Design and Fabrication
TRIUMF’s world-leading design and fabrication teams comprise the Design Office, Engineering teams, and the Machine Shop, each essential in translating the demanding, complex design plans from within our research community into the globally-unique experimental apparatus and infrastructure across TRIUMF’s 13-acre site.
The Design and Fabrication facilities support the following research topics:
- Accelerator Science
- Applied Ion Beams
- Applied Radioisotopes
- High Energy Frontier
- Molecular and Materials Science
- Neutrinos and Dark Matter
- Nuclear Astrophysics
- Nuclear Chemistry
- Nuclear Structure and Dynamics
- Precision Tests of Fundamental Interactions
TRIUMF Spotlight: Design and Fabrication
Because much of laboratory’s work requires the use of highly specialized materials and tools, TRIUMF utilizes a vertically-integrated manufacturing model. From technical design to manufacturing, design and machining experts handle the development and maintenance of many high-tech components in-house.
facilities
TRIUMF’s Design and Fabrication teams comprise teams of world-leading experts operating in two main facilities:
Design Office
TRIUMF’s design teams comprise mechanical designers – conceptual artists who help bring the ideas and visions of the laboratory’s physics and engineering communities from concept to design prototype.
Machine Shop
TRIUMF’s Machine Shop is home to a team of highly-skilled CNC programmers, general machinists, and welders who are able to rapidly prototype, test, and manufacture parts and components for installation at TRIUMF and in leading physics experiments at partnered institutions across the globe.
The Machine Shop’s capabilities include advanced computer-controlled machining for complex cutting and 3D shaping as well as other precision cutting and welding tools. The Machine Shop is a world-leader in creating components for high-vacuum environments required in many of TRIUMF’s accelerators, beamlines, and experiments.