UCSB Physics Machine Shop
The UCSB Physics Machine Shop is located in Physical Sciences Building South (PSB-S) 1725.
Hours
| Monday | 7am - 12pm, 1pm - 4pm | |
| Tuesday | 7am - 12pm, 1pm - 4pm | |
| Wednesday | 7am - 12pm, 1pm - 4pm | |
| Thursday | 7am - 12pm, 1pm - 4pm | |
| Friday | 7am - 12pm, 1pm - 4pm | |
| Sat/Sun | Closed |
Decontamination Checklist
Equipment brought to the Physics Machine Shop for repair/modification must be free of all possible chemical, radiological, and biological contamination. Please decontaminate the equipment and complete and sign the Decontamination Checklist before delivering the item.
Work Orders
Jobs for the professional shop are accepted by email or phone, and drawings and model files are accepted by email or hard copy left in a drop-off area outside the main shop entrance. Instructions for communicating with the professional shop, and the required Work Order form for campus projects, are below:
Capabilities
The Physics Machine Shop often fabricates special equipment used in research related to surface tensions of fluids, Ultra High Vacuum (UHV), High Temperature, High Pressure, Cryogenics, laser research, etc.
Facility and Equipment
The Physics Machine Shop's well-designed facility houses the research machine shop and student machine shop. With a wide range of manual machinery, including manual mills, manual lathes, shear, and press brake. We also offer the latest in CNC technology. With the largest of our four, 4-axis CNC mills having a xyz travel of 50” x 26” x 25” we can accommodate most researchers needs. Our large CNC lathe can swing 20” to accommodate large diameter parts.
Welding / metal joining abilities include spot welders, TIG, plasma cutting, oxyacetylene for brazing, hard and soft soldering.
Materials Experience
The Machine Shop commonly works with exotic materials, such as: gold, silver, platinum, iridium, Tantalum, Kovar, titanium, magnesium, molybdenum, stainless steel, Inconel, nickel alloys, tool steel, tungsten, ceramics, composite materials, and plastics.
Special Device Manufacture
Should a process or procedure be required in the manufacture of any device that is outside the ability of our shop, we have proven vendors that we have worked with for years to provide services such as: special heat treating processes, powder coating, plating, machining very large parts, rolling cylinders, etc.
Experienced Staff
The finest attribute of the machine shop is the staff of highly experienced individuals with wide ranging experience in manufacturing, design, and research requirements. Projects that are a challenge and provide an opportunity to learn new processes are always the preference of this crew.
