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.

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.

other projects

Multi Tool

This project involved the production of approximately 80 custom multitools. Each tool was cut from sheet material using the waterjet. After cutting, each tool was custom etched using the fiber laser cutter to add detailed markings and personalized elements. Finally, every piece was hand-sanded to smooth edges and refine the surface.