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Facilities and Equipment

Esched Robot in Mech lab          Hydraulics Trainer in Mechanical Engineering Technology Program at Okanagan College

Rapid Prototyping

Dimension uPrint rapid prototyping 3D printer in Mechanical Engineering Technology program     SRS CleanStation to disolve support material from uPrint 3D ABS model
Dimension uPrint rapid prototyping 3D printer                                        SRS CleanStation to disolve soluble support material

Materials Testing Lab

Tensile Test Machine in Mechanical Engineering Technology
Tensile test machine

Charpy Impact Tester in Mechanical Engineering Technology Program at Okanagan College          Hardness Testing in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Okanagan College
Charpy impact test machine                                                      Rockwell hardness test machines

NDT Ultrasonic testing in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Okanagan College
Ultrasonic testing

Structures Lab

Torsion Stress Analysis Lab in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Okanagan College
Torsion and bending stress analysis

Machine Shop

machine shop in Mechanical Engineering Technology Program at Okanagan College


Manual mills in machine shop of Mechanical Engineering Technology program     Mitutoyo CMM in Mechanical Engineering Technology
Manual Mills                                                                                         Mitutoyo Co-ordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)

CNC milling machine in Mechanical Engineering Technology Program at Okanagan College     mech3
HAAS CNC Mini Mills

Hardinge CNC lathe in machine shop for Mechanical Engineering Technology
HAAS CNC SL10 lathe

Fluid Mechanics Lab

Fluid Mechanics trainer in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Okanagan College
Fluids trainer:  two Goulds centrifugal pumps, one with Baldor frequency drive, second with Parker SSD frequency drive

Students testing oil viscosity in fluid mechanics lab                     Students measuring relative density using hydrometers
Brookfield rotary viscometers                                                             Relative density measurement using hydrometers

Hydraulics Lab

Hydraulics trainer in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Okanagan College
Hydraulics trainer:  all Parker equipment and components

Hydraulic Circuit Design in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Okanagan College

Robotics Lab

Robotics Lab in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Okanagan College
Robotics trainer
News and Events

  • Fall 2012 applications open on Nov 6, 2011 to enter 1st year of our program in Sept 2012.
  • Career Fair 2011 - Sun Nov 6, 2011 from 10:30 - 4 pm at Kelowna campus.  Come out, visit with instructors and students in our labs.  Remember - if you apply at Career Fair, the application fee is waived for this day only.
  • Experience OC - coming in Feb 2012, Kelowna campus.  Build a machine and compete.  "If it moves, it's Mech"


Winter Semester 2012
  • Classes start Tues Jan 3 and end Thurs Apr 5, 2012
  • Final exams run from Wed Apr 11 to Sat Apr 21, 2012
  • End-of-semester courses are held over 2 week period from Mon Apr 23 to Fri May 4, 2012

1st Year Students

Textbook List for Semester Two
Class Schedule for Semester Two

2nd Year Students

Textbook List for Semester Three
Class Schedule for Semester Three