Fluid Power Laboratory
The Fluid Power Laboratory is located in Knoy Hall, Room 114, and has
approximately 2,500 square feet of floor space. It includes a 16-20 student classroom with
work benches. The facility supports the following courses:
MET 230 (Fluid Power),
MET 334 (Advanced Fluid Power),
MET 432 (Hydraulic Motion Control Systems),
MET 436 (Pneumatic Motion Control Systems),
MET 382 (Controls and Instrumentation for Automation),
TECH 581F (Advanced Topics in Fluid Power).
The laboratory is reputed to be the best fluid power teaching facility
in the United States. Its equipment includes:
eight hydraulic work stations supporting the basic Fluid Power (MET 230)
course. These work stations have recently been upgraded with modern industrial components
and state-of-the-art electronic instrumentation;
eight hydraulic work stations supporting the upper level hydraulics
courses (MET 334 and 432). These work stations include servo valves and electronic
control, and instrumentation capable of transient data recording and computer interfacing;
eight pneumatic work stations supporting the upper level pneumatics
courses (MET 334 and 436);
eight PC work stations which support all of the above courses, and have
data acquisition capability compatible with the upper division work stations. Both Fluid
Power CAD and Control simulation software is available for course related computer work.
In addition, the laboratory has extensive pressure, flow, and viscosity
instrumentation. Calibration and readout equipment (oscilloscopes) support the laboratory
as well as independent study projects in the fluid power field.
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