Main objectives : The project was aimed at establishment of hardware necessary for automation of the aircraft valve test rig.
What was achieved :
Following items have been developed in the project:
- A NI based electrical heater control panel and a new design of electrical feed-through for delivering supply to the heater cartridge.
- A skid mounted vacuum system with two vacuum pumps and a PLC based electrical panel to drive both the pumps in master & slave model.
- Five separate control panels for automatic open/close of process valves with necessary pneumatic/electrical connections.
- Localized panels for mounting sensors/measuring instruments/gauges along with incoming/outgoing wiring.
- Panels for data acquisition with necessary control devices.
- Integration of different hardware has been done.