Custom Test Fixtures

ASC designs, fabricates, and tests a wide range of industrial equipment.

Examples include:

Automobile Engine Connecting Rod Cooling System

Goal: Examine cooling characteristics of forgings from 500 degrees F to ambient. Develop optimal cooling flow patters to obtain required metallurgy.

Portable Research Dryer
Portable Test Equipment Useful for Determining Food Parameters
Many food processing companies are looking for ways to improve efficiency of their operations. This can be accomplished through improved food quality ore reduced processing costs. Whatever the goal, one effective option is to use numerical modeling to study the effect of system changes to the product. Such modeling requires food parameters (e.g., liquid and vapor conductivities) that may not be currently known. ASC's portable research dryer offers a way to collect the data needed to determine these parameters. The research dryer may also be used by itself to study the effect of various drying techniques on the resulting food quality. Air velocities of up to 16 ft/s and temperatures of up to 320 degrees F can be achieved with this system.	System Specifications
		300 CFM fan
		4 kW heater with automatic temperature set-point control
		Flow conditioning chamber
		Flow volume measurement
		Upstream air thermocouple
		Downstream air thermocouple
		Food surface temperature measurement via Infra-Red sensor
		Load cell for measurement of food mass - 8 ounce maximum sample size
Close-up view shows food tray, load cell, and temperature controller.	All test conditions are continuously measured and recorded by ASC's portable data acquisition system.
Portable system includes fan, heater unit and controls, flow conditioning, sensors, and ASC's data acquisition system.

Research Dryer Overview