Professional machining
M-F, 7:30 AM–4:00 PM by appt.
Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, room 22
225 Prospect Street
About the shop
The professional machine shop has served the research community at Yale for over 35 years, providing expert assistance with custom equipment design and fabrication.
Note: the machine shop has moved temporarily to Sterling Chemistry Laboratory due to the construction of upper Science Hill.
Resources include:
- CAD and detailing
- Lathes and milling machines
- CNC milling machines
- 48-inch gap lathe
- Radial drill press
- 8-foot hydraulic shear (1/2 steel shearing capacity)
- 24-inch sheet metal brake
- O.D./I.D. and surface-grinding machines
- Leak detection
- Sand and dry peen blasting
- TIG and MIG welding
The Professional Machine Shop is part of Yale’s instrumentation initiative.
Available to Yale researchers & external researchers
Requests
To place a work request, complete and email this form to Jack DiSciacca (jack.disciacca@yale.edu).
Existing instruments
We currently have an active shop in SCL, using some of the existing instruments.
- Lathes and CNC milling machines
- TIG and MIG welding
- Horizontal and vertical bandsaw
Planned instruments
We have several new pieces of equipment planned for the new space.
- 5 axis CNC milling machine
- 3 axis CNC milling machine with flood cooling
- Large scale water jet
- Laser cutters
- CNC lathe
- Wire EDM
- Sinker EDM
- Vacuum oven
Projects
We specialize in a variety of projects. Below is an example of a project that came in as a concept, was transferred to CAD and fabricated using detailed drawings that we generated. The goal was to create a safe and fast way to stretch teflon caps to fit on glass vials. The end result is a device that can be loaded with 25 caps, stretch and extract them. It also has a separate insert for cleaning the tool.
We started by generating CAD for the concept:
We then fabricated and tested the assembly:
Gallery
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Professional shop currently running in Sterling Chemistry Laboratory. [Full size]
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Professional shop CAD in Sterling Chemistry Laboratory. [Full size]
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Future Professional Machining space. Taken on January 21, 2026. [Full size]
Rates
| Yale ($/hr) | Non-Yale ($/hr) | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | 75 | 125 |
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Instrument/equipment
Jasco Semi-Prep SFC-MS System
Designed for rapid isolation of complex mixtures as a two-dimensional SFC-MS system, equipped with both chiral and achiral columns.
Located within Catalysis and Separations CoreManisha Skaria
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Instrument/equipment
Scanning electron microscopy
Hitachi SU-70 SEM w/ Oxford Ultim Max Infinity 170 EDS
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Instrument/equipment
Waters UPLC/SFC 1- and 2D system
Designed for rapid analysis of complex mixtures, the system can be used as either a stand-alone SFC-MS or as a two dimensional system.
Located within Catalysis and Separations CoreManisha Skaria