The University Instruments and
Maintenance Laboratory (UIML)

Capabilities and Specialties

The University Instrument and Maintenance Laboratory is located at Centre for Advanced Studies in Physics (CASP). Technical experts at UIML offer troubleshooting and repair services for a wide range of equipment and apparatus, and their duties include fault finding, modification, repair, and maintenance of many types of equipment. There are four sub-sections in UIML. A brief description of each section is as:

Electrical Section:

The electrical section provides a full maintenance and repair service to the electric apparatus found at GC University. Some examples are:

Sine wave smart UPS Online UPS
Microwave Oven Stabilizer
Electrical Motor Stablizer Servo motor
Electric kettel Power supplies (all types
Electric fan RO controller
Electric heater
Electronics Section:

The electronics section provides a full maintenance and repair service to laboratory and scientific Instruments. Some examples are

Centrifuges Temperature Controlled Water Bath
Shakers of all types Distillation Units/ water filter unit RO’s
Hotplate/stirrers Magnetic Magnetic stirrer
Incubators Hot plates
Electronic Weighing Balances Fume hoods
Ovens, incubators PH Meters
Manual and Auto Claves Electrophoresis Apparatus
Flask Shakers Microtomes
Kymograph Apparatus Signal Generators
Spectrophoto Meters HV Boards (Pulse Processors)
Humidifiers Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) Reactors
Vacuum pumps Ozone Generators
Digesters Kjeldahl Apparatus
Water Chiller Units Heating Mantle
Oscillators HV Trigger Units
Laminar Airflow Amplifiers
Microscopes Logic Trainer
Micro Tones Free fall apparatus
Centrifuge Machine Analog and digital CRO’s
Furnace Programmeable power supples
Fixed ad Variable Supplies High Volume Air Sampler
Timers Rotary Pumps
IT Section:

This section troubleshoot PC-related hardware and software problems. Their duties include repair, Installation of hardware, and software components. Some Examples are:

Branded and Non-Branded Central Processing units (CPU) Networking LAN and WAN
Printers Windows Installations
Scanners Monitors
Multimedia Projectors LCD/LED screens
Desk Jet Printer Ink Jet Printer
Laser Printer Dot Matrix Printer
Hard Disk Data Recovery Lap Top
Computer Power Supply DVD/CD
Ethernet Switch DC Adapter
Mechanical Section:

Our mechanical section involves in repair, and rebuilding of machinery and scientific instruments. Some examples are:

Cutting and Polishing Of Metals Hole punching
Polishing of Materials Sandblasting
Repair of Mechanical Vacuum Pumps Sheetmetal Bending
Mechanical Safety valves Manual Milling
Surface Grinding All kinds of gears