Projects

Projects at the Charlotte Super Fab Lab (SFL) turn real needs into real prototypes—bringing together students, faculty/staff, and industry partners to design, build, and iterate quickly. From class-driven builds and student-led innovation to research prototypes and industry pilots, SFL projects span the full development cycle: problem definition, CAD/CAM, fabrication, assembly, testing, and refinement. Whether you’re validating an idea, developing a functional proof-of-concept, or preparing a design for low-volume production, our project pipeline and technical support help teams move from “what if” to “it works.

industrial Projects

T-Shirt upcycling Project

The Super Fab Lab partnered with Innovation Barn to cut recycled T-shirts and make cat beds out of them. This primarily used the Zund open format cutter which makes loading and cutting shirts quick and easy.

Button mold

The Super Fab Lab utilized its Haas CNC Mill to create a button mold for recycled plastic in partnership with Innovation Barn.

Senior design projects

Enhancements for open source 3D printer

This Super Fab Lab sponsored project aimed to improve an open source 3D printer, implementing a tool changer.