Applied Measurement Lab

Michael Golden Labs (MGL) 1208B

Director:
Robert G. Bruce, brucer@purdue.edu

This teaching lab provides undergraduates practical application of physical measurement techniques, including size, form, and location. The laboratory is a climate-controlled, precision measurements laboratory of approximately 500 square feet.

The laboratory serves the following courses:

MET 141 (Materials and Processes I)
MET 242 (Manufacturing Processes)
MFET 400 (Manufacturing Engineering Technology)
MFET 243 (Automated Manufacturing Processes)

Key equipment:

Coordinate measuring machine
Laser micrometer
Optical comparator
Profilometer
Sine plate
Gauge blocks
Surface plates
Surface and height gauges
Conventional and digital handheld measuring instruments
Variety of fixed thread, ring and snap gauges