A virtual tour of Sharf Lab Objective The S. and R. Sharf CIM lab's facilities are used for both education and research. Students also learn about the integration of people in the modern manufacturing environment through their involvement in team based manufacturing projects. This is accomplished by bringing students with several different responsibilities together as a team working toward a specified goal. Some projects consider the integration of engineering and technology through the involvement of automation classes from Seaholm High School's Industrial Technology Department. Currently, the lab contains two major components.
Additional equipment includes three workstations, two mini-robots and several PC' s.
Current plans for expansion involves the addition of a Flexible Assembly Cell to be used in conjunction with the Flexible Manufacturing Cell .