This university-industry collaboration assists students in receiving real-world training and experience while helping industry improve technology development and enhance competitiveness. The Okuma Technology Institute at the Earl W. Brinkman Machine Tools and Manufacturing Laboratory demonstrates state-of-the-art equipment in the facility in the James E. Gleason building.

Okuma machine tools are used to train RIT engineering students, enhancing educational objectives in the areas of industrial design, manufacturing process improvement and product development. The facility is also used by industrial engineering researchers to assist in improving the performance and quality of machine tool production, while also serving as a demonstration venue for the lab's industrial partners.

Okuma Technology Institute
Brinkman Machine Tools and Manufacturing Laboratory
KGCOE Building 9-241081
Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, New York 14623
Phone: 585.475.6573

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