MECHANICAL SERVICE

The Mechanical Workshop provides essential design and manufacturing expertise for the laboratory's experimental activities and innovative developments. Its main missions are:

Carrying out design studies (CAD), prototyping and experimental assemblies.
Performing precision mechanics, sheet metal work, machining and 3D printing.
Making available a range of modern equipment, including:
- A 5-axis milling machine,
- A 4-axis CNC lathe,
- A drill press, a cutting machine, a band saw,
- A welding station,
- 3D printing systems for metals, polymers and biopolymers.
Meeting needs in micromechanics, microfluidics, optics, nanostructures, ultra-high vacuum, cryogenics and microscopy.

Composition and organisation of the Mechanical Service

Members

Gauthier DEKYNDT (IE CN) - Service manager

Gaëtan MONSET (AI)

Activities and skills

Achievements

Integration of components for magneto-optical trapping and manipulation of Potassium atoms (K-BEC) (Labex CEMPI)

Development of devices dedicated to the production of optical fibres and components for photonics, index-matching liquid cell (EquipEx and Add4Photonics)

Low-pressure chamber for waveguides in microwave spectroscopy (Labex CaPPA)

Multi-pass millimetre-wave device for perpendicular probing of a molecular beam (Labex CaPPA)

Production of microfluidic devices for biophysics