Mission Statement

The mission of the Advanced Manufacturing Center is to link the University of Maine activities of education and research with the University's active industrial support and economic development programs.

Capabilities

The Advanced Manufacturing Center maintains a first-class facility equipped with the latest engineering and manufacturing technologies. Maine's engineering, manufacturing, and industrial community benefit by having access to state-of-the-art services and equipment within the state for product and process development. A key advantage of the Advanced Manufacturing Center is the ability to expand its range of expertise by working with University faculty or through cooperative efforts with other University research centers. An immense knowledge base is derived from this cooperation that greatly increases services the Advanced Manufacturing Center can provide.

The Advanced Manufacturing Center maintains a distinctive Investigate-Develop-Design-Build approach to providing engineering and manufacturing solutions. The Advanced Manufacturing Center's purpose and core competency exist in:

--Product development, prototyping, and commercialization
--Improvement of existing products
--Research support
--Turn key system design and integration
--Manufacturing process development
--Rapid prototyping
--Reverse Engineering
--Short-term production services
--Engineering support including but not limited to:

--Computer Aided Design (CAD, 2D and 3D)
--Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM)
--Design FMEA
--Component and system FEA
--Consultation
--Operational support and training