/mild steel, copper, brass and most other exotic metals e.g. Titanium. Plastics including acrylic, teflon, PVC, polycarbonate, HDPE, PE, PEEK, timbers and composites are also offered.

Its capability includes:

• CAD Services
• Design Services
• CNC Machining (Machining Centers 3&4th axis/Lathes with live tooling)
• EDM Wire cutting
• Conventional machining
• Surface Grinding/Cylindrical Grinding
• Bandsawing
• CNC Routering
• 3D Printing
• Laser Cutting
• Large scale Bending and Guillotining
• MIG / TIG / Oxyacetylene welding
• Silver soldering
• Brazing

The Group has access to a wide range of traditional machines in its workshop as well as more modern Computer Numeric Controlled (CNC) Mills and Lathes, Laser Cutter capable of cutting up to 18mm of mild steel, as well as an Electric Discharge Machine (EDM Wire Cutter).

The Electronics Services Group can provide specialist systems and instruments design/assembly services, tailored for research and teaching programs with extensive experience in;

• Power supplies and power control systems
• Temperature and environmental controls
• Data acquisition and signals analysis
• Small signal systems (small signal ac and dc)
• Microcontroller and microprocessor systems
• Services can be requested by lodging your jobs on-line and attaching anything from simple sketches to CAD drawings to the job using the iLab Job Ticketing system.

Detailed capabilities of the technical services team in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering are described below, you can also find more information on the department here.