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.