Mechanical Workshop

Our mechanical workshop has produced and repaired various types of equipment for years. If you have a specialist piece of equipment that requires bespoke manufacturing or repairing, we're happy to provide you with a quote.

The mechanical services we offer include:

engineering design and manufacture in all materials (including ferrous and non-ferrous metals, plastics, wood and glass);
bespoke polypropylene, Perspex, nylon trays and enclosure manufacture;
repair and maintenance of rotary oil-filled, scroll and diaphragm vacuum pumps;
high and low pressure gas lines;
TIG welding, brazing and silver soldering;
bespoke trolleys, tables in all materials;
pneumatic system design and installation;
bead blasting and metal polishing.

To request assistance, please submit your request via the University's PPMS system. These are logged centrally and allocated to one of the Faculty workshops accordingly.

You must have an active PPMS account.

To access the system you will need to create a PPMS account.

https://corefacilities.manchester.ac.uk/areq/?pf=18

Once your account has been created, you can submit your request here.

https://corefacilities.manchester.ac.uk/req/?pf=18&project=true