Work Bench

A kit comprising a PVC carrying case containing a selection of resistance strain gauges together with all the necessary accessories and consumable materials associated with their application. Ideal for use with the TecQuipment SM1010 Digital Strain Display.

A pivoted clear plastic assembly which students use to find the centre of pressure of a totally or partially submerged plane surface. Compact, self-contained and excellent for classroom demonstrations.

Hares tube to establish the specific gravity of a liquid when compared with water.

Bench-top test set that allows students to investigate the operation and performance of a single centrifugal pump and two centrifugal pumps in both series and parallel.

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A bench mounting 3-point bend apparatus to allow investigations into the stiffness in bending of different materials of the same cross-section (Young's Modulus - Stiffness) and the stiffness of a single material with different cross-section geometries (Second Moment of Area - 'I' Value).

Tests extension springs to find their properties. Proves Hooke's law and the basic rules of spring design.

Demonstrates the forces, moments and reactions of a rigid beam.

A demonstration to show the shape and tensions of suspension cables.

Demonstrates concurrent and non concurrent coplanar forces. Allows students to construct force polygons and understand conditions for equilibrium.

Practical demonstration of the equilibrium of a ladder.

Experiment for the study of strains, stresses, forces and deflections in various pin jointed frameworks, and the study of Bow’s notation. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of plastic theory and limit state design in portal frames. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of plastic theory and limit state design of beams. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of determinate and indeterminate truss structures. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of the characteristics of a fixed arch under various load conditions. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of stress distribution across the section of a beam. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of the characteristics of a simple suspension bridge. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of the characteristics of a two-pinned arch under various load conditions. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of the characteristics of a suspended beam bridge. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of strains, stresses, forces and deflections in various pin jointed frameworks, and the study of Bow’s notation. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for investigations into two common curved structures and two common davit structures. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of the vertical and horizontal defl ection of different unsymmetrical sections. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of rectangular portals subjected to vertical loads. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of plastic theory and limit state design in portal frames. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of bending moments and sway in portal frames. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment that can be used to perform a wide variety of beam experiments, from simple cases to complex problems. Mounts on the Structures test frame and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of buckling of struts and the relationships between length, end fixing conditions and buckling load. Mounts on the Structures

platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit

and software.

Experiment for the study of torque and defl ection in diff erent materials with circular section. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of beam deflection under different loads and fixing conditions, and the demonstration of Young’s modulus. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment for the study of stress distribution across the section of a beam. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Experiment that illustrates and proves the basic theory of bending moments in a beam. Mounts on the Structures platform and connects to the Structures automatic data acquisition unit and software.

Provides a physical system on which students can gain experience in the programming of programmable logic controllers (PLCs). The process is a model of a two-tank system typical of a chemical process in which liquids are measured before being mixed. The task for the student is to control liquid level and flow. For use with the PLC Trainer (CE123).

A fully integrated and self-contained bench top process control apparatus containing valves, pumps, power supplies and ancillaries to allow flow, level, temperature and pressure control strategies to be investigated individually and in combinations.

A self-contained, bench-mounting apparatus designed to allow students at all academic levels to investigate basic and advanced principles of open and closed-loop control of flowrate and liquid level in single and dual tank systems.

A compact, bench-mounting apparatus designed to allow students at all academic levels to investigate basic and advanced principles of control including control of multi-variable systems.

A compact self-contained bench mounting apparatus designed to allow students at all academic levels to investigate basic and advanced principles of open and closed-loop control of flowrate and liquid level in single and dual tank systems including multi-variable dynamics.

A compact self-contained bench mounting temperature control apparatus designed to allow students at all academic levels to investigate the basic and advanced principles of control.

A compact self-contained bench mounting apparatus designed to allow students at all academic levels to investigate basic and advanced principles of control including control of naturally unstable systems.

A compact self-contained bench mounting d.c. servo apparatus designed to allow students at all academic levels to investigate basic and advanced principles of control. In particular the CE110 deals with control issues relating to position and speed control in servo systems.

A compact self-contained bench mounting apparatus designed to allow students at all academic levels to investigate basic and advanced principles of control including control of non-linear systems and inner-loop feedback techniques.

A compact self-contained bench mounting apparatus designed to allow students at all academic levels to investigate basic and advanced principles of control including systems that are naturally oscillatory.

Demonstrates the characteristics of a mechanical toggle, crank motion and the most popular shaped cams.

Demonstrates how to find the centre of gravity of shapes and the relationship between angles and coplanar forces.

Demonstrates the characteristics of the most popular gear sets.

Demonstrates simple harmonic motion (oscillation) in springs and pendulums, and its usefulness.

Demonstrates the advantages and disadvantages of three popular drive systems - belt, chain and a universal coupling.

Demonstrates the relationship between distances and forces in rigid beams and levers.

Demonstrates the mechanical advantage of different combinations of pulleys and a simple wheel and axle.

Demonstrates how three popular mechanisms convert motion.

Demonstrates how two popular mechanisms convert motion.

Demonstrates how rotational friction affects the efficiency of popular machine elements.

Demonstrates the characteristics of coiled springs and how to test them.

Shows the difference between potential and kinetic energy and how it can change from one to the other.

Shows the principles of tensile tests on specimens of different materials.

For students to assemble and understand different bar linkage mechanisms.

Demonstrates the relationship between centrifugal force, radius and velocity of rotating masses.

Demonstrates the torsion in circular section specimens of different materials and lengths.

Demonstrates the deflection of beams of different materials and dimensions, held on different supports.

Demonstrates the frictional and other forces on bodies and between different surfaces on a flat or inclined plane.

Demonstrates the operational characteristics of an evaporative cooling tower.

A self-contained unit to demonstrate the principles of humidity measurement and to compare the relative performance and accuracies of different types of humidity measurement systems.

Bench-top unit that allows students to investigate the stages of refrigeration.

Bench-top trainer, allows students to investigate the fundamental principles of air conditioning.

A self-contained bench mounting experimental apparatus to enable students to investigate the effect of pressure on the surface profile of a diaphragm and also the distribution of circumferential and radial strains.

A bench mounting apparatus to allow the stresses and strains of a pressurised thin walled cylinder to be investigated and analysed.

A versatile test machine, that with optional ancillaries, allows a range of destructive and non destructive material tests to be completed.

A bench mounted machine to allow students to do torsion tests on different materials.

A laboratory-scale hand driven bench top tensile testing machine, 20kN capacity.

A bench mounting apparatus to allow students to investigate the deflections of unsymmetrical cantilevers.

A bench mounted beam apparatus to allow students to investigate the deflections and reactions in simply supported and cantilevered beams.

Shows the various modes of buckling (elastic collapse or crippling) of slender compression members.

A bench-mounted machine that demonstrates the phenomenon of creep under different conditions and in different materials.

Shows and compares how resistance strain gauges work, and how they measure strains in different structures.

A self-contained bench mounting experimental apparatus to enable students to investigate the distribution of radial and hoop stresses and strains throughout the wall of a thick cylinder and to compare the practical results with those predicted by theory.

A bench-top industrial-standard tester for accurate measurements of Vickers, Brinell and Rockwell hardness.

Demonstrates the failure of materials when subjected to an alternating stress.

A small bench-mounting hydraulic tensile testing machine/hardness tester with electronic digital readouts and digital data capture.

A small-scale bench mounting notched bar impact tester to provide students with an effective and safe introduction into commonly used material impact testing techniques such as Izod or Charpy.

A self-contained air bearing apparatus to demonstrate the performance of self-acting gas lubricated journal bearings including the phenomenon of half-speed whirl.

A self-contained unit for practical examination of Hertz' theories of contact between materials. It demonstrates on a large scale the nature of contact between non-conforming bodies. For example: between the ball and race in a bearing.

A bench mounting Michell pad apparatus to demonstrate the principle characteristics of a tilting pad slider bearing.

A compact bench top mounting experiment to demonstrate the phenomena of whirling shafts.

For experiments in balancing a rotating mass system, statically and dynamically

Demonstrates the relationship between gyroscopic couple and the velocities of the rotor and precession.

For experiments in centrifugal force and angular velocity.

COMING SOON: A highly visual demonstration of the Coriolis Force on a jet of water.

An experimental unit to allow students to find the dynamic efficiency of various drive types. The unit comes complete with a gear drive unit which can be configured as a simple or compound drive.

Three interchangeable governors (Hartnell, Porter and Proell) show the effects of speed, mass and geometry on governor behaviour.

Shows the relationship between pressure and volume of an ideal gas at a fixed temperature.

Demonstrates the relationship between pressure and temperatures of a fixed volume of ideal gas.

Bench-top apparatus to demonstrate the behaviour and expansion processes of a perfect gas.

A bench mounting apparatus to allow students to investigate boiling and condensing heat transfer using water as the heat transfer medium.

Measures unsteady state heat transfer to bodies of different shape and thermal conductivity. Includes VDAS®.

An experimental module to introduce students to the principles of linear heat conduction, and to allow the thermal conductivity of various materials to be measured.

An experimental module to introduce students to the principles of radial heat conduction, and to allow the conductivity of the test disk to be measured.

An experimental module to show the temperature gradient of a long thin horizontal member that is free to loose heat by natural convection and radiation.

An experimental module to show the thermal conductivity of various compatible liquids and gasses.

An experimental apparatus to examine free and forced convection from a flat plate, a plate with fins and a plate with rods.

Small scale educational tubular heat exchanger.

Small scale educational plate heat exchanger.

Small scale educational jacketed vessel and coil heat exchanger.

Small scale educational shell and tube heat exchanger.

A benchtop unit to examine the performance of a thermoelectric device for Peltier or Seebeck tests as a heat pump or generator.

An experimental bench-mounting apparatus for studies into the principles and performance of heat exchangers.

A benchtop unit to show the laws of radiant transfer from heat and light sources

An experimental unit to show how cross-flow water to air heat exchangers work.

Optional 16 tube heat exchanger for the TD1007 Water to Air Heat Exchanger unit.

Optional 16 tube finned heat exchanger for the TD1007 Water to Air Heat Exchanger unit.

Studies the accuracy, linearity and important characteristics of popular temperature measuring devices.

An experimental apparatus to derive the temperature pressure relationship for saturated steam, and verify the Antoine Equation.

For the accurate determination of the calorific value of liquid and solid hydrocarbons.