Fees

Facilities Fees

Item COE User Rates* Commercial Use Rates
Electromechanical Frames $25/hr $38/hr
Servohydraulic Load Frames $35/hr $54/hr
Small Capacity Actuators (up to 55 kips) $35/hr $54/hr
Large Capacity Actuators (greater than 55 kips) $58/hr $90/hr
Million Pound Machine $81/hr $125/hr
Optical Displacement Measurement $55/day $110/day
Engineer $55/hr $85/hr
Faculty Engineer $94/hr $145/hr

*All equipment use is based on a 1-hour minimum use charge for internal users.

Note that some equipment requires the Lab Manager to operate (Million Pound Machine and some stand-alone actuators). Cost will be the instrument rate plus the engineer rate.

Commercial use cost estimates will be quoted before a project begins.