A mobile training cell perfectly suited for entry into the world of robotics!

The mobile training cell is perfectly suited for entry into the world of robotics. The complete starter package is aimed especially at schools, universities and company training facilities. With the ready2_educate training cell, the skilled specialists of tomorrow can be trained in the operation of industrial robots. In this way, they receive optimal training in robotics. The modular training cell incorporates the KR 4 AGILUS small robot and our innovative KR C5 micro controller – while also being equipped and preconfigured for special didactic applications.

A new add-on to the electrical machines training system, allows students of electrical or power engineering to understand how electrical machines are modeled by an equivalent circuit so that their performance can be predicted. The new locked-rotor equipment allows for study of our new Advanced Electrical Machines course and the system can now also be controlled over the internet as part of a remote lab.

Modern electrical machines training system is a revolutionary way of safely studying the characteristics of different motor types in a learning environment. This solution includes eight different types of machine, integrated power supply and control box and PC-based applications for advanced controller of the different machine types. Further to this, we provide four separate curriculum manuals for teaching electrical machines principles using manual control with external meters, using PC control and also control using MATLAB.

TecQuipment Smart Worksheets enhance teaching capabilities and complement students’ learning with the use of ready-made, online and auto-graded assessments that are compatible with selected experimental kits in the Engineering Science range.

Benefit for students

• Enabling development and independent thinking with ready-made exercises
• Gain confidence in learning with instant, personalised feedback
• Master key engineering principles with tailored practice before submission, with immediate and clear scoring
• Practice assessments anywhere, anytime with online access and auto-save functionality

Benefit for Educators

• Enhance and improve teaching capabilities with a full ready-made dashboard and worksheet
• Save hundreds of hours of time with ready made exercises and student reports
• Effectively communicate with students through notifications and reminders on the online management system
• Gain detailed insight into student learning progress with the timeline mode feature
• Tailor work with the option of ready-made quizzes and assessments

Worksheets currently available for the following Engineering Science kits:

• Forces and moments (ES2 and ES3):
  • Centre of Gravity
  • Triangle of Forces
  • Principle of Moments
  • Levers
• Deflection of Beams (ES4):
  • Beam Load
  • Beam Dimensions
  • Beam Length
• Torsion (ES5):
  • Torque and Diameter
• Strength of Materials (ES6):
  • Tensile Testing
• Drive Systems (ES11 and ES13):
  • Chain Drive
  • Belt Drive
  • Spur Gears
• Simple mechanisms (ES14):
  • Crank and Slider

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KUKA.Sim is a 3D educational smart simulation software program which provides a risk free entry into robotics and automation.

This comprehensive software package allows students to optimize the operation of manufacturingsystems and robots outside of a production environment. Creating a digital ‘twin’ of a production process in just a few minutes, without a deep programming knowledge.

KUKA.Sim is available for a 30 day free trial with all functionality to allow you to experience and understand the program before making any decisions. Starting your trial is no risk and no investment, and will allow you to explore 3D modelling of production processes and create new processes in a realistic virtual environment.

The data are 100 percent consistent, which means that the virtual controller and the real controller work with exactly the same data. The reachability check and collision detection features allow you to test the viability of your robot programs and cell layouts.

Learn more about KUKA.Sim and sign up for the free trial here. 

“KUKA.Sim is the intelligent simulation software package for saving time, increasing sales and improving competitiveness in a fast-moving market.”

– Patrik Buch Lund, Senior Vice President Digital Services at KUKA

Reach out to us at 1 877-967-2726 and our product support team would be happy to help you or answer any questions you may have.

Key Features

• Integrated CAD Imports
• 3D & 2D Export Functions
• Extensive Library of Robot Models
• Configurable Collision & Reachability Check
• Video & 3D PDF Export
• Accurate Cycle Time Determination
• Mobile Viewer App
• Advanced I/O Signal Editor
• Robot Stopping Distance Simulation
• 3D Safety Zone Configuration
• Modeling Wizards for Custom Components

This laboratory-scale apparatus allows students to investigate the performance of a steam powerplant, using a steam turbine to convert thermal energy into mechanical energy and then into electrical energy. The unit includes instrumentation for data acquisition and safety features to ensure temperatures and pressures can never exceed safe working limits. A clean and convenient electric boiler generates steam which passes under pressure into and through a single-stage steam turbine.

The turbine is connected to a dynamometer which provides the load and enables investigation of the performance characteristics of the turbine. Exhaust steam passes through a condenser and is returned to the water tank. Instrumentation is included to measure:

• Electrical power to the boiler
• Steam temperature, pressure and flow rate
• Turbine inlet and outlet steam temperature and pressure
• Turbine speed
• Dynamometer torque
• Electrical output from the dynamometer

July 13-16, 2020
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A Leap Forward for Heritage Conservation: Carleton’s Robots are Carving History

An Excerpt of the Story from the Carleton Newsroom

Although the tools they use have evolved over the years, architects have always designed and built physical structures and objects.

A pair of jointed-arm industrial robots recently acquired by the Carleton Immersive Media Studio (CIMS) represent the latest leap forward.

Roughly three metres high when fully extended, the Kuka KR 360 and a desk-sized KR 6 are housed in a customized room in Carleton’s Architecture Building. Kuka is the manufacturer and the numbers refer to the payload (in kilograms) each machine is capable of handling.

Purchased with support from Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the robots will help CIMS and its collaborators in the federal government continue their cutting-edge work in the rapidly advancing world of digitally-assisted fabrication.

“We’re the only university in Canada with a setup of this kind,” says James Hayes, the Architecture PhD candidate helming the robot project, currently focused on the heritage conservation components of the major rehabilitation of Parliament Hill.

“The ability to actually craft and make artifacts is fundamental to an architectural education.”

The CIMS team will use the robots to assist in creating sculptures and other architectural ornaments in a variety of materials — including stone and wood — from digital models obtained by laser scanning and photogrammetry, the science of using photographs to make precise measurements.

This technology has already been of use on Parliament Hill, where centuries-old sculptures are being replaced or restored as part of the renovations, and new decorative features are being crafted for the Government Conference Centre, which will serve as a temporary home for the Senate when the decade-long Centre Block restoration begins next year.

And because human hands will continue to play a role in this process, from operating the robots to the fine-detail finishing work on a sculpture before installation, some people in traditional fields such as stone masonry don’t see the robots as a threat to their employment.

Read More on the Carleton Newsroom Website

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Last Friday, I was given the opportunity to take a trip to Centennial College alongside a colleague of mine to help a group of professors with the assembly of the TecQuipment AE1005V Wind Turbine Dynamics Apparatus. The apparatus is comprised of a bell shaped mouth and honeycomb to reduce turbulent airflow, a silencer to reduce excessive noise, an anemometer to record wind speed, and a digital display for pitch, yaw, fan speed, and turbine speed, all of which are adjustable. We arrived at the campus early in the morning, where we met with our contact at the school. He led us through the college into the machine shop and we began to assemble the AE1005V.

The assembly process was very simple and easy to follow from the provided instructions. Once the silencer is removed from its stowed position and fastened to the back of the apparatus, we connected the Control Cabinet to a power supply and opened the sliding door to attach the fins to the turbine. We then connected the apparatus to a laptop which was running the Versatile Data Acquisition System, or VDAS, which automatically collects data, calculates experiment parameters, and allows the user to create graphs and tables for the collected data. Once the fins were secured and the security door was closed and locked, we began to experiment with the fan speed, pitch, turbine speed, and anemometer. This data was also digitally displayed on the Control Cabinet.

Now that the apparatus was fully set up, we began to work through the first experiment to determine the influence of pitch angles and turbine speed on the coefficient of performance and power generated. As a future environmental engineer hoping to specialize in air hydrology, I was really grateful to be able to have a hands on experience with this kind of equipment. The option to switch out the included turbine fins for ones that have been 3D printed by students made the AE1005V even more interesting to use, with students being able to create and test different fin designs to determine optimal performance, and this really piqued my interest.

Eventually, I would like to spend more time using and learning about the AE1005V Wind Turbine Dynamics Apparatus, and other technology like it, and I am grateful that I had the opportunity to speak with the professors about what they plan to use theirs for throughout the upcoming fall semester.

Regis R travels to U of Calgary, Schulich School of Engineering, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering to commission the newly arrived Batch and Continuous Distillation Trainer.

Paige D. (U of Calgary Chemist) was excited to expand her state of the art unit operations laboratories which already include a Pignat Spray Dryer, as well as a Reverse Osmosis System and an Adsorption Trainer.