Instrument Shop Module

Administrator: Donald Puro, M.D., Ph.D.
Staffed by: Scott Szalay, Instrument Maker
Email: szalay@umich.edu
Phone: 734-936-7662
Fax: 734-936-3815

The instrument shop at the Kellogg Eye Center is unique. From design engineering to specialized machining, the shop transforms concepts into reality.

Through collaboration with researchers, the instrument shop produces precision instruments and/or parts for use in the laboratories.

Primary Services

• Design and construction of unique instrumentation needed for special projects.
• Rapid and innovative solutions for a wide range of technical problems that arise in laboratories.
• Maintenance and repair of instrumentation

Module Resources

• Hardinge Lathe with Mitutoyo readouts
• Bridgeport Milling Machine with a 42” standard table and a 12” Yuasa rotary table, servo power, and infinitely variable speed
• DoAll vertical band saw
• Harig surface grinder
• Tennsmith squaring shear
• Tennsmith hand brake
• CAD system for instrument design