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.