Design and Fab Labs
Design studio
A unique hybrid space equipped with state-of-the-art multi-purpose software packages to design, model, simulate, validate and virtually test range of engineering and technological product or processes from conception to implementation. The facility aims to cater the needs of advanced data analytics, modelling and training of available data through statistical, Artificial Intelligent, machine learning, deep learning and big data modelling and analytical tools and techniques.
In addition to the digital design, fabrication and development facilities, design studio also has co-working and collaborative design spaces for small teams to work together on design problems before transforming them into digital designs and models.
Design studio goes further and provide a facility to replicate various hardware oriented physical scenarios and solutions through cost effective and efficient virtual designs, testing, validation and optimisation through state-of-the-art virtual validation and testing digital tools and techniques without the need of physical development, which is crucial for developing cost-effective industrial solutions. This approach meets the demands and needs of current industry product development requirements. The space can be used to have those digital products and solutions ready before their physical realisation for students, staff and industry projects.
Innovation Factory’s design studio is 110 square meter (over 1180 square feet) facility that features:
- 40 high specifications PCs and workstations to support the design activities.
- Building of complete digital solutions for current technology and product development trends.
- State-of-the-art 2D and 3D design tools and techniques.
- Basic and Advance 2D and 3D modelling and simulation facilities.
- Fully equipped statistical modelling and analysis tools and techniques.
- AI, machine and deep learning training, testing and validation for complex engineering and technological problems.
- Virtual testing and validation facilities.
- Fully equipped networking connection to facilitate advance data analytics, data models processing and testing on networked servers.
Fab Lab
Fab (Fabrication) lab aims to provide tools and equipment for product development following design stages. It will enable development of a physical prototype through various stages of fabrication, followed by testing to realise a fully functional prototype before any optimisation and commercialisation stages in the future.
Innovation Factory’s Fab lab is 200 square meters (over 2150 square feet) facility with:
- Two high specifications workstations to support fabrication activities.
- Two industrial desktop 3D printers for large, multi-material printing support.
- An advanced Form 4B desktop printer for healthcare and medical device engineering, using biocompatible sterilisable materials.
- All-in-One two-layer PCB prototype circuit building desktop printer.
- Multi-material laser pointing, cutting, engraving for stamp manufacturing.
- Multipurpose robotics arm for cutting, engraving, 3D and PCB printing, milling, carving, plotting.
- Soldering stations for electronic circuits prototyping.
- PCB test kit for measuring strain in PCBs, bridge amplifiers, etc.
Innovation Factory cater for the rapid prototyping and building necessary for research, product innovation and project development. For this purpose, Innovation Factory has built state-of-the-art design and fabrication facilities to deliver technological innovation and product development from conception to physical development and testing.